Stamp SN | D072 |
Stamp Name | Special 72 Occupations of the 12 Months Painting Postage Stamps (1970) |
Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
Stamp Cat | Calligraphy & Paintings |
Issue date | 1970-10-21 |
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 | 5×3 |
Print color | |
Process | Photogravure |
Paper | Photogravure stamp paper |
Back | |
Perforation | 13 1/2 |
This series of twelve stamps reproduce twelve hanging scrolls of the famous 〝Occupations of the 12 Months〞selected from the collection of the National Palace Museum. These scrolls were painted in color and ink on silk and measure 96.5 × 175.5 cm.each.They depict the activities of Chinese life which typify each month of the lunar year.