Special 145 Taiwan Butterflies Postage Stamps (Issue of 1978) (D145)

Stamp SN : D145
Stamp Name : Special 145 Taiwan Butterflies Postage Stamps (Issue of 1978)
Stamp Cat Standard : Special Stamps
Stamp Cat : Insects
Issue date : 1978-09-20
Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 36x25.5
Printer : China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Sheet composition : 10×10
Process : Deep etch offset
Paper : Locally-made mat finished,
Perforation : 13 1/2
Photographer : Chen We-so

To support the Butterflies Protection Movement and to develop sightseeing resources, a set of 〝Taiwan Butterflies Postage Stamps (Issue of 1978)〞 was released. The four species of butterflies used as the main designs of this set of stamps are as follows： 2.00 Ixias pyrene insignis Butler 4.00 Euploea sylvestor swinhoei Wallace 6.00 Cyrestis thyodamas formosana Fruhstorfer 10.00 Byase polyeuctes termessus Fruhstorfer