| Stamp SN | D081 |
| Stamp Name | Special 81 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1971) |
| Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
| Stamp Cat | Lunar New Year, Zodiac |
| Issue date | 1971-12-01 |
| Suspersion date | |
| Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
| Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
| Printer | China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C. |
| Drawer | |
| Designer | Wen Hsueh-ju |
| Photographer | |
| Engraver | |
| Creative Director | |
| Sheet composition | S81.1-81.4 10×10 S81.5-81.8 10×10 |
| Print color | |
| Process | Deep etch offset |
| Paper | 76-lb 〝郵〞(post) watermarked paper with red-blue fiber |
| Back | |
| Perforation | 12 3/4 x 12 |
To facilitate the prepaying of postage for the yuletide and the New Year mails, a set of the 1972 New Year's Greeting Postage Stamp was issued. This set of stamps adopts the design of four squirrels arranged symmetrically to symbolize the New Year of 1972.