Woodpeckers (Bach Ma National Botanical Garden) - Code: 805
Bach Ma National Botanical Garden is one of the famous gardens in
Vietnam. The garden was founded in 1986 and was recognised a National Garden in 1991. It
was located in the north of Truong son Range's end stretching from East Sea to Laos
border, belonging to Phu loc district, Thua thien Hue province. The garden has total area
of over 22,000 square metres and situated on 1,444-metre altitude. It preserves many rare
& precious species of fauna & flora in Vietnam. In order to introduce the
woodpeckers available in Bach Ma garden, Department General of Posts &
Telecommunications (DGPT) issues the stampset "Woodpeckers (Bach Ma National
Botanical Garden)" consisting of four values: - The 4 - 1: Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) - 400d - The 4 - 2: Woodpecker (Picumnus innominatus) - 1,000d - The 4 - 3: Woodpecker (Picus rabieri) - 3,000d - The 4 - 4: Woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) - 13,000d
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Date of issue : 18.05.1999
Designer : Mr. Do Lenh Tuan (COTEVINA)
Stamp size : 32 x 43 (mm)
Perforation : 13
Sheet composition : 25 stamps
FDC size : 170 x 110 (mm)
Printer : Postal Stamp Printing Enterprise (in Ho Chi Minh City)
Printing process : offset
Colour : multi-coloured
Paper : standard paper (both gummed and ungummed)