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The Inauguration of the Tenth President and Vice President  Commemorative Issue

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Stamp SN B276
Stamp Name The Inauguration of the Tenth President and Vice President  Commemorative Issue
Stamp Cat Standard Commemorative Stamps
Stamp Cat Chiefs Of State, Countries
Issue date 2000-05-20
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 36 x 25.5(mm)
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) 125 x 80(mm)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer Lee Kuang-Chi
Photographer
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition (6 x 5)
Print color Colorful
Process Deep etch offset
Paper Phosphorescent stamp paper
Back
Perforation 11 1/2
The election of the tenth president and vice president of the Republic of China was held on March 18, 2000. Mr. Chen Shui-bian and Ms. Lu Hsiu-lien have been elected, and the development of democracy in the R.O.C. has formally passed a new milestone. The new president and vice president are going to be sworn into office on May 20, 2000. To honor and celebrate this occasion, the Directorate General of Posts has taken the portraits of the president-elect and vice-president-elect as the topic for a set of two stamps and a souvenir sheet.  
(1)First Day Cover in small size to be sold at NT$ 2.00 apiece.First Day Cover in small size to be sold at NT$ 3.00 apiece.(2)Folder especially prepared for the stamps to be sold at NT$ 5.00 apiece.(3)Folder with crystal mount for better protection of the stamps to be soldat NT$5.00 apiece.Folder with crystal mount for better protection of the souvenir sheet to be sold at NT$8.00(4)Loose-leaf stamp album page with plastic cover to be sold at NT$ 16.00 apiece. (5)Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a low-valued stamp to be soldat NT$ 7.00 apiece.(6)Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a complete set of stamps to be sold at NT$12.00 apiece.(7)Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a souvenir sheet to be sold at NT$23.00 apiece.
Cachet:       A special cachet will be available on May 20, 2000 at all the Post Offices throughout the country .