NG-2020-08
West African Lion — ₦500
₦500 · 2020 · Nigeria Biodiversity Definitives
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Face value
₦5
Issued
2014
Status
Current
Wildlife
Contemporary
Hooded Vulture — ₦5
A recess-printed study of one of Nigeria's emblematic species, from the Nigeria Biodiversity Definitives series. The die proof and colour separations are held in the Bureau archive.
- Catalogue no.
- NG-2014-01
- Issued on
- 1 January 2014
- Withdrawn
- In circulation
- Designer
- Adaeze Iloh
- Printer
- Crown Agents, London
- Process
- Lithography
- Perforation
- 12½ (comb)
- Watermark
- Multiple NIPOST logo
- Size
- 30 × 40 mm
- Colours
- Slate & vermilion
- Print run
- 1,000,000
- WNS
- NG2014001
- Stanley Gibbons
- SG 2827
- Scott
- 1908
Varieties & notes
A minor perforation shift is recorded on the second printing.
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