Definitive 045 Postal Savings Issue (1944) (A045)

Stamp SN : A045
Stamp Name : Definitive 045 Postal Savings Issue (1944)
Stamp Cat Standard : Definitive Stamps
Stamp Cat : Post && Telecommunications,Emblems
Issue date : 1944-10-01
Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 18x22
Printer : Engraving & Printing Department of the Central Trust of China, Chungking
Sheet composition : 20×10
Process : Intaglio
Paper : Woodfree printing paper &〝Chao Tieh〞 paper
Back : Gumless
Perforation : 13

Owing to Currency fluctuations, the demand for high denominations of stamps was increased. A new series of stamps was consequently issued in a design showing the Postal Savings business counter in the middle. Above the door there is a circle earing the character 〝儲〞(savings), at the right-hand top corner is a larger circle showing money being dropped into a piggy bank, symbolic of money saving. The postal emblem is shown in another circle at top center. The whole set consists of four denominations valued from $40 to $200.Only three denominations of $40, $50, and $100 were printed on thin paper (〝Chao Tieh〞 paper), while four denominations were all printed on thick paper (woodfree printing paper).