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Special 282 Taiwan Birds Postage Stamps (Issue of 1990)

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Stamp SN D282
Stamp Name Special 282 Taiwan Birds Postage Stamps (Issue of 1990)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Birds
Issue date 1990-08-20
Suspersion date 1992-08-20
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 40x30
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Color Printing Co. Inc., R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer Anderson Yang
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
  This set of stamps features four attractive species of birds peculiar to Taiwan. They are recommended by Dr. An Kuei of the Zoology Division of the Provincial Taiwan Museum, and painted by Anderson Yang, lecturer of Fu-jen University.   The stamps take Formosan Firecrest(Regulus goodfellowi), Formosan Laughing Thrush(Garrulax morrisonianus), White-eared Sibia (Heterophasia auricularis) and Yellow Tit(Parus holsti) as their central designs.