Mainland China Official Stamps

Mao Zedong ( 1893 - 1976 ) , styling himself Runzhi and born at Shaoshanchong, Xiangtan of hunan Province, was a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, strategist, theoretician and military scientist. In the long term revolutionary struggles, Comrade Mao Zedong creatively combined the universal tenets of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete practice of China and so enriched [...]

1993-16, Centenary of Birth of Yang Hucheng《杨虎城诞生一百周年》 Stamp Title: Centenary of Birth of Yang Hucheng Serial number: 1993-16 Values in set: 1 Date of issue: November 26, 1993 Designers: Zou Jianjun Size: 30*40mm Perforation: 12 Sheet composition: 50 Printing process: offset Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), born in Pu city in Shanxi province, is the [...]

Zheng Banqiao (1693-1765), born in Xing Hua, Jiangsu province, is famous for his painting and calligraphy, inscription of stone tablets and poem. He was the magistrate in Fan and Wei Counties in Shandong province when he was 49. Having been dismissed from the office, he returned to his hometown -Yangzhou and made his living by [...]

Generally speaking, lacquerwares refer to metal, wooden and porcelain articles which are coated with lacquer. In ancient China, lacquer used to make lacquerwares came from lacquer trees. Together with porcelain and silk, lacquerwares are gems of ancient Chinese art. 1993-14, Lacquerwares of Ancient China Stamp Title: Lacquerwares of Ancient China Serial number: 1993-14 [...]

1993-11, Bees《蜜蜂》 Stamp Title: Bees Serial number: 1993-11 Values in set: 4 Date of issue: September 21, 1993 Designers: Liu Xanbo Size: 40*30mm Perforation: 11.5 Sheet composition: 40 Printing process: gravure A bee colony is composed of queen bee, worker bees and male bees. Products made by bees have special curative effects which [...]