China 1992-2 Storks - First Day Cover (FDC)

Storks

Technical details:

Scott No: 2380-81
Serial number: 1992-2
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: February 20, 1992
Designers: Yin Huili
Size: 31*52mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: offset


SN: (2-1)
Title: Ciconia Nigra
Value: 20 fen

SN: (2-2)
Title: Ciconia Ciconia
Value: 160 fen


Background info

Black stork is found across most of China. It is a migratory bird. In summer they live in the north and fly to the south when winter comes. Its body is about 1 meter long. It is black in upper-body, with purple-green metal color, white in under-breast and belly, and red in beak and legs. They nest mostly in the gaps of cliff . They like living in group, and find foods in swamp or marsh. They lay 2-6 eggs per year. White stork is larger in its body, about 1.2 meters long. Its plumage is white with black in the edge of wings. It has a long black beak and legs. White storks are divided into two species: East Asia stork and West Asia stork. In summer, East Asia species breed in the mountain region in the northeast of China, and spend winter in Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan. And West Asia species breed in the west of Xinjiang, and spend winter in India and Nepal