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Special 138 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1977)

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Stamp SN D138
Stamp Name Special 138 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1977)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Lunar New Year, Zodiac
Issue date 1977-12-01
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 26x34或34x26
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer
Photographer Huang Po-hsiung
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition 10×10
Print color
Process Deep etch offset
Paper Locally-made mat finished, watermarked stamp paper with gum


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Perforation 12 1/2
  In the Chinese lunar calendar, 1978 is the year of the Horse. The stamps use horses as the main subject. The designs are of two close-up views chosen from Lang Shih-ning's painting 〝One Hundred Horses,〞 which is now being kept in the National Palace Museum.