Special 55 New Year’s Greeting Stamps (Issue of 1968)
| Stamp SN | D055 |
| Stamp Name | Special 55 New Year’s Greeting Stamps (Issue of 1968) |
| Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
| Stamp Cat | Lunar New Year, Zodiac |
| Issue date | 1968-11-12 |
| Suspersion date | |
| Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
| Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
| Printer | China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C. |
| Drawer | |
| Designer | Wen Hsueh-ju |
| Photographer | |
| Engraver | |
| Creative Director | |
| Sheet composition | 10×10 |
| Print color | |
| Process | Deep etch offset |
| Paper | 76-lb〝郵〞(post) watermarked paper with red-blue fiber |
| Back | |
| Perforation | 12 1/2 |
Description
This set of 〝New Year's Greeting〞stamps shows a cock as the central design. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, 1969 is the year of the cock.Having a cock as the subject is because of popular appreciation and also because〝the cock heralds the dawn,〞and 〝the dawn is the most important time of a day.〞