1998-15, He Xiangning’s Chinese Paintings《何香凝国画作品》

Stamp Title: He Xiangning’s Chinese Paintings
Serial number: 1998-15
Values in set: 3
(3-1), Tiger, 50 fen, 50*38mm
(3-2), Lion, 100 fen, 38*50mm
(3-3), Plum Blossom, 150 fen, 38*50mm

Date of issue: June 27, 1998
Designers: Wang Huming; Yan Bingwu
Size of stamp:
50*38mm for Value 1
38*50mm for Value 2, 3
Perforation: 12.5
Sheet composition: 24
Printing process: gravure

He Xiangning (1878-1972), a native of Nanhai, Guangdong Province, was born in Hong Kong. She was the wife of Liao Zhongkai, a senior statesman of the Kuomintang.

As a member of Tung Meng Hui, China’s earliest revolutionary organization, He Xiangning was an outstanding revolutionary and political activist. Since the New China was founded, She had been appointed a member of the Central People’s Government, chairman of the Revolutionary committee of the Chinese Kuomintang and chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. She was also one of the pioneers in China to study painting in Japan. She studied landscape and flower painting in Tokyo’s Hongou Art School and learned to paint animals under the tutorship of imperial artist Raiaki Tanaka, achieving high artistic attainments. She was a voluminous painter. In addition to lion, tiger, pine, bamboo and chrysanthemum, she also painted large numbers of landscapes. Her words could well be the epitome of modern Chinese history, recording the constant Changes of events since the beginning of this century. Her lion and tiger paintings displayed the spirit of the Chinese people’s ceaseless struggle to invigorate China, and were also the vivid portrayal of her 70-year revolutionary career and noble personality. Her paintings are indeed the treasure of the Chinese paintings gallery. On April 18, 1997, the He Xiangning Art Gallery was established in Shenzhen.

1998年特种邮票《何香凝国画作品》
国家邮政局1998年6月27日发行《何香凝国画作品》特种邮票1套3枚。
（3-1）T 虎 50分 4031.9万枚
（3-2）T 狮 100分 3255.5万枚
（3-3）T 梅 150分 3659.9万枚

志号名称：1998-15T
版别：影写
整版枚数：24 枚
全套面值：3.00元
齿孔度数：12.5×13度
邮票规格：50×38毫米、38×50毫米
设计者：王虎鸣、阎炳武
原画作者：何香凝
印制机构：北京邮票印刷厂