Special 406 National Palace Museum’s Bird Manual Postage Stamps (1999) (D406)

Stamp SN : D406
Stamp Name : Special 406 National Palace Museum’s Bird Manual Postage Stamps (1999)
Stamp Cat Standard : Special Stamps
Stamp Cat : Calligraphy & Paintings
Issue date : 1999-11-11
Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 40 x 30 (mm)　　　
Printer : China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Sheet composition : 20 (5 x 4)
Print color : Colorful
Process : Deep etch offset
Paper : Phosphorescent stamp paper
Perforation : 11 1/2

There are a total of 60 page spreads in National Palace Museum’s Bird Manual collection. This Directorate has once again chosen 20 of these for five sets of four stamps. For aesthetic reasons, because the shapes of the stamps differ from the shapes of the paintings, exquisite parts of the paintings have been chosen for the stamps and removed from their original backgrounds. Visually striking stamps are the result.