Stamp SN | D174 |
Stamp Name | Special 174 Chinese Fairy Tale Postage Stamps - The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid (1981) |
Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
Stamp Cat | Tales, Mammals |
Issue date | 1981-08-06 |
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Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
Printer | China Color Printing Co. Inc., R.O.C. |
Drawer | |
Designer | Huang Mu-chun |
Photographer | |
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 |
The origin of many traditional festivals is often explained in the fairy tales and folklore of China. This set of four stamps, authenticated by folklore expert Lou Tsu Kuang, features the chief folklore characters related to the Double Seventh Festival.