Stamp SN | D252 |
Stamp Name | Special 252 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1987) |
Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
Stamp Cat | Lunar New Year, Zodiac |
Issue date | 1987-12-01 |
Suspersion date | 民國77年12月01日 |
Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
Printer | China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C. |
Drawer | |
Designer | Chuang Chu-mei |
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 | 12 1/2 |
Consisting of two stamps, this set is the eighth of a second series of New Year's Greeting Postage Stamps drawn by Ms. Chuang Chu-mei. 1988 is the Year of the Dragon, as reckoned by the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The abstract drawing, round in form symbolizing union and harmony, depicts a dragon. The souvenir sheet (78×102 mm.) is composed of two sets of the new stamps.