Stamp SN | D410A |
Stamp Name | Special 410 24 Seasonal Periods Postage Stamps-Summer |
Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
Stamp Cat | Agriculture |
Issue date | 2000-05-05 |
Suspersion date | |
Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
Printer | China Engraving & Printing Works,R.O.C. |
Drawer | |
Designer | J.C. Chen |
Photographer | |
Engraver | |
Creative Director | Ben Wang |
Sheet composition | 30 ( 6 x 5 ) |
Print color | Colorful |
Process | Deep etch offset |
Paper | Phosphorescent stamp paper |
Back | |
Perforation | 11 1/2 |
The names of the 24 seasonal periods describe changes in the weather over the course of a year. To give the public greater understanding about the life of the ancient Chinese, this Directorate is issuing a set of six stamps,featuring the six seasonal periods of summer: "Commencement of Summer," "Little Fullness," "Husks of Grain," "Summer Solstice", "Lesser Heat" and "Great Heat." The set is entitled“ 24 Seasonal Periods Postage Stamps-Summer.” The stamps depict sights in farming villages during different seasonal periods. The stamps are printed in se-tenant format.
The designs of the stamps are as follows:
(1)First Day Cover in small size to be sold at NT$2.00 apiece.
First Day Cover in large size to be sold at NT$3.00 apiece.
(2)Folder especially prepared for the stamps to be sold at NT$3.00 apiece.
(3)Folder with crystal mount for better protection stamps of the stamps to be sold at NT$5.00 apiece.
(4)Loose-leaf stamp album page with plastic cover to be sold at NT$16.00 apiece.
(5)Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a low-valued stamp to be sold at NT$7.00 apiece.
(6)Pre-cancelled First Day Cover affixed with a complete set of stamps to be sold at NT$33.00 apiece.
(7)The 24 Seasonal Periods Postage Stamps Pictorial-Summer to be sold at NT$180.00 apiece.