Special 209 Taiwan Alpine Plants Postage Stamps
| Stamp SN | D209 |
| Stamp Name | Special 209 Taiwan Alpine Plants Postage Stamps |
| Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
| Stamp Cat | Flowers, Forest |
| Issue date | 1984-08-08 |
| Suspersion date | 民國74年02月08日 |
| Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
| Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
| Printer | China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C. |
| Drawer | |
| Designer | Chen Chien-chu |
| 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 |
Description
To promote the protection of natural resources, this Directorate released a set of Taiwan Alpine Plants Postage Stamps.The stamps depict four species of alpine plants endemic to Taiwan flora-Gentiana arisanensis Hayata, Epilobium nankotaizanense Yamamoto, Adenophora uehatae Yamamoto, and Aconitum fukutomei Hayata. The four plants shown on the stamps were recommended by Dr. Ming-chou Lai of the Wildlife and Nature Conservation Society, and Mr. Cheng-hsiung Chang, an expert in human survival in the wilds.