Stamp SN | D536 |
Stamp Name | Sp.536 Ferns Postage Stamps |
Stamp Cat Standard | Special Stamps |
Stamp Cat | Forest |
Issue date | 2009-11-26 |
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Dimension of stamps(mm.) | |
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) | |
Printer | Central Engraving and Printing Plant |
Drawer | |
Designer | Yi-ming Chen |
Photographer | |
Engraver | |
Creative Director | |
Sheet composition | 20(4×5) |
Print color | Colorful |
Process | Intaglio combined with offset |
Paper | Phosphorescent stamp paper |
Back | |
Perforation | 11½ |
1. Asplenium nidus (NT$5.00): Commonly known as the bird's-nest fern in English, its long slender fronds are layered and form a nest-like clump at its short fat rhizome. It is a large epiphytic fern and can usually be found growing on tree trunks. It is a common ornamental garden plant.
2. Cyathea spinulosa (NT$9.00): The plant is commonly known as the
This set of stamps is printed in intaglio in combination with offset, and the effect is simply exquisite. To add to philatelic interest as well as value and collectability, a stamp folio containing two printing plate proofs for the souvenir sheet’s offset and intaglio process for the souvenir sheet’s offset and intaglio process will be released at the same time.