Sp.536 Ferns Postage Stamps (D536)

Stamp SN : D536
Stamp Name : Sp.536 Ferns Postage Stamps
Stamp Cat Standard : Special Stamps
Stamp Cat : Forest
Issue date : 2009-11-26
Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 30 ×40（mm）
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.) : 145 × 90（mm）
Printer : Central Engraving and Printing Plant
Sheet composition : 20（4×5）
Print color : Colorful
Process : Intaglio combined with offset
Paper : Phosphorescent stamp paper
Perforation : 11½
Designer : Yi-ming Chen

Taiwan has among the highest density of ferns in the world and has been touted as the Kingdom of Ferns . To introduce the beauty of ferns, Chunghwa Post is issuing a set of four stamps and a souvenir sheet featuring Asplenium nidus , Cyathea spinulosa , Cyathea lepifera , and Cibotium taiwanense . The designs follow:
1 . Asplenium nidus (NT$5.00): Commonly known as the b ird's-nest fern in English, its long slender fronds are layered and form a nest-like clump at its short fat rhizome. It is a large epiphytic fern and can usually be found growing on tree trunks. It is a common ornamental garden plant.
2. Cyathea spinulosa (NT$9.00): The plant is commonly known as the Taiwan tree fern in English. Its trunk is about five meters high, and its fronds are oval-shaped. New green fronds are upright and radiate from the crown, while the old fronds bend downward to form a leave skirt. This shade tolerant tree is common in mid- and low-elevation regions of the island.
This set of stamps is printed in intaglio in combination with offset, and the effect is simply exquisite. To add to philatelic interest as well as value and collectability, a stamp folio containing two printing plate proofs for the souvenir sheet’s offset and intaglio process for the souvenir sheet’s offset and intaglio process will be released at the same time.