1993-17, Centenary of Birth of Mao Zedong《毛泽东同志诞生一百周年》

Mao Zedong ( 1893 – 1976 ) , styling himself Runzhi and born at Shaoshanchong, Xiangtan of hunan Province, was a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, strategist, theoretician and military scientist.

In the long term revolutionary struggles, Comrade Mao Zedong creatively combined the universal tenets of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete practice of China and so enriched and developed Marxism-Leninism. He performed immortal feats for the founding of the Chinese Communist party and the People’s Liberation Army of China, for the victory of the people’s liberation cause of all the Chinese nationalities, and for the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the development of socialist undertaking. He made outstanding contributions to the liberation of the world’s oppressed nations and to the progress of mankind.

Stamp Title: Centenary of Birth of Mao Zedong
Serial number: 1993-17
Values in set: 2
Souvenir Sheet 1
Date of issue:
November 16, 1993 for Souvenir Sheet
December 26 , 1993 for Stamps
Designers: Wei Chuyu; Peng Bin
Size: 30*40mm
Size of S/S: 82*137mm
Size of S/S stamp: 52*62mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: gravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

Knowing China Through Chinese Stamps.

国家邮政局1993年12月26日发行《毛泽东同志诞生一百周年》纪念邮票1套2枚，小型张1枚。
（2-1）J 毛泽东在陕北 20 分 8190.9万枚
（2-2）J 毛泽东在中南海 100 分 5095.7万枚
小型张 毛泽东在建国初期 500 分 3726.34万枚
志号名称：1993-17J
版别：影写
整版枚数：40(8×5)
全套面值：1.20元
齿孔度数：11度
邮票规格：30×40毫米
小型张邮票规格 52×62毫米
小型张外形规格 82×137毫米
邮票设计者：魏楚予
小型张设计者：彭彬
印制机构：北京邮票厂