Special 81 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1971)

Stamp SN D081
Stamp Name Special 81 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1971)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Lunar New Year, Zodiac
Issue date 1971-12-01
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 S81.1-81.4 10×10
S81.5-81.8 10×10
Print color
Process Deep etch offset
Paper 76-lb 〝郵〞(post) watermarked paper with red-blue fiber
Back
Perforation 12 3/4 x 12

Description



  To facilitate the prepaying of postage for the yuletide and the New Year mails, a set of the 1972 New Year's Greeting Postage Stamp was issued. This set of stamps adopts the design of four squirrels arranged symmetrically to symbolize the New Year of 1972.