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Special 173 Taiwan Crab Postage Stamps (1981)

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Stamp SN D173
Stamp Name Special 173 Taiwan Crab Postage Stamps (1981)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Crustaccan
Issue date 1981-06-14
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 40x30或30x40
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer
Photographer
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition 10×10
Print color
Process Deep etch offset
Paper Locally-made mat finished,
watermarked stamp paper
with gum
Back
Perforation 13 1/2
　 The set of four stamps features four species of crab indigenous to Taiwan waters. They are as follows：　 2.00 Liagore rubromaculate De Haan　 5.00 Ranina ranina Linnaeus　 8.00 Platymaia wyville-thomsoni Miers　 14.00 Lambrus nummifera Rathbum　 The main designs were provided by Professor Ten Tien-hsi and Mr. Lee Chai-wei of the Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University.