Special 145 Taiwan Butterflies Postage Stamps (Issue of 1978)

Stamp SN D145
Stamp Name Special 145 Taiwan Butterflies Postage Stamps (Issue of 1978)
Stamp Cat Standard Special Stamps
Stamp Cat Insects
Issue date 1978-09-20
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.)
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer
Photographer Chen We-so
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 13 1/2

Description



  To support the Butterflies Protection Movement and to develop sightseeing resources, a set of 〝Taiwan Butterflies Postage Stamps (Issue of 1978)〞 was released.

  The four species of butterflies used as the main designs of this set of stamps are as follows:

2.00  Ixias pyrene insignis Butler

4.00  Euploea sylvestor swinhoei Wallace

6.00  Cyrestis thyodamas formosana Fruhstorfer

10.00  Byase polyeuctes termessus Fruhstorfer