Special 147 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1978)
| Stamp SN | D147 |
| Stamp Name | Special 147 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1978) |
| Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
| Stamp Cat | Lunar New Year, Zodiac |
| Issue date | 1978-12-01 |
| Suspersion date | |
| Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
| Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
| Printer | China Color Printing Co. Inc., R.O.C. |
| Drawer | |
| Designer | |
| Photographer | Wu Cheng-fang |
| 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
The year 1979 is the year of the sheep, the stamps have as the central design, an ancient Chinese painting 〝Imitation of the Three Sheep by Emperor Hsuan-tsung of Ming Dynasty〞 by Emperor Kao-tsung of Ching Dynasty, recommended by the National Palace Museum.
The three sheep in the above-mentioned painting, as well as on any other artwork, represent both an ancient Chinese philosophy and a symbolism for good luck and happiness.