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Special 424 Implements from Early Taiwan Postage Stamps: Agricultural Implements

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Stamp SN D424
Stamp Name Special 424 Implements from Early Taiwan Postage Stamps: Agricultural Implements
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Handicrafts
Issue date 2001-05-25
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 40 x 30 (mm)
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Color Printing Co., Inc., R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer Hung-tu Ko
Photographer
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition 20 ( 5 x 4 )
Print color Colorful
Process Deep etch offset
Paper Phosphorescent stamp paper
Back
Perforation 11 1/2 x 11
To give our fellow countrymen an understanding of the implements used in the rural areas of early Taiwan and to arouse their nostalgic feelings for life in olden times, this Directorate has specially planned a series of stamps featuring implements from early Taiwan. The four stamps in the first set will take four different agricultural implement as their subjects: Wind Drum, Plow, Bamboo Rice Basket, and Coir Rainwear. The designs are as follows:1. Wind drum: After the rice was dried under the sun, a wind drum was used to separate the rice grains from leaves and chaff. The rice would fall into a bamboo basket to be put to storage.2. Plow: A plow was an important device for turning the soil in preparation for sowing. Pulled by an ox in front and steered by a farmer behind, the plow would turn loose the soil into rows of ridges. After plowing, the farmers would level the field for sowing.3. Bamboo rice basket: Bamboo rice baskets were used to contain rice. Woven with thin bamboo strips, the baskets had a very Taiwanese flavor.4. Coir rainwear: Made from palm leaves, these were what farmers wore to keep dry. There was a one-piece version and a two-piece version.
(1)First Day Cover in small size to be sold at NT$2apiece.(2)Folder especially prepared for the stamps to be sold at NT$2apiece.(3)Folder with crystal mount for better protection of the stamps to be sold at NT$5apiece.(4)Loose-leaf stamp album page with plastic cover to be sold at NT$8 apiece.(5)Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a low- valued stamp to be sold at NT$7apiece.(6) Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a complete set of stamps to be sold at NT$49 apiece.(7)Implements from Early Taiwan Postage Stamps Agricultural Implements Pictorial to be sold at NT$ 250 apiece.