Chinese Fables Postage Stamps
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Title
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Chinese Fables Postage Stamps
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Description
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1998 Set of four "Chinese Fables Postage Stamps" on an envelope devoted to the series and marked with "First Day of Issue" postmarks: "Taiwan, ROC, 25.9.98." The verso of the envelope gives the title of the stamps' four scenes. FDC Designer: Rolland Chang. Directorate General of Posts, Republic of China. $4 from Don Alexander, Norman, OK, through eBay, Dec., '03.
What a beautiful envelope! A fisherman seems to run into a snipe, a clam, and a tortoise. This overall picture thus represents two of the fables well.
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Source
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$4 from Don Alexander, Norman, OK, through eBay, Dec., '03.
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Date
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1998
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Subject
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A Frog in a Well
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The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Ferocity
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Adding Legs to a Drawing of a Snake
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The Snipe and the Clam Are at a Deadlock
