About this stamp
On the Sheet
A ₹30 miniature sheet holding three of the six exotic parrots: the Cape parrot (₹5), the hyacinth macaw (₹10) and the lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo (₹15). The other three are in the first miniature sheet.
Exotic Birds
India Post issued six stamps on exotic parrots on 5 December 2016: the blue-throated macaw and the Cape parrot (₹5), the sun conure and the hyacinth macaw (₹10), and the Magnum Amazon and the lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo (₹15). They came in two ₹30 miniature sheets of three stamps each and two ₹150 sheetlets. Parrots, an order of more than 350 species, are loved for their intelligence, colour and ability to mimic sounds, including human speech. The stamps were designed by Alka Sharma; Security Printing Press, Hyderabad printed 0.2 million of each stamp, 0.1 million of each miniature sheet and 30,000 of each sheetlet.
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