First heart transplant 

First heart transplant
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First heart transplant

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2361459
Area
Stamps
Title
First heart transplant
Face value
12½
Country / area
South Africa
Year
1969
Month
07
Day
07
Issue group
1969 Eerste harttransplantatie
Order Number in Issue
2
Basic colour
Brown, Purple
Exact colour
Brownish carmine, Violet ultramarine
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Hospitals, Medicine
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Barnard, Christiaan Neethling (1922-2001)
Item subject
Michel number
383
Yvert number
321
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
SACC number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Comb perforation 15 : 14
Watermark
RSA in triangles (also upside down)
Luminescence
Printing technique
Photogravure
Paper
Plain paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
40 x24 mm
Details