Special 98 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1973) (D098)

Stamp SN : D098
Stamp Name : Special 98 New Year’s Greeting Postage Stamps (Issue of 1973)
Stamp Cat Standard : Special Stamps
Stamp Cat : Lunar New Year,Zodiac
Issue date : 1973-12-01
Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 34x26
Printer : China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Sheet composition : 10×10
Process : Deep etch offset
Paper : 86 g/m2 watermarked draft
Perforation : 12 1/2
Designer : Wen Hsueh-ju

1974 is the year of 〝ChiaYin〞 and the symbol of the year is the tiger. To facilitate the prepaying of postage for the yuletide and New Year mails, aset of the 1974 New Year's Greeting Postage Stamps, each with the same design of a tiger, was issued to celebrate the year of the tiger.