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Definitive 089 Double Carp Stamps (1965)

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Stamp SN A089
Stamp Name Definitive 089 Double Carp Stamps (1965)
Stamp Cat Standard Definitive Stamps
Stamp Cat Fish
Issue date 1965-03-29
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 26x29
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer Liao Wei-lin
Photographer
Engraver Pao Liang-yu
Creative Director
Sheet composition 10×10
Print color
Process Intaglio
Paper 76-lb〝郵〞(post) watermarked paper with red-blue fiber

Back Gumless
Perforation 11 1/2
Stamp No. Issue date Number issued D89.1 29. 3.1965 1,000,000 D89.2 29. 3.1965 2,500,000 D89.3 29. 3.1965 2,000,000 D89.4 29. 3.1965 2,000,000 20. 8.1967 4,000,000 D89.5 29. 3.1965 1,000,000 20. 8.1967 3,000,000 D89.6 29. 3.1965 1,000,000 20. 8.1967 2,000,000 D89.7 29. 3.1965 500,000 20. 8.1967 1,000,000      To meet the needs of the public for prepaying postage in large amounts, a new set of postage stamps of higher value was issued with double carp as its central design.  The design of 10.00, 20.00, 50.00 and 100.00 stamps released in 1967 is similar to that of earlier issues with the exception of slight changes made on border patterns.  To facilitate the use by the public, the following stamps in stock were gummed and put on sale on November 1, 1971:6.00,  1,450,000;   20.00,  950,000;50.00,   850,000;  100.00,  375,000.