7th Definitive - R20 Purple-crested Lourie   Date of Issue November 15, 2000 Denomination R20 Art Work Chris Van Rooyen, Joan Van Gogh Designer Thea Swanepoel Size 24 x 40.6mm Sheet 10 Perforation 13.25 x 13.75 Perforator Bickel comb Paper De La Rue Gum PVA Phosphor 7% Green/yellow in paper coating Printing Process superlitho Printer The House of Questa, London Initial Quantity 2,900   Purple-crested lourie (tauraco porphyreolophus) -  This spectacular bird with its brightly coloured plumage and distinctive mettalic purple crest, occurs in the southern and eastern parts of Africa. In South Africa it is confined to the extreme eastern regions, preferring riverine forest, evergreen thickets, woodland, dense thornveld, savanna, parks and gardens.   Original information and image from South Africa Post