Previous                 Philately Goes Bananas                 Next Taiwan Taiwan produced 342,629 tonnes of bananas in 2019 ranking it 38th in the world after Morocco and before Malaysia. Date of Issue: July 25, 1964 Series: Fruit Date of Issue: August 21, 2005 Series: Taipei 2005 International Stamp Exhibition Date of Issue: August 18, 2017 Series: Fruits Definitive Date of Issue: August 12, 2023 Series: TAIPEI 2023 –39th Asian International Stamp Exhibition Postage Stamps:Taiwan in Literature According to Chunghwa Post, this stamp is inspired by Yu Kwang-chung's “Passing Fangliao Town”: “Rain falls softly on Pingtung's sugarcane fields/ Sweet, sweet sugarcane; sweet, sweet rain…Rain falls softly on Pingtung's banana trees/ Sweet, sweet banana; sweet, sweet rain . . ." Previous                                                Next Return to the Banana Stamps from Around the World Index Page.