J137, 110th Anniv. of Birth of Liao Zhougkai《廖仲恺诞生一百一十周年》

J137, 110th Anniv. of Birth of Liao Zhougkai《廖仲恺诞生一百一十周年》


Stamp Title: 110th Anniv. of Birth of Liao Zhougkai
Scott No: 2082, 2083
Serial number: J137
Values in set: 2
(2-1), Portrait of Liao Zhongkai, 8 fen, 30*40 mm
(2-2), Liao Zhongkai and He Xiangnin, 20 fen, 30*40 mm
Date of issue: April 23, 1987
Denomination: 28 fen
Designers: He Jiaying
Size of stamps: 30*40mm
Perforation: 11.5*10
Sheet composition: 50(10*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works.

Liao Zhongkai (1877~1925): Liao Zhongkai’s father was one of the poor Chinese men who got packed off to America for hard labour. Nevertheless, he made good and became a businessman. Thus, on 23 April 1877, Liao Zhongkai was born in San Francisco. In 1896, Liao was deeply influenced by the reform movement in China and stopped all old Chinese learning. He enrolled in Queen’s College (Hong Kong) in 1896 to adopt Western learning. In 1897, he married He Xiangning (a revolutionary personality in her own right) in Guangzhou. He met Dr Sun for the first time in Tokyo in 1903. Liao had been in Japan for further studies since 1902, whereas Dr Sun was there to give lectures. In 1905, Liao joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance (Tong Meng Hui) in Tokyo, and became an active member in charge of external affairs. In 1924, upon the formation of the Whampoa Military Academy, Liao Zhongkai represented the Kuomintang in administering the academy’s affairs. He was assassinated by rebels in 1925 and died from 4 fatal
gunshot wounds.


J137 廖仲恺诞生一百一十周年
发行日期:1987.4.23。影写版。P11.5*11。 30mm*40mm。 50(10*5)。 [G]。
设计:何家英。印制:北京邮票厂。

2-1为“廖仲恺像”。
2-2为“廖仲恺与何香凝”。在邮票上表现 一对伉俪,这在中国邮票史上尚属首例。

廖仲恺(1877—-1925),广东归善(今惠阳)人,出身于美国华侨家庭。1905年参加中国同盟会。辛亥革命后,任广东都督府总参议,兼理财政。1921年任广东省财政厅长。1922年后,协助孙中山确立“联俄、联共、扶助农工”三大政策。中国国民党改组后,被选为中央执委会常委,历任工人部长、农民部长、黄埔军校党代表、广东省长、财政厅长、军需总监等职。孙中山逝世后,坚持三大政策。1925年8月20日在广州被国民党内的反对派暗杀。他的夫人何香凝也是国民党革命派的代表人物之一,同时又是一位有造诣的画家。 中华人民共和国成立后,她曾任全国人大常委会副委员长、 全国妇联名誉主席等职。1972年9月1日在北京病逝。

1987年是廖仲恺诞辰110周年,为纪念这位杰出的民主革命家,中国邮电部发行了这套邮票。

本套邮票共2枚。邮票以其淡雅、清新、质朴、庄重的风格,给人以深刻印象。设计者是著名国画家何家英。作者采用了传统工笔绘画的技法,画面线条简洁,色彩淡雅,形象逼真。背景含蓄,富有情趣。在构图上,作者参考了中国20世纪二三十年代的人物照装帧样式,在邮票上加了椭圆线框,因而显得别具一格,突出了民国初年的时代感。

2-1为“廖仲恺像”。描绘精细入微,而设色不像一般工笔重彩人物画那样绚丽浓重,在脸部色调上又融有油画的韵致,明暗关系处理得十分协调。设计者在人物的眼神上着力下功,以准确洗炼的线条突出了人物炯炯有神、含而不露的眼神,使人感受到廖仲恺持重深沉的气质和高洁的人品。整幅作品形神兼备,富有艺术感染力。
2-2为“廖仲恺与何香凝”。在1枚邮票上表现一对伉俪,这在中国邮票史上尚属首例。何香凝是廖仲恺革命生涯中的患难知己和亲密战友,将他们的形象搬上邮票,夫妻合璧,于理于情都恰到好处。画面线条工细严谨,人物形象生动。邮票背景特意画上幅梅花,既表示何香凝是一位画家,又象征着这对伴侣不畏强暴的高风亮节。构思新颖,蕴意深邃