Mauritius 2013 Flora and Fauna
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 30th August 2013
- three values
- Designed by:
- Printed by: BDT International Security Printing, Dublin, Ireland, in sheets of 50
- Print Process: lithography
- stamp format: stamp format height 44½mm x width 28½mm
- Perforations: 13.4 x 13.6
Flora and Fauna
3r ~ hurricane or ‘loneliest’ palm, Hyophorbe amaricaulis, from Curepipe Botanical Gardens
10r ~ orchid, Oeoniello polystachys, Bras D’Eau National Park
18r ~ mascarene swallow, Phedina borbonica, Bras D’Eau National Park
- Note: only a single example of Hyophorbe amaricaulis is known, making it the world’s rarest tree