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Special 226 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps and Souvenir Sheet (Issue of 1985)

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Stamp SN D226
Stamp Name Special 226 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps and Souvenir Sheet (Issue of 1985)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Lunar New Year, Zodiac
Issue date 1985-12-01
Suspersion date 1986-06-01
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 26x34
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Color Printing Co.Inc.,R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer Chuang Chu-mei
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 12 1/2
　　Consisting of two stamps, this set is the sixth of a second series of New Year's Greeting Postage Stamps drawn by Ms. Chuang Chu-mei. 1986 is the Year of the Tiger, as reckoned by the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The abstract drawing, round in form symbolizing union and harmony, depicts a tiger. The souvenir sheet (78×102 mm.) is composed of two sets of the stamps.