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Special 6 Taiwan Insects Stamps (1958)

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Stamp SN D006
Stamp Name Special 6 Taiwan Insects Stamps (1958)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Insects
Issue date 1958-03-20
Suspension date 1962-08-01
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 26 x 35.5
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan
Drawer
Designer Wen Hsueh-ju
Photographer
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition 10×5
Print color
Process Photogravure
Paper Photogravure stamp paper
Back
Perforation 13 - 13 1/2


Situated in the subtropics and with plenty of rainfall, Taiwan is teeming with a great variety of insects and flowers. In order to stimulate interest in Taiwan insects and flowers and thus to promote tourism, two sets of stamps with attractive insects and lovely orchids as their subjects were issued.