NG-2020-08
West African Lion — ₦500
₦500 · 2020 · Nigeria Biodiversity Definitives
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Face value
3d
Issued
1967
Status
Withdrawn
Wildlife
First Republic
Black Crowned Crane — 3d
A recess-printed study of one of Nigeria's emblematic species, from the First Republic Definitives series. The die proof and colour separations are held in the Bureau archive.
- Catalogue no.
- NG-1967-04
- Issued on
- 10 April 1967
- Withdrawn
- 10 April 1972
- Designer
- Adaeze Iloh
- Printer
- Nigerian Security Printing & Minting Plc
- Process
- Lithography
- Perforation
- 14
- Watermark
- Multiple NIPOST logo
- Size
- 30 × 40 mm
- Colours
- Multicolour
- Print run
- 1,000,000
- Stanley Gibbons
- SG 1315
- Scott
- 900
Varieties & notes
A minor perforation shift is recorded on the second printing.