Special 138 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1977)

Stamp SN D138
Stamp Name Special 138 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1977)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Lunar New Year, Zodiac
Issue date 1977-12-01
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.)
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer
Photographer Huang Po-hsiung
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition 10×10
Print color
Process Deep etch offset
Paper Locally-made mat finished, watermarked stamp paper with gum


Back
Perforation 12 1/2

Description



  In the Chinese lunar calendar, 1978 is the year of the Horse. The stamps use horses as the main subject. The designs are of two close-up views chosen from Lang Shih-ning's painting 〝One Hundred Horses,〞 which is now being kept in the National Palace Museum.