Stamp SN | D343 |
Stamp Name | Special 343 Irrigation Skill Postage Stamps (1995) |
Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
Stamp Cat | Mammals, Agriculture |
Issue date | 1995-02-14 |
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Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
Printer | China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C. |
Drawer | |
Designer | Andy Ko |
Photographer | |
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Creative Director | |
Sheet composition | 4×5 |
Print color | |
Process | Deep etch offset |
Paper | Locally-made mat finished, watermarked stamp paper with gum |
Back | |
Perforation | 11 1/2 |
Compiled by Sung Yin-shing in the Sung dynasty, Tian Gong Kai Wu is an encyclopedia, recording with great detail more than 10 different production skills of agriculture. The hydraulic section of this book gives a detailed account of how the ancient Chinese utilized different sources of power to irrigate their crop. Five of these skills are featured on this set of stamps.