NT$25.00 2010-Anoplophora horsfieldi tonkinensis


NT$25.00 2010-Anoplophora horsfieldi tonkinensis
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General Description : Chunghwa Post will issue a set of four definitive stamps featuring Erythrus formosanus, Rosalia formosa conviva, Aphrodisium faldermannii yuagii and Anoplophora horsfieldi tonkinensis, in order to increase the public’s understanding about the long-horned beetles.
Anoplophora horsfieldi tonkinensis (NT$25.00): This long-horned beetle has a black body and its abdomen is densely covered with fine yellow hair. Both its head and nota have a pair of yellow stripes running lengthwise. There are four yellow markings in each of its elytra. There are some sharp spurs on the outer edges of its prothorax. This widely distributed species is found in broad-leaved forests from sea level to 1,000 meters.
Face value 25 New Taiwan Dollars
Catalog code (Michel) TW 3504
Catalog code Stamp Number TW 3941 Stanley Gibbons TW 3465
Series Long-horned Beetles
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Definitive stamp
Issue date 21/05/2010
Designer Hung-tu Ko
Print technique Offset lithography
Printed by Central Engraving and Printing Plant, Taipei
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