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Special 252 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1987)

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Stamp SN D252
Stamp Name Special 252 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1987)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Lunar New Year, Zodiac
Issue date 1987-12-01
Suspersion date 1988-12-01
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 26x34
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, 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 eighth of a second series of New Year's Greeting Postage Stamps drawn by Ms. Chuang Chu-mei. 1988 is the Year of the Dragon, as reckoned by the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The abstract drawing, round in form symbolizing union and harmony, depicts a dragon. The souvenir sheet (78×102 mm.) is composed of two sets of the new stamps.