Special 58 A City of Cathay - Handscroll Close-up Views Postage Stamps (1969) (D058)

Stamp SN : D058
Stamp Name : Special 58 A City of Cathay - Handscroll Close-up Views Postage Stamps (1969)
Stamp Cat Standard : Special Stamps
Stamp Cat : Mammals,Calligraphy & Paintings
Issue date : 1969-05-20
Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 51x36
Printer : Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan
Sheet composition : S58.1-58.2 6×5
Process : Photogravure
Paper : Photogravure stamp paper
Perforation : 13 1/2
Photographer : Liu Pao-chin

Continuing 〝A City of Cathay-A Famous Handscroll Painting in Palace Museum Stamps〞issued on June 18, 1968, another set of 〝A City of Cathay〞Handscroll Close-up Views Postage Stamps was released with special features of ancient Chinese social life selected from this handscroll as the central designs. A pair of 1.00 stamps was printed produced in a strip showing a bridal parade from the handscroll. The three other stamps of 2.50, 5.00 and 8.00 feature an emigrant ox cart, an art gallery, and a roadside eating place from the painting respectively.