Special 318 Water Plants Postage Stamps (1993) (D318)

Stamp SN : D318
Stamp Name : Special 318 Water Plants Postage Stamps (1993)
Stamp Cat Standard : Special Stamps
Stamp Cat : Flowers
Issue date : 1993-03-12
Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 30x40
Printer : China Color Printing Co.Inc.,R.O.C.
Sheet composition : 6×5
Process : Deep etch offset
Paper : Locally-made mat finished,
Perforation : 11 1/2
Designer : Hung Hsin-fang

To introduce the gorgeous plants in Taiwan, this Directorate released a set of Water Plants Postage Stamps. The subjects were recommended by Jeng Yuan-chun, Head of Department of Botany, Taiwan Museum. The three plants taken as the motifs are： Water Lily( Nymphaea × hybrida), Taiwan Cow Lily( Nuphar Shimadai) and Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)