Special 263 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1988)
| Stamp SN | D263 |
| Stamp Name | Special 263 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1988) |
| Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
| Stamp Cat | Lunar New Year, Zodiac |
| Issue date | 1988-12-01 |
| Suspersion date | 民國78年12月01日 |
| Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
| Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
| Printer | China Color Printing Co. Inc., 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 |
Description
Consisting of two stamps, this set is the ninth of a second series of New Year's Greeting Postage Stamps released by this Directorate. 1989 is the Year of the Snake, according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The abstract drawing, round in form to symbolize union and harmony, depicts a snake. The souvenir sheet (78×102 mm.) is composed of two sets of the new stamps.