1996-29, The 60th Anniversary of Victory of Chinese Long Match《中国工农红军长征胜利六十周年》

Stamp Title: The 60th Anniversary of Victory of Chinese Long Match
Scott No: 2735, 2736
Serial number: 1996-29
Values in set: 2
(2-1), The Red Army Through the Marshland, 20 fen, 50*30mm
(2-2), Reunion of Three Armies, 50 fen, 50*30mm
Date of issue: October 22, 1996
Designers: Yan Bingwu; Chen Xiaocong
Size: 50*30mm
Perforation: 12.5
Sheet composition: 42
Printing process: offset

During the Second Revolutionary Civil War period, the Central Rend Army (The First Front Army ), guided by the incorrect strategy of the “Left” adventures leaders represented by Wang Ming, failed to defeat the fifth “encircling and suppressing” launched by the Kuomintang-led troops. The Red Army was forced to withdraw form the revolutionary bases to conduct Long March. Except those in North Shanxi Province, Red Army troops in other Soviet Areas also started their Long March in succession.

In August 1934, the Sixth Army Group of the Red Army inaugurated their Long March from the Xiang (Hunan)-Gand (Jiangxi) Base in October, where they joined forces with the Second Army Group of the Red Army. In October the same year, the main forces of the Red Army started Long March from the areas including Changding and Ninghua of Fujian Proving, and Ruijin of Jiangxi Province.

After the historic Zunyi Meeting in January 1935, the Central Red Army, now under edirect leadership of Mao Zedong, fought successively in the borders among Qian, Chuan (Sichuan) and Dian (Yunnan), and at last shook off the surrounding, chasing and intercepting of tens of millions of Kuomintang troops. They arrived at Mao Gong in west Sichuan on June 13, where they joined forces with the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army, At that time the leader of the Fourth Front Army ,Zhang Guotao openly adopted splittism, which met firm resistance from the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Mao Zedong. Mao and other comrades led the main forces of the Red Army to continue to go up north, and in October 1935, they successfully arrived at the Wuqi Township, a base in north Shanxi Province.

The Second and Sixth Army Groups of the Red Army began their Long March form the Xiang-E (Hubei)-Chuan-Qian Base in November 1935. They joined forces with the Fourth Front Army when they got to Ganzi Area in June 1936. The Second and Sixth Army Groups and the 32 Army of the Red Army were combined to form the Second Front Army. They went up north with the Fourth Front Army and reached Huining of Gansu Province in October 1936, where they joined forces with the First Front Army. By then the Red Army Long March had the Red Army.

1996年纪念邮票《中国工农红军长征胜利六十周年》
国家邮政局1996年10月22日发行《中国工农红军长征胜利六十周年》纪念邮票1套2枚。
（2-1）J 红军过草地 20 分 3624.2万枚
（2-2）J 三军大会师 50 分 2061.8万枚

志号名称：1996-29J
版别：胶印
整版枚数：42 枚
全套面值：0.7元
邮票规格：50× 30毫米
齿孔度数：12.5度
设计者：阎炳武、陈晓聪
来源：（2-1）四川美院集体创作（雕塑）、（2-2）蔡亮、张自嶷（油画）
印制机构：北京邮票厂
1934年第五次反“围剿”失败，红军被迫退出根据地，实施大规模的战略转移。强渡乌江，四渡赤水，抢渡金沙江，摆脱了数十万敌军的围追堵截;此后，翻雪山，过草地，历尽艰难困苦，行程二万五千里，于1936年10月红军三大主力一、二、四方面军在陕甘地区全面会师，胜利地结束了长征。

长征是中国军事史上的一次伟大壮举。长征是宣言书、是宣传队，是播种机，是中国革命转危为安的关键。