Stamp SN | D058 |
Stamp Name | Special 58 A City of Cathay - Handscroll Close-up Views Postage Stamps (1969) |
Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
Stamp Cat | Mammals, Calligraphy & Paintings |
Issue date | 1969-05-20 |
Suspersion date | |
Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
Printer | Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan |
Drawer | |
Designer | |
Photographer | Liu Pao-chin |
Engraver | |
Creative Director | |
Sheet composition | S58.1-58.2 6×5 S58.3-58.5 5×10 |
Print color | |
Process | Photogravure |
Paper | Photogravure stamp paper |
Back | |
Perforation | 13 1/2 |
Continuing 〝A City of Cathay-A Famous Handscroll Painting in Palace Museum Stamps〞issued on June 18, 1968, another set of 〝A City of Cathay〞Handscroll Close-up Views Postage Stamps was released with special features of ancient Chinese social life selected from this handscroll as the central designs. A pair of 1.00 stamps was printed produced in a strip showing a bridal parade from the handscroll. The three other stamps of 2.50, 5.00 and 8.00 feature an emigrant ox cart, an art gallery, and a roadside eating place from the painting respectively.