7th Definitive - R1 Coral Beauty
 
Date of Issue
November 15, 2000
Denomination
R1
Art Work
Chris Van Rooyen, Joan Van Gogh
Designer
Thea Swanepoel
Size
24 x 40.6mm
Sheet
50
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
163,500
 
Coral beauty (centropyge bispinosus) - Belongs to the family Serrandiae and the subfamily of rock cods and sea bass. They occur in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean, south to Sodwana Bay along the eastern KwaZulu-Natal coast, but are rare in Southern African waters.
 
Original information and image from South Africa Post