90c Jackass penguin 1993


90c Jackass penguin 1993
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Type II, English Inscriptions.
Also found in Latin inscription (Spheniscus demersus)
The African penguin, Spheniscus dermersus, or black-footed penguin (also known as the jackass penguin because of its loud braying noise)
A smallish penguin (about 60 cm) generally found on the west coast of Southern Africa but vagrant to Natal and Mozambique. It forages underwater at sea for fish (mainly anchovy) and squid. Comes ashore to roost and breed.
Face value 90 Cents
Catalog code (Michel) ZA 903IA
Catalog code (Scott) ZA 863
Catalog code Stanley Gibbons ZA816c
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Definitive stamp
Issue date 03/09/1993
Designer Denis Murphy
Print technique Offset lithography
Perforation comb 14 x 14ΒΌ
Height 30.00 mm
Width 24.00 mm
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