First day of issue: March 27, 2024
Sheet composition: 20 ( 5 × 4 )
Paper used: Phosphorescent stamp paper
Designer: UP Creative Design and Advertising Corporation
Printer: China Color Printing Co., Ltd.
Stamp size: 30 × 30 (mm)
Color: Colorful
Process: Offset
Perforation: 13½
To increase children's interest in learning and their appreciation of the beauty of Taiwan, Chunghwa Post released three sets of stamps on the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols in 2023 and 2024. Now it has followed up with a new set combining the symbols for “ㄠ, ㄡ, ㄢ, ㄣ, ㄤ, ㄥ, ㄦ” with specialities of local administrative areas and “ㄐ一ˊ, ㄧㄡˊ, ㄏㄠˇ” with philately, mail trucks and mailboxes. The ten stamps, each valued at NT$6, are in a se-tenant block. The designs are as follows:
ㄠ(ao): Niaosong (niǎo sōng), Chengqing Lake, Bridge of Nine Turns
ㄡ(ou): Houlong (hòu lóng), Watermelon
ㄢ(an): Anle (ān lè), Dawulun Fort
ㄣ(en): Jincheng (jīn chéng), Wind Lion
ㄤ(ang): Zhuangwei (zhuàng wéi), Cantaloupe
ㄥ(eng): Hengchun (héng chūn), Onion
ㄦ(er): Ershui (èr shuǐ), Steam Locomotive
ㄐ一ˊ(jí): Ji (jí), Philately
ㄧㄡˊ(yóu): You (yóu), Mail Truck
ㄏㄠˇ(hǎo): Hao (hǎo), Mailbox
By-issues:
(1) First Day Cover (220 mm × 158mm): NT$3 apiece
(2) Folder (with or without mount): NT$8 apiece
(3) Loose-leaf album page: NT$8 apiece
(4) Pre-cancelled FDC affixed with a full set of stamps: NT$63 apiece
To purchase the relative philatelic products, please go directly to the post office branches, Postal Museum or order on line at https://stamp.post.gov.tw.
To give back to the customers, this Post offers one exclusive sheet of “Specimen of Mandarin Phonetic Symbols Postage Stamps Limited Edition” along with Stamp Yearbook/Album 2023, featuring 40 stamps in 4 issues of this series in a full sheetlet. It's certainly worth collecting.