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Commemorative 47 60th Anniversary of Postal Service Exhibition Commemorative Issue Souvenir Sheet (1956)

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Stamp SN B047
Stamp Name Commemorative 47 60th Anniversary of Postal Service Exhibition Commemorative Issue Souvenir Sheet (1956)
Stamp Cat Standard Commemorative Stamps
Stamp Cat Birds, Post && Telecommunications, Organizations, Maps
Issue date 1956-03-20
Suspersion date 1961-12-16
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 148 x 103
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer Liao Wei.-lin
Photographer
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition
Print color
Process Intaglio & typography
Paper 63-lb watermarked superior stamp printing paper
Back
Perforation 無齒
On March 20, 1956, th 60th anniversary of the Postal Service, a Postal Exhibition was held in Taipei. The items on display were diagrams of the postal business, models of postal facilities, and postage stamps of domestic and foreign issues. The Philatelic Association of China and various local philatelists joined in the show with their collections. In commemoration of this exhibition, two separate commemorative stamps in souvenir sheets were issued.  The souvenir sheet (148 × 103 mm.) consists of a $2 commemorative stamp and is full of floral decorations with the central design printed in intaglio and other parts printed in typography in bi-color process.