Alpaca

Peru · 1968 · S/. 1.00

The stamp features a brown alpaca in profile, facing left, with its head slightly raised. The country name 'PERU' and denomination 'S/. 1.00' are visible.

Issued in 1968, this stamp celebrates the alpaca, an animal culturally and economically significant to Peru. A large portion of the original print run was later surcharged, indicating a postal rate adjustment or re-purposing of the issue.