2005-12, Andersen’s Fairy Tales《安徒生童话》

Stamp Title: Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Serial number: 2005-12
Values in set: 5
(5-1), The Emperor’s New Clothes, 60 fen, 33*44 mm
(5-2), The Little Mermaid, 80 fen, 33*44 mm
(5-3), Thumbelina, 80 fen, 33*44 mm
(5-4), The Little Match-seller, 80 fen, 33*44 mm
(5-5), The Ugly Duckling, 80 fen, 33*44 mm
Date of issue: June 1, 2005
Denomination: 380 fen
Designer: Qiong Liang
Size of stamps: 33*44 mm
Perforation: 13.5
Sheet composition: 10 (2 sets)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

On 1 June 2005, the State Post Bureau will issue a five-piece set of special stamps, “Andersen’s Fairy Tales”, with a total face value of 3.80 yuan. The pictures on the stamps are entitled “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Thumbelina”, “The Little Match-seller”, and “The Ugly Duckling”, respectively.

The year 2005 marks the 200th birth anniversary of the world-famous fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Andersen. Born in 1805 in Odense, Denmark, Andersen wrote a lot of works including poems, plays and novels, but is best known for his 168 fairy tales. Sympathizing with the unfortunate poor and appreciating goodness and purity, Andersen depicted in his beautiful fairy tales the happiness, bitterness and sadness of human life, exposed the evils in the money-dominated society, mocked the rulers’ arrogance and foolishness and their followers’ disgusting flattery, and encouraged pursuit of freedom and a bright future. With rich imagination, vivid plots and simple language, his works are still read and told by adults and children all over the world and remain bright and dazzling in the treasury of world literature.

2005-12 《安徒生童话》特种邮票
（5-1）T 皇帝的新装 60分 1200万枚
（5-2）T 海的女儿 80分 1200万枚
（5-3）T 拇指姑娘 80分 1200万枚
（5-4）T 卖火柴的小女孩 80分 1200万枚
（5-5）T 丑小鸭 80分 1200万枚
志号：2005-12
发行日期：2005年6月1日
邮票规格：33×44毫米
齿孔度数：13.5度
整张枚数：10(5×2)（横五枚连印，两套邮票）
整张规格：240×130毫米
版别：影写版
防伪方式：防伪纸张、防伪油墨、异形齿孔、荧光喷码
设计：熊亮（邮票）、王虎鸣（边饰）
印制厂：北京邮票厂
注：国家邮政局同时发行《安徒生童话》特种邮票 不干胶品种 ，整张规格：240×160毫米；整张枚数：10枚（两套邮票）；发行量为265万版；版张边饰设计者：熊亮。