1998-25, The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Comrade Liu Shaoqi《刘少奇同志诞生一百周年》

Stamp Title: The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Comrade Liu Shaoqi
Scott No: 2916, 2917, 2918, 2919
Serial number: 1998-25
Values in set: 4
(4-1), On the Tian’anmen Gate Tower, 50 fen, 30*40mm
(4-2), Attending the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, 50 fen, 30*40mm
(4-3), Visiting a foreign country, 50 fen, 40*30mm
(4-4), Working in the Office, 150 fen, 40*30mm
Date of issue: November 24, 1998
Designers: Jiang Weijie; Li Qingfa
Size:
30*40mm for Value 1, 2
40*30mm for Value 3, 4
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: gravure
Printing house: Beijing postage stamps printing works

Liu Shaoqi is a great Marxist, one of the top leaders of the Chinese communist Party and the People’s Republic of China and an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, politician and theorist. Liu was born in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province on November 24, 1898, and joined the Communist Party of China in 1921. In the nearly half century of his revolutionary career, he has made immortal contributions to the Chinese revolution and construction cause. His many important works on China’s new democratic revolution, socialist revolution and construction, especially the Party’s construction are an important part of Mao Zedong Thought. He was made important part of Mao Zedong Thought. He has made important contributions to the establishment of Mao Zedong Thought’s guiding position in the whole Party. Liu is a Communist with noble personality. His well cultured in Party spirit has set a good example in the whole Party.

After the “cultural revolution” started in 1966, he was wrongly criticized and politically framed up and persecuted personally by the anti-revolutionary group led by Lin Biao and Jiang Qing. He died on November 12, 1969. The fifth session of the 11th Party Congress in 1980 reached a resolution on the rehabilitation of his reputation. His main works were included in the “Selected Works of Liu Shaoqi”.

1998年纪念邮票《刘少奇同志诞生一百周年》
国家邮政局1998年11月24日发行《刘少奇同志诞生一百周年》纪念邮票1套4枚。
（4-1）J 在天安门城楼上 50 分 4199.9万枚
（4-2）J 在中共七大会议上 50 分 4079.9万枚
（4-3）J 中国人民的使者 50 分 4079.9万枚
（4-4）J 在办公室工作 150 分 2999.9万枚

志号名称：1998-25J
版别：影写
整版枚数：40 枚
全套面值：3.00元
邮票规格：30×40毫米
齿孔度数：11.5 度
设计者：姜伟杰、李庆发
摄影：（4-1）袁苓、（4-2）吴印咸、（4-4）王光美
印制机构：北京邮票厂

1998年11月24日，是伟大的马克思主义者、无产阶级革命家刘少奇同志诞生一百周年。中国邮政发行了“刘少奇同志诞生一百周年”纪念邮票，全套4枚，编号1998-25。

中央文献研究室、空军指挥学院等单位几十位专家学者在刘少奇诞生一百周年前夕编著出版了《伟人刘少奇》一书。本书是一部以二十世纪中国的视野阐述刘少奇同志的历史功绩、光辉思想、高尚风范的力作。

《伟人刘少奇》以全书三分之一强的篇幅，阐述了刘少奇同志对马克思主义理论的重大贡献。全书贯穿的主线是把刘少奇一生言行演绎于历史发展之中。本书精选了几百个刘少奇与党政军、各族各界各阶层人士的交往中的真切动人的故事，从而多侧面多层次全方位地展示了刘少奇同志注重调查研究，注重深入实际，注重倾听来自基层和人民群众的呼声，时刻不忘自己是“社会的公仆”的品格;展示了刘少奇工作、生活艰苦朴素，廉洁自律，勤政为民，反对腐败，不谋私利，全心全意为人民服务的精神。

刘少奇一生热爱人民，为自己融于人民之中而自豪，就是在“文化大革命”中，他的身心受到严重摧残，直至去世前，刘少奇同志仍坚信“历史是由人民写的”。这套纪念邮票是以4张照片为原图，忠实而典型地反映了刘少奇在不同时期兢兢业业的伟大的高大形象。图1为1965年10月1日，毛泽东、刘少奇陪同柬埔寨王国西哈努克亲王登上天安门城楼，参加一年一度的国庆大典。图2为1945年5月，刘少奇在中共七大会议上，作《关于修改党章的报告》报告时的情景。图3为当选为中华人民共和国主席后，刘少奇于1965年访问柬埔寨时，受到王国政府和人民盛大欢迎时的情景。图4为刘少奇同志的夫人王光美为他拍的一幅工作照。