Stamp SN | D154 |
Stamp Name | Special 154 Taiwan Birds Postage Stamps (Issue of 1979) |
Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
Stamp Cat | Birds |
Issue date | 1979-08-08 |
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 | 5×10 |
Print color | |
Process | Deep etch offset |
Paper | Locally-made mat finished, watermarked stamp paper with gum |
Back | |
Perforation | 11 1/2 |
The stamp designs are of three different species of birds, i.e. Swinhoe's Pheasant (Lophura swinhoii), Steere's Babbler(Liocichla steerii), and the Formosan Yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps), which were recommended and provided by the Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University.