1996-24, The 100th Birthday of Comrade Yeting《叶挺同志诞生一百周年》

Stamp Title: The 100th Birthday of Comrade Yeting
Scott No: 2721, 2722
Serial number: 1996-24
Values in set: 2
(2-1), Portrait of Comrade Ye Ting, 20 fen, 30*40mm
(2-2), General Ye Ting during the War of Resistance against Japan, 50 fen, 30*40mm
Date of issue: September 10, 1996
Designers: Liu Xingmiao
Size of stamp: 30*40mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 50
Printing process: offset

Ye Ting (1896-1946), was a China’s proletarian revolutionary strategist and one of the founders of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Styling himself Xiyi, Ye had the original name Ye Xun. A native of Huiyang, Guangdong province, Ye graduated from the Baoding Military School. In 1919, Ye joined the democratic revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. In 1921 he became battalion commander of the Garrison Regiment of Dr. Sun’s Generalissimo Palace. In 1924, he went to Moscow, studying in the Chinese class of Moscow Oriental University and Red Army School. In 1925, he joined the Chinese Communist party. In the same year, he returned to China and became section chief of staff of the Fourth Army of the National Democratic Army. Later, he was transferred to the Independent Regiment of the Fourth Army whose leading officials were communists and became the regimental commander. During the Northern Expedition, Ye led the Independent Regiment to win every battle They fought. In the two battles fought on Hubei Province’s Dingsi Bridge and Hesheng Bridge, the Independent Regiment led by Ye crushed the warlord Wu Peifu’s main force. For this reason, Ye was hailed as “famous general of the Northern Expedition” and won the title “Iron Army” for the Fourth Army. When the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Wuchang, Ye became deputy division commander of the 25th Division of the Fourth Army, division commander of the 24 Division of the 11th Army and commander of the Wuhan Garrison Command. In August 1927, he joined the Nanchang Uprising, holding the position of front-line commander-in-chief and army commander of the 11th Army. In December 1927, he led the Guangzhou Uprising, holding the position of commander-in-chief of the Worker and Peasant Red Army of the Guangzhou Soviet Government (Guangzhou Cumjmune). After the uprising failed, he lived in exile abroad and lost contact with the Chinese Communist Party. After the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out ,he returned to China to hold the position of army commander of the New Fourth Route Army, fighting the Japanese invaders in their rear areas in Central china. In the 1941Wannan Incident, he was detained by the Kuomintang Army and was imprisoned for many years. In the prison, Ye not surrender and wrote a poem entitled “Prisoner’s Song” to show his high ideals. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ye was released by the Kuomintang in March 1946 after the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party made stern representations to it. While flying from Chongqing to Yan’an on April 8, Ye died in an air crash in Heichashan, Xixing County, Shansi Province. His remains were buried in the Yan’an on “April 8” Martyrs’ Cemetery.

1996年纪念邮票《叶挺同志诞生一百周年》
国家邮政局1996年9月10日发行《叶挺同志诞生一百周年》纪念邮票1套2枚。
（2-1）J 叶挺同志肖像 20分 3674.25万枚
（2-2）J 抗日战争时期的叶挺将军 50分 2099.25万枚

志号名称：1996-24J
版别：影写
整版枚数：50 枚
全套面值：0.70元
邮票规格：30 × 40毫米
齿孔度数：12 度
设计者：刘兴淼
印制机构：河南省邮电印刷厂

叶挺(1896–1946)广东惠阳人。中国无产阶级革命家，解放军创建人之一。北伐战争时期任国民革命军第四军独立团团长，该团在湖北的汀泗桥和贺胜桥等著名战役中，击溃军阀吴佩孚主力，被誉为“铁军”。1927年，他参加领导了南昌起义和广州起义。抗日战争时期，任新四军军长。1941年在国民党发动的“皖南事变” 中负伤被俘。1946年3月，在中共中央坚决要求下，叶挺同志被释放，同年4月8日，在由重庆返延安途中因飞机失事遇难。