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Def. 114 Dragons Circling Two Carps Postage Stamps

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Stamp SN A114
Stamp Name Def. 114 Dragons Circling Two Carps Postage Stamps
Stamp Cat Standard Definitive Stamps
Stamp Cat Fish
Issue date 1997-02-14
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 24 × 32 (mm)
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer
Drawer
Designer Lee Kuang-chi
Photographer
Engraver China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Creative Director
Sheet composition 100 (10 × 10)
Print color 50.00-Carmine; 60.00-Cobalt Blue; 70.00-Vermilion; 100.00- Olive green
Process Intaglio
Paper Locally-made mat finished, watermarked stamp paper with gum
Back
Perforation 13½ x 12½
It has been 17 years since this Directorate General of Posts issued the high denomination National Flower postage stamps on May 20, 1979, using the plum as the design. To enable the public to pay higher postage and to allow for stamp design variety, this Directorate will issue, on February 14, 1997, a set of four postage stamps, the design of which depicts the traditional Chinese octagonal window with dragons circling two carps  in the center. These stamps, in denominations of NT$50, 60, 70, and 100, were designed by Lee Kuang-chi by referring to the window patterns on Longsan Temple.
(I) First Day Cover in small size to be sold at NT$1.00 apiece.(2) Folder especially prepared for the stamps to be sold at NT$2.00 apiece(3) Folder with crystal mount for better protection of the stamps to be sold at NT$4.00 apiece.(4) Loose-leaf stamp album page with plastic cover to be sold at NT$8.00 apiece(5) Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a low-valued stamp to be sold at NT$51.00 apiece.(6) Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a complete set of stamps to be sold at NT$281.00 apiece.