Deep-Sea Creatures in Taiwan Souvenir Sheets

Deep-Sea Creatures in Taiwan Souvenir Sheets

臺灣深海生物郵票小全張

TAIWAN

發行日期：中華民國101年12月12日

Issue Date : 12 December 2012

今天的日期若是蓋洋戳，正好是12.12.12，還滿有趣的。(這是題外話XD)

It is 12.12.12 on the postmark today. So interesting. (Just a funny thing. XD)

(Upper Right) 雷射全像膜 holographic foil

這次的深海生物郵票，主要是以臺灣附近中層帶(約200至1000公尺深)海域的魚類為主題，並在發光部分以磷光油墨（luminous ink）印製，俗稱的「夜光」，要先在燈光照射一下，拿到黑暗中才會有發光效果，不過實際有發光的區塊並不大。另外，中華郵政網站的介紹還提到了－

“為了表現棘銀斧魚銀亮的身體，特在圖案上燙印雷射全像膜（holographic foil）” 

不是很清楚這個技術的原理，不過拿到了實體之後，可以發現到確實與眾不同，亮面反射彩虹光澤，就像是小時候玩的雷射閃卡那般，不過這也使得拍照很難拍出實際的質感（運氣好角度有抓到XD）。

These two souvenir sheets feature animals that live in the mesopelagic zone (between about 200 and 1,000 metres below the surface) of waters near Taiwan. The luminescent parts of these animals are printed in luminous ink. It shows luminous lights after exposing to the light. Actually, the luminous parts are small.

"Furthermore, in order to illustrate the colour of the silver hatchetfish, it is hot stamped with holographic foil."－Chunghua Post Co.

I don't understand how it works, but I can tell that the upper right stamp is really special. I was lucky that the angle of vision in the photo just shows the colourful effect. I think it looks like the playing cards we played in our childhood. =P

這張滿funny的。XD

這張魷魚真的很逗趣，他身上的點點都會發光喔，下面的那條魚非常的搶鏡，雖然他25元要價不菲，但仍然帶了兩張回來。本來想拍給大家看在黑暗中發光，不過一直失敗，就先做罷了。

This sheet is funny, especially the fish at the bottom. I only bought 2 because it costs too expensive, 25 dollars. I tried to take the photo of it when it's luminous in dark, but it's not easy. :-\

如果你想要了解這組郵票詳細的介紹，可以點擊中華郵政網頁介紹的連結。
If you'd like to know the details of them, here is the link of English introduction by Chunghwa Post Co.