RIZAL DAY - Japanese Occupation MINT sheet of Jose Rizal Stamps

RIZAL DAY - 1936 MINT sheets of Jose Rizal Stamps

2 centavos - Mint Sheet of 25 stamps

6 centavos -Mint Sheet of 25 stamps

36-centavos Mint Sheet of 25 stamps


Stamps Issued to commemorate the 75th Birthday Jubilee of JOSE RIZAL

EMPEROR HSUAN T’UNG STAMPS COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE

EMPEROR HSUAN T’UNG COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE

After Emperor Kuang Hsu died in 14 November 1908, Henry Pu Yi, son of Prince Chung, which had been picked by Empress Dowager, was enthroned on 22 January 1909 as Emperor and his reign was named HSUAN T’UNG.
On 15 May 1909 after the funeral of Emperor Kuang Hsu earlier in the month, the Statistical Customs Department in Peking ordered the issuing of a set of commemorative stamps to honor the first year of Hsuan T’ung’s reign.
These commemorative stamps were first issued in Shanghai on 8 September 1909 and were on sale until 1 October 1910.
As Emperor Hsuang T’ung is only 4 years old, the ruling and operation of the country was in the hand of Empress Lung Yu, wife of Emperor Kuang Hsu and Prince Chung ; which have been titled “She Cheng Wang” to signify his power in the Imperial government.


The set of 3 stamps was designed and engraved by Mr. Lorenzo J. Hatch and Mr. William A. Grant from the U.S.A. The center design of the stamps is The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in The Temple of Heaven in Peking and the vignettes is a pair of Dragons; the value; ‘Chinese Emperor Hsuan T’ung First Year’ and the printer’s name ‘Waterlow and Sons Limited, London’.
Sheets contained 100 stamps, ten high by ten wide printed on unwatermarked paper.

This is the second set of commemorative stamps issued for China, the first being the Dowager issue. The stamp designs are carefully illustrated with the orange yellow colour and the 5 claws dragon that represent the Emperor and the Hall of Prayer which only the Emperor could enter. (Notes: No one at the time could use the orange yellow colour and the 5 claws dragon design except for the Emperor)

In October 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen overthrew the Ching Dynasty and establishes the REPUBLIC of CHINA. Emperor Hsuan T’ung was edited, but the Imperial Chinese stamps remain in use until 31 March 1914.
Later in 1914 after the expiration of these stamps for postal use, unsold stamps were put up for auction in London and the explanation to why the large quantities of mint stamps existed today.

text from:
http://www.chinesephilately.com/emperorhsuan1.htm

China 1971 STAMPS N4 (or N12-20)set Mint

50th Anniversary of Founding of CPC

Technical details:

Scott No: 1067-75
Serial number: N12-20
Values in set: 9
Date of issue: July 1, 1971
Denomination: 78 fen
Designer: Xu Yanbo, Zhang Kerang
Size of stamps:
52*31mm for N12, N13, N14, N15, N16, N17;
31*52mm for N18, N19, N20
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition:
40(4*10) for N12, N13, N14, N15, N16, N17;
36(9*4) for N18, N19, N20
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (9-1)
Title: The site 1th National Congress of CPC
Values: 4 fen
Size: 52*31 mm

SN: (9-2)
Title: National Institute of Peasant Movement in Guangzhou (original site)
Values: 4 fen
Size: 52*31 mm

SN: (9-3)
Title: Jinggang Mountains(the base of revolution)
Values: 8 fen
Size: 52*31 mm

SN: (9-4)
Title: The site of Zunyi Meeting
Values: 8 fen
Size: 52*31 mm

SN: (9-5)
Title: Yan'an (the shrine of revolution)
Values: 8 fen
Size: 52*31 mm

SN: (9-6)
Title: Tian An Men
Values: 22 fen
Size: 52*31 mm

SN: (9-7)
Title: Going forward courageously
Values: 8 fen
Size: 31*52 mm

SN: (9-8)
Title: Going forward courageously
Values: 8 fen
Size: 31*52 mm

SN: (9-9)
Title: Going forward courageously
Values: 8 fen
Size: 31*52 mm

Catalogue Value (1998) Mint set of 9: US$125.00

China 1991 STAMP J185 set Mint

1st FIFA World Championships for Women's Football – Commemorative Stamps

Technical details:

Scott No: 2371-72
Serial number: J185
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: November 16, 1991
Denomination: 70 fen
Designers: Wang Huming
Size of stamps: 30*40mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40(8*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (2-1)
Title: The Emblem ( Emblem of the Game)
Value: 20 fen

SN: (2-2)
Title: Bright and Brave (Heroic Bearing)
Value: 50 fen



Background info

Women's football celebrated its true coming of age in November of 1991 when the Women's World Championship was brought to life on the ambitious initiative of Dr. João Havelange, FIFA President at that time.
The first competition kicked off in the People's Republic of China to large and enthusiastic crowds. With twelve nations competing, it proved to be a resounding success.
In keeping with the true spirit of the celebration, six female referees or assistant referees were appointed among match officials for the first time in FIFA history. Claudia de Vasconcelos of Brazil, the referee for the 3rd-place match, became the first woman to officiate at this level for FIFA.
The American team, led by a dominating forward line dubbed ¡°The Triple-Edged Sword¡± by the Chinese media, tore through the tournament to win the first-ever world championship for women¡¯s football

China 1978 STAMP T30 set Mint

Medicinal Herbs

Technical details:

Scott No: 1435-39
Serial number: T30
Values in set: 5
Date of issue: September 15, 1978
Denomination: 87 fen
Designer: Pan Keming
Size of stamps: 30*40mm
Perforation: 11.5*11
Sheet composition: 50(10*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (5-1)
Title: Ginseng
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-2)
Title: Stramonium
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-3)
Title: Rhizoma belamcandae
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-4)
Title: Balloonflower
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-5)
Title: Rhododendron dauricum
Value: 55 fen

China 1975 STAMP set T13 Mint

Farm Mechanization

Technical details:

Scott No: 1250-54
Serial number: T13
Values in set: 5
Date of issue: December 15, 1975
Denomination: 40 fen
Designer:
Size of stamps: 40*30mm
Perforation: 11*11.5
Sheet composition: 50(5*10)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (5-1)
Title: Plowing Paddy Field
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-2)
Title: Mechanized Planting
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-3)
Title: Powered Drainage and Irrigation
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-4)
Title: Pest Control
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-5)
Title: Mechanized Harvesting
Value: 8 fen

China 1974 STAMP set T5 Mint

Dazhai Red Banner

Technical details:

Scott No: 1199-1203
Serial number: T5
Values in set: 5
Date of issue: September 30, 1974
Denomination: 40 fen
Designer: Li Yinqing
Size of stamps: 60*27mm
Perforation: 11
Sheet composition: 35(5*7)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (5-1)
Title: Revolutionary Pride and Enthusiasm (Passion of revolution)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-2)
Title: Hard Struggle (Striving hard)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-3)
Title: Scientific farming
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-4)
Title: Bumper Harvest (Great harvest)
Values: 8 fen

SN: (5-5)
Title: (Dazhai Red Banner ) Handed down from Generation to Generation
Value: 8 fen

China 1979 STAMP J51 set Mint

International Archives Week

Technical details:

Scott No: 1544-46
Serial number: J51
Values in set: 3
Date of issue: November 26, 1979
Denomination: 76 fen
Designer: Sun Chuanzhe
Size of stamps:
40*30mm for Value 1, 3;
30*40mm for Value 2
Perforation:
11*11.5 for Value 1, 3;
11.5*11 for Value 2
Sheet composition:
50 (5*10) for Value 1, 3;
50 (10*5) for Value 2
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works


SN: (3-1)
Title: Centre Archive of China
Value: 8 fen
Size: 40*30 mm

SN: (3-2)
Title: Golden Cabinet (Huoshi Cheng, Imperial Archive of China)
Value: 8 fen
Size: 30*40 mm

SN: (3-3)
Title: The Hall (Huoshi Cheng, Imperial Archive of China)
Values 60 fen
Size: 40*30 mm

China 1979 STAMP J50 set Mint

40th Anniv. of Death of Dr. Norman Bethune


Technical details:

Scott No: 1542-43
Serial number: J50
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: November 12, 1979
Denomination: 78 fen
Designer: Ren Yu
Size of stamps: 30*40mm
Perforation: 11.5*11
Sheet composition: 50(10*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (2-1)
Title: Statue of Dr. Norman Bethune (Eternal Glory to Dr. Norman Bethune)
Value: 70 fen

SN: (2-2)
Title: Dr. Norman Bethune is working (Dr. Norman Bethune Bent Himself to His Task and Exerted Himself to the Utmost)
Value: 8 fen

China 1979 STAMP J49 set Mint

Centenary of Birth of J.V. Stalin

Technical details:

Scott No: 1555-56
Serial number: J49
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: December 21, 1979
Denomination: 16 fen
Designer: Ren Yu
Engraver: Sun Hongnian, Gao Pinzhang
Size of stamps:
30*40mm for Value 1;
40*30mm for Value 2
Perforation:
11.5*11 for Value 1;
11*11.5 for Value 2
Sheet composition:
50 (10*5) for Value 1;
50 (5*10) for Value 2
Printing process: Engraving and photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works


SN: (2-1)
Title: Portrait of J.V. Stalin
Value: 8 fen
Size: 30*40 mm

SN: (2-2)
Title: Great achievements (Great Contribution)
Value: 8 fen
Size: 40*30 mm

China 1977 STAMP J14 set Mint

30th Anniv. of February 28 Uprising of People of Taiwan Province

Technical details:

Scott No: 1310-11
Serial number: J14
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: February 28, 1977
Denomination: 18 fen
Designer: Lu Tianjiao
Size of stamps: 40*30mm
Perforation: 11*11.5
Sheet composition: 50(5*10)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (2-1)
Title: February 28 Uprising of People of Taiwan Province
Value: 8 fen

SN: (2-2)
Title: Taiwan Province must be liberated, the country must be united
Values: 10 fen

China 1975 STAMP J5 set Mint

4th National People's Congress of PRC

Technical details:

Scott No: 1215-17
Serial number: J5
Values in set: 31
Date of issue: January 25, 1975
Denomination: 24 fen
Designer: Sun Chuanzhe, Zou Jianjun, Wan Weisheng, Ye Wulin
Size of stamps: 58*31mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 30(3*10)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (3-1)
Title: The great unity of the people of all our nationalities
Value: 8 fen
Size: 53*31 mm

SN: (3-2)
Title: The ordination of new constitution
Value: 8 fen

SN: (3-3)
Title: Striving for the new victory
Value: 8 fen

1998 Catalogue Value: US$ 14.00

China 1996-20 STAMP set Mint

Dunhuang Murals (6th series)

Technical details:

Scott No: 2704-08
Serial number: 1996-20
Values in set: 4
Souvenir sheet: 1
Date of issue: August 15, 1996
Designers: Wu Jiankun; Ren Yu
Size of stamp:
40*54mm , 54*40mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: gravure

SN: (4-1)
Title: Illustration of Mount Wutai
Value: 10 fen
Size: 40*54mm

SN: (4-2)
Title: King of Khotan
Value: 20 fen
Size: 40*54mm

SN: (4-3)
Title: Savior Avalokitesvara
Value: 50 fen
Size: 54*40mm

SN: (4-4)
Title: Worshipping Bodhisattvas
Value: 100 fen
Size: 54*40mm

China 1995-26 STAMP set Mint

The Art of War of Sunzi

Technical details:

Scott No: 2636-40
Serial number: 1995-26
Values in set: 5
Date of issue: December 4, 1995
Designers: Chen Quansheng
Size: 30*50mm
Perforation: 12
Sheetcomposition: 32
Printing process: offset

SN: (5-1)
Title: Portrait of Sunzi
Value: 20 fen

SN: (5-2)
Title: Teaching how to fight in Palace of Wu Country
Value: 20 fen

SN: (5-3)
Title: Enter Ying City after Five Battles
Value: 30 fen

SN: (5-4)
Title: Battle at Ailing
Value: 50 fen

SN: (5-5)
Title: Meetings of Sovereigns to Form Alliances at Huangchi
Value: 100 fen

Background info

Sun Wu, author of "The Art of war of Sunzi", courtesy - named Changqing, was a native of Le An of State Qi (Huimin county, Shandong Prov.) in the later years of Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.). At Wu Zixu's seventh recommendation, he was received in audience by King He Lu of State Wu for his military theories and was immediately made a general. As he showed up in the conquering wars, Sun Wu quickly proved himself of great strength in military affairs. Due to his remarkable command, State Wu took over the overlord place of State Jin.

"The Art of War of Sunzi" is not only an illustrious martial classics in ancient China, but one of the oldest writings on war art in the world. It consists of 13 chapters. They are: Laying Plan; Waging War; Attack by Stratagem; Tactical Dispositions; Energy; Weak Points and Strong; Manoeuvring; Variation of Tavtics; The Army on the March; Terrain; The Nine Varieties of Ground; The Attack by Fire and The Use of Spies. There are only about 5 thousand more characters, but the intelligence they contain is immeasurable. It presents exquisite discussions on various aspects of antique military theories, nevertheless touching, as one sees, almost all the categories and branches of modern military science. Since its appearance, "The Art of War of Sunzi" has been highly appreciated and resorted to by strategists throughout the history and was honored as "the Greatest Martial Classics". Noticeable in this book are also many dictums and aphorisms of rich understanding that reveals the universal principles of the war, such as: "if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles"; "attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected"; "to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling and struggling"; "avoid the strong, attack the weak", and so on. All these statements echo with sophisticated philosophy.

Today, the enduring masterpiece of "The Art of War of Sunzi", bearing an age of 25 hundred years, with versions of more than a dozen foreign languages, witnesses its influence everywhere. It passed through boundaries and made fame around the world. Results of researches based upon the book have been applied to other fields beyond military sphere, as to politics, diplomatic affairs, economy and sports, etc.. As further exploration goes on, "The Art of War of Sunzi" will sure have much more to offer to us mankind

China 1994-10 STAMP set Mint

Zhaojun's Marriage to Xiongnu

Technical details:

Scott No: 2509-11
Serial number: 1994-10
Values in set: 2
Souvenir sheet: 1
Date of issue: August 25 , 1994
Designers: Xiao Yutian
Size of stamp: 52*31mm
Size of S/S: 145*80mm
Size of S/S stamp: 90*50mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: gravure

SN: (2-1)
Title: Zhaojun
Value: 20 fen

SN: (2-2)
Title: Go out of Border
Value: 50 fen

Background info

Wang Zhaojun of the Western Han Dynasty£¨206BC-AD25£©was selected to the palace during the reign of Yuandi. Later, the chief of the Xiongnu would like to marry a daughter of the Han imperial family to cement the relations, and Wang Zhaojun volunteered to marry the chief, which played a positive role in strengthening the peaceful Han-Xiongnu relations and became a beautiful folktale spreading far and wide

China 1992-8 STAMP set and Souvenir Sheet Mint

25th Olympic Games

Technical details:

Scott No: 2397-2401
Serial number: 1992-8
Values in set: 4
Souvenir Sheet: 1
Date of issue: July 25, 1992
Designers: Yin Huili
Size:
27*40mm for Value 1,4
40*27mm for Value 2,3
Perforation: 11
Sheet composition: 50
Printing process: offset

SN: (4-1)
Title: Basketball
Value: 20 fen
Size: 27*40mm

SN: (4-2)
Title: Gymnastics
Value: 25 fen
Size: 40*27mm

SN: (4-3)
Title: Diving
Value: 50 fen
Size: 40*27mm

SN: (4-4)
Title: Weight Lifting
Value: 80 fen
Size: 27*40mm

SN: (1-1)
Title: Marathon
Value: 500 fen
Size: 91*68mm/ 54*40mm

China 1973 STAMP set N91-94 Mint

Asian-African-Latin-American Table Tennis Friendship Invitational Tournament

Technical details:

Scott No: 1122-25
Serial number: N91-94
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: August 25, 1973
Denomination: 46 fen
Designer: Zhang Kerang
Size of stamps: 31*38.5mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 50(10*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (4-1)
Title: Asian-African-Latin American Table Tennis Tournament Emblem ( The logo)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: Friends Being Welcome on Arrival (Warmly welcome Asian-African-Latin-American friends)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Young Woman Player (Women athlete)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: Solidarity and Friendship (Union and friendship)
Value: 22 fen

China 1972 STAMP set N49-52 Mint

Red Flag Canal

Technical details:

Scott No: 1104-07
Serial number: N49-52
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: December 30, 1972
Denomination: 32 fen
Designer: Yang Baizi, Xu Yanbo
Engraver: Sun Hongnian, Gao Pinzhang
Size of stamps: 27*40mm
Perforation: 11
Sheet composition: 56(7*8)
Printing process: Engraving and photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (4-1)
Title: The Foolish Old Man Who Removed Mountains (The spirit of Yu Gong Wanted to Move the Two Mountains)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: The Youth Tunnel (Youth Hole)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Taoyuan Aqueduct (Peach Garden Bridge)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: A Canal Carved in the Cliffs (River in the sky)
Value: 8 fen

China 1963 STAMP S60 set Used

Golden Haired Monkey

Technical details:

Scott No: 713-715
Serial number: S60
Values in set: 3
Date of issue: September 25, 1963
Denomination: 40 fen
Designer: Sun Chuanzhe
Size of stamps: 26.5*36mm
Perforation: 11.5*11
Sheet composition: 50(10*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (3-1)
Title: Golden Haired Monkey
Value: 8 fen

SN: (3-2)
Title: Golden Haired Monkey
Value: 10 fen

SN: (3-3)
Title: Golden Haired Monkey
Value: 12 fen

China 1963 STAMP S54 set Used

Children

Technical details:

Scott No: 684-695
Serial number: S54
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: June 1, 1963
Denomination: 118 fen
Designer: Wan Weisheng
Size of stamps: 26.5*43.5mm
Perforation: 12.5
Sheet composition: 50(10*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (12-1)
Title: Wholly Absorbed
Value: 4 fen

SN: (12-2)
Title: Eating Sugarcoated Haws
Value: 4 fen

SN: (12-3)
Title: Toy Auto and “Big” Traffic Police
Value: 8 fen

SN: (12-4)
Title: Spring Wind
Value: 8 fen

SN: (12-5)
Title: Intimate Friend
Value: 8 fen

SN: (12-6)
Title: Satisfactory
Value: 8 fen

SN: (12-7)
Title: Little Red Flower
Values: 8 fen

SN: (12-8)
Title: Bag and Shoes
Value: 8 fen

SN: (12-9)
Title: Playing with Sand
Value: 10 fen

SN: (12-10)
Title: Little Table Tennis Fan
Value: 10 fen

SN: (12-11)
Title: A Clever Girl
Value: 20 fen

SN: (12-12)
Title: Spring Comes
Values 20 fen

China 1962 STAMP S50 set Mint

Architecture of Ancient China: Bridges

Technical details:

Scott No: 606-609
Serial number: S50
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: May 15, 1962
Denomination: 42 fen
Designer: Liu Shuoren
Size of stamps: 50.5*16mm
Perforation: 11
Sheet composition: 75(5*15)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (4-1)
Title: Anji(qiao) Bridge
Value: 4 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: Baodai(qiao) Bridge
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Zhupu(qiao) Bridge
Value: 10 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: Chengyang(qiao) Bridge
Value: 20 fen

China 1961 STAMP set S47 Used

Rebirth of Tibetan People

Technical details:

Scott No: 600-604
Serial number: S47
Values in set: 5
Date of issue: November 25, 1961
Denomination: 72 fen
Designer: Pan Shixun, Liu Shuoren
Size of stamps: 26.5*35.5mm
Perforation: 11.5*11
Sheet composition: 50(10*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (5-1)
Title: Song of “Now We Stand Up” (Song of free)
Value: 4 fen

SN: (5-2)
Title: Seeds of Happiness Has Been Sown (Planting)
Value: 8 fen

SN: (5-3)
Title: Celebrating a Bumper Crop (Celebrating harvest)
Value: 10 fen

SN: (5-4)
Title: Former Serfs Have Become Representatives (Democracy)
Value: 20 fen

SN: (5-5)
Title: A Happy Generation (Happiness)
Value: 30 fen

China 1960 STAMP set C78 Used

15th Anniv. of Liberation of Hungary


Technical details:

Scott No: 497-498
Serial number: C78
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: April 4, 1960
Denomination: 16 fen
Designer: Zhong Lin, Liu Shuoren
Size of stamps: 36*25.5mm
Perforation: 11*11.5
Sheet composition: 50(5*10)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (2-1)
Title: Friendship of China and Hungary
Value: 8 fen

SN: (2-2)
Title: The congress mansion of Hungary
Value: 8 fen

China 1959 STAMP set C60 Used

Bumper Harvest in 1958

Technical details:

Scott No: 409-412
Serial number: C60
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: April 25, 1959
Denomination: 32 fen
Designer: Sun Chuanzhe
Engraver: Kong Shaohui, Sun Yongjing, Song Hongnian, Tang Linshen
Size of stamps: 29.5*20mm
Perforation: 14
Sheet composition: 120(10*12)
Printing process: Engraving
Printing House: Beijing People's Printing Works


SN: (4-1)
Title: Wheat
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: Rice
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Cotton
Value: 8 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: Soybean, peanut and rape
Values: 8 fen

Fourth of July - First Day Covers (FDCs)

Please visit the following links to see our collections of July 4, First Day Covers (and stamps) which we have previously posted:

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1946-stamps-on-fdc.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1947-stamps-on-fdc.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1948-fdcs.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1949-postal-card.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1951-and-1956.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1996-fdcs.html

http://angelas-store.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1996-stamp-philippine.html

http://angelas-store.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-philippine-stampsfdc.html

http://angelas-fdcs.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1963-fdc.html

http://angelas-fdcs.blogspot.com/2006/07/fourth-of-july-1965-fdc.html

JULY 4 - First set of Philippine Republic stamps issued in 1946

On July 4, 1946, the first set of the Philippine Republic postage stamps were issued. The "Proclamation of Independence" set consisted of three values; the 2c, 6c and 12c.


In order to "catalogue" our Philippine Republic stamps, we have just started a new gallery blog at:

http://angelas-philippinestamps.blogspot.com/

Archives of angelas stamps and coins (angelas collections)

PLEASE CLICK ON THE CORRESPONDING LINKS TO VIEW THE GALLERIES/PICTURES OF ITEMS WE PREVIOUSLY POSTED.

April 2006

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html


1898-1899 Spanish Philippine stamps MINT SHEET


May 2006

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html


United States Coins:
--1986 Liberty Commemorative Half Dollar
--1986 Liberty Commemorative Dollar
--Eisenhower Centennial Dollar (PROOF)

China Paper money:
--The Exchange Bank of Wu Ji Cheng One Yuan 1913
--1931 CHINA (Kwangtung) Ten Dollars Paper Money
--1918 CHINA (Kwangtung) One Dollar Paper Money
--1940 CHINA (Kwangtung) One Dollar Paper Money
--1949 CHINA (Kwangtung) One Yuan Paper Money
--1934 CHINA (Kwangtung) Ten Cents Paper Money
--One Yuan BANK OF SHANSI CHAHAR & HOPEI
--TAIWANOne Yuan - 1954 UNC
--CHINA 50,000 Custom Gold Units ERROR
--CHINA 5,000,000 Gold Yuan
--CHINA 1,000,000 Gold Yuan UNC
--CHINA 500 Yuan (Shandong) - 2 diff
--CHINA 500,000 Yuan SINKIANG
--CHINA ONE THOUSAND Yuan Paper Money with stamp attached
--The Exchange Bank of Gong Ji
--Tong Jiu Gong 5 Diao
--1953 Huaan Co-operative $25,000
--1943 CHINA Local Bank Currency

China Coins:
--CHINA Ten Marshalls Coin Commemorative set
--CHINA Coin Commemorative set
--CHINA ONE DOLLAR
--7 MACE and 3 CANDAREENS - KWANG TUNG PROVINCE;

United States CLASSIC STAMPS
--1894 #260 Jefferson Cat Value Used $100
--1893 Columbian #232 3c green Flagship of Columbus
--1879 Zachary Taylor #185 5c

CHINA old stamps and CHINA STAMP - 50000 YUAN

JAPAN CLASSIC STAMPS

Jap Occupation FDC / Covers (Stamped: Passed by Censor Japanese Military Police); 1945 JAP OCC Postcard (Sept 2,1945 "Unconditional Surrender" VJ DAY Overprint)

Philippine Stamps:
AGUINALDO STAMPS
ISABELLA STAMP
FILIPINAS ALFONSO overprints ( "CARGODECONSUMOS" Habilitado)
USPI 2c (green) Jose Rizal Imperforate MINT blk of 4
USPI JOSE RIZAL Block of 4 ERROR (United States Of America Philippine Islands Jose Rizal 2c MINT Block of 4 Misplaced O.B, commonwealth print and perforation)

TEN DOLLARS - Commonwealth of the BAHAMAS

Philippine paper Money -TWO HUNDRED PESOS English Series UNC


June 2006

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"RIZAL the Animated Movie" Postcards

JOSE P. RIZAL Postcard Book By BENCAB
--"Execution of Rizal"
--"Towards Bagumbayan"
--"Mi Ultimo Adios"
--"The Moth and the Flame"
--"Rizal in Fort Santiago"
--"Rizal the Sportsman"
--"Los Indios Bravos"
--"The Family Tree"
--"El Indio Bravo"

SUPERMAN POSTCARD and SUPERMAN on STAMPS - 1995 Canada

100 years of BASKETBALL - STAMPS

WORLD CUP STAMPS (1998); WORLD CUP STAMPS (2002)

1953 CORONATION STAMPS (MALAYA/SINGAPORE - JAMAICA - LEEWARD ISLANDS-MALAYA/PERAK - MALAYA JOHORE)
ADEN and ASCENSION STAMPS (Coronation - 1953)
Omnibus Coronation Stamps (1953) GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS - NORTHERN RHODESIA - NORTH BORNEO MAURITIUS - NIGERIA - CAYMAN ISLANDS MALAYA PENANG - GIBRALTAR - VIRGIN ISLANDS

Classical Stamps
LEEWARD ISLANDS' STAMP
STAMPS from BASUTOLAND
CHINA Air Post 1941-1946
Early Stamps from CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
MALAYA SINGAPORE STAMPS
STAMPS from STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (50 c; $1, $2, $5)
LAGOS stamps; MALAYA STAMPS w ovpt MALAYA BMA ($1 and $2 values)
ISABELLA Stamps from Cuba (1855-1857)


July 2006

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Classic Stamps (With country description from: Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 1934 Ninety-fourth Edition):
EAST AFRICA AND UGANDA PROTECTORATES
KENYA - UGANDA Stamps
Early SIERRA LEONE Stamps
Early CEYLON Stamps (1872-85 stamp; 1886-93 stamp set)
Early TANGANYIKA Stamps
GOLD COAST STAMPS
STAMPS from TRANSVAAL
ORANGE RIVER COLONY STAMP

Philippine Fourth of July First Day Covers (1996, 1951 and 1956, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946)
USA BICENTENNIAL Overprints (1976 American Revolution, Bicentennial
PhP 1.09 Christianization imperf souvenir sheet of of 1965 ovpt by GPO)

August 2006

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50th Anniversary (1994) "THE MASS ESCAPE" Mint SHEET of Stamps

British Commonwealth Stamps and Coins:
Bermuda 1948 "The Perot Stamp" MINT 3 values
British Bermuda Stamp
Jamaica Old Coins
Jamaica Old Stamps
FIJI Coin
British FIJI Stamp
British Cayman Islands Stamp
MONTSERRAT Mint Stamp
British MALTA Stamps
Trinidad and Tobago Stamps ;
St. Vincent Old Stamp
Swaziland Stamps
TOKELAU Stamps (MINT)
Tanganyika - Kenya - Uganda Stamp
Union of South Africa Stamps

September 2006

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September 2, 1945 Postal Card Unconditional Surrender of Japan
FDC commemorating September 2, 1945 - General Yamashita Surrenders
September 2, End of World War II
Stamps commemorating Sept 2, 1945 (Japan Surrenders to General Douglas MacArthur)
General MacArthur Stamps:
--1949 FDC with General MacArthur Stamps
--General MacArthur MINT Stamp Blocks (Philippines)
--Gen MacArthur Centenary FDC
--Gen MacArthur Centenary Souvenir Sheet
--Gen MacArthur Bataan Day FDC
--Gen Mac Arthur COIN 50c

September 12, 1969 First Day Cover - Development Bank of the Philippines ; Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) - 1969 Strip Block of Stamps (MINT) Complete values

September 15, 1963 FDC and Stamps - Philippine Folk Dances

Orchids:
September 20, 1996 Philippine Orchids Souvenir Sheet and First Day Cover
Philippine Orchids MINT sheet and First Day Cover (green)
Philippine Orchids MINT sheet and First Day Cover(orange)
Philippine Native Orchids Stamps and FDC
Philippine Native Orchids Souvenir Sheet and First Day Cover
Cattleyas on Stamps
Orchids on Stamps Australia - Singapore Joint Issue MINT Souvenir Sheet
Orchids on Stamps - Colombia MINT Sheet

September 28, 1963 First Day Covers Philippine and Mexican Presidents
September 28, 1963 Stamp Block and FDC - Philippine and Mexican Presidents (6c)
September 28, 1963 Stamp Block and FDC - Philippine and Mexican Presidents (30c)

CHINA Mint Stamps and First Day Covers Chairman MAO I
CHINA Mint Stamps and First Day Cover Chairman MAO II

October 2006

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Oct 4, 1965 Souvenir Sheet First Day Cover 4th Centennial of the Christianization of the Philippines
USA Bicentennial ovpt on Souvenir Sheet 4th Centennial of the Christianization of the Philippines (First Day Cover) American Bicentennial 1776-1976Cachet First day of Issue september 20, 1976
Honduras Souvenir Sheet Commemmorating the US Bicentennial

CHINA Souvenir Sheet and First Day Cover Liberation of Tibet
CHINA Souvenir Sheet and First Day Covers Dunhuang Murals
CHINA October 10, 1991 Stamps and FDC

October 16, 1957 First Day Cover and MINT Stamp Block First Philippine Assembly (1907-1957)50th Anniversary
Monday, October 23, 2006
October 23, 1957 First Day Covers and MINT Stamp Block Centenary of Juan Luna

November 2006

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Scouting:
Nov 5-8 1986, Cebu Provincial Jamborette First Day Cover - Philatelic Exhibition
First Day of Issue Scouting Postcard
75th Anniversary Thai Scouting Commemmorative Postage Stamps
9th Asia-Pacific and 11th Thai Jamboree Commemorative Cover
Scouting se-tenant First Day Cover (FDC) and MINT Sheet of Stamps - Philippines
Philippine Scouting 1959 MINT Sheets

December 2006

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Philippine Scouting MINT Sheets and First Day Covers (FDCs)

January 2007

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Chatham Islands, New Zealand Millenium First Note Three Dollars

February 2007

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Souvenir Paper Money From BALI, Indonesia 1000 rupiah notes with consecutive serial numbers
Souvenir Paper Money from Singapore Two and Five Singapore Dollar Bills Circulating in Singapore (as of Dec 2006)
Souvenir Sheet of Stamps from Souvenir Store in Singapore
Souvenir Sheets of Stamps from Singapore (Undersea World; A stamp journey 150 years; Athens Olympics)

Year of the PIG - MINT Stamp Souvenir Sheets

March 2007

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China MINT stamps 1960
China MINT Stamps - Flags and Island
China MINT Stamps w overprint
HONGKONG 1941 Stamps
HongKong Souvenir Sheets
HongKong Souvenir Sheets II

May 2007

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China 10 yuan - souvenir and older note
Thailand 20 baht - souvenir and older note

June 2007

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1949 CHINA Paper Money #817 ----------------10 Yuan
1949. Brown on yellow and olive-green unpt. Steam passenger train in front of factory at l. Back olive-green.
1947 KOREA Paper Money

HongKong 1937 Coronation STAMP set

USPI ovpt precancel H.E. Heacock 10c and 30c

Spain - Philippines unused stamps

Spain - Puerto Rico MINT stamps

China Stamps Sets:
China 1950 STAMP set C8 unused as issued - Signing of Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance
China 1950 STAMP set C2 unused - Commemorating Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
China 1950 STAMP set C7 unused - 1st National Postal Conference
China 1951 STAMP set C9 used - 30th Anniv. of Conmmunist Party of China
China 1951 STAMP set C11 unused - 15th Anniv. of Death of Lu Xun
China 1951 STAMP unused surch on Shanghai print
China 1951 STAMP unused set on HK print rouleted
China 1948 STAMP unused set - overprint parcel postage due
China 1946 STAMP set with overprint
Formosa 1947 Mint STAMP (on China) set
China 1954-55 STAMP sets C19, C20, C31 used
China 1955 STAMP set S13 used - Strive for fulfilment of 1st five-year Plan

July 2007

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China 1958 STAMP set C50 used - 700th Anniv. of Publication of Guan Hanqing's Dramatic Works

August 2007

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China 1958 STAMP set S22 used - Early Fossils of China
China 1958 STAMP set S25 used - Soviet Sputniks

September 2007

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China-France joint issue Mint STAMP set (Louvre Palace, Hall of Heavenly Peace in the Imperial Palace)
China-San Marino joint issue Mint STAMP set (Great Wall of China , Castle of San Marino)
China 1984 STAMP set T96 unused - Suzhou Carden: Zhuo Zhengyuan
China 1985 STAMP set T106 MINT - Paintings of Giant Pandas
China 1987 STAMP T121 set MINT
China 1989 STAMP set T141 unused - Selections of Chinese Contemporary Works of Art (1st Set)

October 2007

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China 1950 STAMP set C6 used - 1st Anniv. of Founding of PRC
China 1951 STAMP set S1 used - National Emblem
China 1952 STAMP set S5 used - Great Motherland (2nd Set):Construction
China 1954 STAMP set S10 used - Seamless Steel Tubing Mill and Heavy Rolling Mill
CHINA 1953 STAMP set S6 used - Great Motherland (3rd Set): Dunhuang Murals
China 1953 STAMP set C20 - 35th Anniv. of Great October Revolution
China 1954 STAMP set S11 used - Technical Innovation
China 1954 STAMP set S8 used - Economic construction
China 1954 STAMP set S9 used - Great Motherland (5th Set): Ancient Cultural Relic
China 1990 STAMP set J173 mint - Modern Chinese Scientists
China STAMP set J169 mint - 60th Anniv. of the Issuance of the Postage Stamps of the Chinese People's Revolutionary War Period
China 1958 STAMP set S14 used - Xikang-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet Highways
China 1958 STAMP set S21 used - Architecture of Ancient China: Pagodas
China 1952 STAMP set C16 unused - 15th anniv. of War of Resistance against Japan
2007
China 1952 STAMP set C19 unused - 2nd Anniv. of Chinese People's Volunteers in Korea
China 1954 STAMP set C29 unused - 1st National People's Congress of PRC
China 1954 STAMP set C30 unused - Constitution of PRC

November 2007

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China STAMPS S4 set MINT (complete 40 v) - Gymnastics by Radio
China 1974 STAMP set T2 mint - Acrobatics
China 1977 STAMP set J12 mint - 30th Anniv. of Martyrdom of Liu Hulan
China 1977 STAMP set J13 mint - 1st Anniv. of Death of Comrade Zhou Enlai, a Great Proletarian Revolutionary and Outstanding Communist Fighter of Chinese People
China STAMP 2005-5 set MINT - Yulan Magnolia

1915-17 Somalia stamps
China STAMPS Gold Yuan overprint
China STAMPS mint - Chairman MAO
Korea First Day Cover (FDC): Chairman Mao Birth Centennary
Early TUNISIA Stamps
French Polynesia MINT Stamps
Spain Colonies (Stamps)
Spain Sahara Stamps
Syria (Syrie) Stamps
IRAQ old Stamps
1906 Romania stamps
1906 and 1914-17 Senegal Stamps

December 2007

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1925 Togo stamps
1931 Tunisia stamps
1932 Andorra stamps
1933 Reunion stamps
1937 Travencore STAMP set
Germany stamps with overprints
Hawaii 1894 STAMPS used
Japanese Occupation Burma Mint Stamps
Indo China MINT Stamps - Kouang Tcheou overprint
China 1907 STAMPS (3 different) overprint on France



2008 - For 2008; we have posted more galleries of our China Stamp Collections

January 2008

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The Centenary Birthday of Post of China (Souvenir Sheet) 96-4M
1945 China STAMPS unused Sun Yat Sen (Big)
1945 China STAMPS unused Sun Yat Sen (Victory)
China 1952 STAMP set C14 unused - International Conference in Defence of Children
China 1952 STAMP set C15 unused - International Labour Day
China 1957 STAMP partial set S20 used - Agricultural Cooperatives (2V only)
China 1942 STAMPS Japanese Occupation of Mengkiang (5 different unused)
China 1974 STAMP J2 Mint - 25th Anniv. of Founding of PRC (1st Set)
China 1974 STAMP set J3 Mint - 25th Anniv. of Founding of PRC (2nd Set)
China 1974 STAMP set J4 Mint - 30th Anniv. of Liberation of Albania
China 1977 STAMP set J20 mint - 50th Anniv. of Chinese People's Liberation Army
China 1959 STAMPS C69 set mint - 10th Anniv. of Founding of PRC (3rd Set)
China STAMPS 1995-17 set Mint - 50th Anniversary of the Victory of the War of Resistance against Japan and the World War of Anti-Fascism
China 2005-20 STAMPS Mint Sheet - PLA Army Senior Generals
China 1979 STAMPS T38 set Mint - The Great Wall
China 1982 STAMP set T73 Mint - Minerals
China 1979 STAMP T39 set Mint - Five Thriving Trades of the People's Commune
China 1983 STAMP set T84 Mint - Tomb of Yellow Emperor
China 1983 STAMP set T85 Mint - Chinese Alligator
China 1984 STAMP set T94 Mint - Ibis


February 2008

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China 1984 STAMP set T98 Mint - Selected Paintings of Wu Changshuo
China 1986 STAMP set T113 Mint - Sports of Ancient China
China 1990 STAMP set T150 Mint - Dunhuang Murals (3th Series)
The Chinese Lunar New Year 2008 - The Year of the Earth Rat (MINT SOUVENIR STAMP SHEETS)
China 1949 STAMP set C1 Mint - 1st Plenary Session of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
China 1985 STAMP set J119 Mint - 30th aniv. of Founding of Xin-jiang Uygur Autonomous Region
China 1985 STAMP set J120 Mint - 60th Anniv. of the Founding of the Palace Museum
China 1989 STAMP set J165 Mint - 1990 Beijing 11th Asian Games(2nd Series)
China 1990 STAMP set J168 Mint - 90th Anniv. of the Birth of Comrade Li Fuchun
China 1994-18 STAMP set Mint - Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

March 2008

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China 1978 STAMP set T31 Mint - Highway Arch Bridge
China 1980 STAMP set T45 Mint - Facial Makeups in Beijing Opera
China 1978 STAMP T140 set Mint - Mountain Hua
China 1976 Stamp set J11 Mint - Commemorating Chief Commander of China's Cultural Revolution, Lu xun

April 2008

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China 1979 STAMP set J48 Mint - 30th anniv. of Founding of PRC (5th Set)
China 1983 STAMP set J96 Mint - 85th Anniv. of Birth of Liu Shaoqi
China 1984 STAMP set J103 Mint - 23rd Olympic Games
China 1973 STAMPS N66-77 set Mint - Historical Relics Unearthed During Cultural Revolution
China 1971 STAMP set R14 Mint - Regular Issue with Designs of Revolutionary Monuments
China 1974 STAMP set R16 Mint - Regular Issue with Designs of Revolutionary Monuments (4th Print)
China 1961 STAMP C87 set Mint - Centenary of Birth of Zhan Tianyou
China 1974 STAMP T6 set Mint - Chinese Export Commodities Fair

May 2008

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China 1977 STAMP T22 set Mint - Building Dazhai-type Counties Throughout the Country
China 1978 STAMP T23 set Mint - Army and People Are One Family
China 1979 STAMP T43 set Mint - Chinese Classical Novel - Pilgrimage to the west (The journey to the west)
China 1990 STAMP set T153 Mint - Snow Leopard (Uncia)
China 1990 STAMP set T157 Mint - The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (2nd Series)
China 1981 STAMP T65 set Mint - Ancient Coins of China (1st Set)
China 1990 STAMP set J169 Mint Stamps and First Day Cover (FDC) - 60th Anniv. of the Issuance of the Postage Stamps of the Chinese People's Revolutionary War Period
China 1990 STAMP set J173 Mint - Modern Chinese Scientists
China 1991 STAMP set J182 Mint and First Day Cover (FDC) - Noted Figures in the Period of the 1911 Revolution
China 1991 STAMP set J183 Mint - The Centenary of the Birth of Tao Xingzhi
China 1991 STAMP set J185 Mint - 1st FIFA World Championships for Women's Football – Commemorative Stamps

June 2008


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China 1990 STAMP T147 set Mint - Narcissus
China 1992-10 STAMP set Mint - 20th Anniversary of Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between China and Japan
China 1992-16 STAMP set Mint - Qingtian Stone Carving

June 12 - Philippine Independence Day (Our Collections)

China 1993-6 STAMP set Mint - The First East Asian Games
China 1993-8 STAMP set Mint - Democratic Patriots (1st)
China 1995-3 STAMP set Mint - The Dinghu Mountain
China 1997-5 STAMP set Mint - Tea

June 19 - Birth of Jose Rizal (Our RIZALIANA Collections)

China 1995-10 STAMP set Mint - Interchanges in Beijing
China 1996-16 STAMP set Mint - Chinese Automobiles
China 2003-15 STAMP set Mint - Painted Statues of the Jinci Temple
China 1990 STAMP J174 Souvenir Sheet Mint - 3rd Congress of All-China Philatelic Federation (Gusu Post)

China 1990 STAMP J174 Souvenir Sheet Mint

3rd Congress of All-China Philatelic Federation (Gusu Post)

Technical details:

Scott No: 2309
Serial number: J174
Values in set: 1
Date of issue: November 28, 1990
Denomination: 200 fen
Designer: Liu Shuoren
Size of Souvenir Sheet: 130*80mm
Size of Stamp: 60*40mm
Perforation: 11.5*11
Printing: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

SN: (1-1)
Title: 3rd Congress of All-China Philatelic Federation (Gusu Post)
Value: 200 fen
Size: 130*80mm / 60*40mm mm
Type: J(S/S)

China 2003-15 STAMP set Mint

Painted Statues of the Jinci Temple

Technical details:

Scott No: 3293-6
Serial number: 2003-15
Values in set: 4
Denomination: 4.40 yuan
Date of issue: 16th August 2003
Designer: Ling Lianwei
Size of stamps: 27*40 mm
Perforation: 12
Printing process: Photogravure
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

SN: (4-1)
Title: Ruyi Maid
Value: 80 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: Maid Holding a Towel
Value: 80 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Maid Carrying a Royal Seal
Value: 80 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: Singing and Dancing Maid
Value: 200 fen


Background info

There are over 40 Song-dynasty painted statues of imperial maids in the Goddess Hall of the Jinci Temple at the foot of the Xuanweng Mountain southwest of the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi province. They are in different poses, with various appearances and expressions, full figures and in colourful and elegant dresses. Some are cleaning, some dressing up, and some sing and dancing. These statues reflect people's ordinary life, and represent the realistic style and superb skills of the Song-dynasty artists. The beautiful, vivid, lifelike statues contain the quintessence of sculpture of ancient Chine women. These world-famous masterpieces are among the three superb treasures of the Jinci Temple, the other two being the Nanlao Spring (Never Aging Spring) and the Zhou Cypress.

Additional reference: www.xabusiness.com/china-stamps-2003/2003-15.htm

China 1996-16 STAMP set Mint

Chinese Automobiles

Technical details:

Scott No: 2691-94
Serial number: 1996-16
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: July 15, 1996
Designers: Chen Youlin ; Chen Dongling; Xiao Chang
Size: 50*30mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: offset

SN: (4-1)
Title: Red Flag Car
Value: 20 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: Dongfeng Medium-duty Truck
Value: 20 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Jiefang Light-duty Truck
Value: 50 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: Beijing Light-duty Cross-country Vehicle
Value: 100 fen



Background info

China's auto industry started in 1953, when the First Automobile Works (FAW) was set up in Changchun City, Jilin Province. In 1957, the first truck new China made independently rolled out. In December 1964, the BJ212, alight cross-country automobile manufactured by the then Beijing Automobile Factory, was the first of its kind self-designed and developed by China, and put into batch production.

In general, China's auto industry has so far experienced two development stages, and now it has mounted onto the third stage.

The country's auto industry construction period lasted from 1953 to 1978, when the FAW and the Second Automobile Works and a group of auto components factories were built.

From late 1970s to early 1990s, the second development period, China's auto industry grew steadily, with a group of local manufacturers of light-and heavy-duty trucks emerging, and manufacture bases taking shape included: the First Automobile Works and the Second Automobile Works, China Heavy-Duty, South Auto, and those others in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang.

Since the 1980s, through technology introduction and absorbing high tech and renovation, China's auto industry recorded remarkable progress and entered upon a new phase, The products are mainly medium-sized trucks, including light, heavy-duty, and mini-trucks for commercial, special and, passenger uses. Among the products the proportion of sedans increased rapidly, and product greatly improved The automobile industry has become the pillar industry for the national economy.

additional reference: www.xabusiness.com/china-stamps-1996/1996-16.htm

China 1995-10 STAMP set Mint

Interchanges in Beijing

Technical details:

Scott No: 2575-78
Serial number: 1995-10
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: June 20, 1995
Designers: Yan Bingwu; Hu Zhenyuan
Size: 52*31mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: gravure

SN: (4-1)
Title: Siyuan Flyover
Value: 20 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: Tianning Temple Flyover
Value: 30 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Yuting Flyover
Value: 50 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: Anhui Flyover
Value: 100 fen

Background info

Interchanges are multi-layer flyovers that have been built over the past several decades. With interchanges. Vehicles and pedestrians from all directions can cross each other by their own way without waiting for traffic light.

Interchanges generally fall into two categories, the simple flyovers and complicated interchanges. The former can only ensure the cross of vehicle at both the upper and lower layers, while the latter can guarantee the cross of vehicles at various layers and thus need more slip roads and occupy more land.

Interchanges have been developing rapidly over the past several decades since they can prevent vehicles from reducing speed and starting again at crossings and bring about considerable social-economic gains. China started to vigorously develop interchanges in mid-1970s. The first interchange in Beijing is the Fuxingmen Interchange which was built in 1974. Today, there are several hundreds of interchanges along the second, third and fourth ring roads of the city. In terms of architectural structure, the interchanges, with two to four layers, include simply flyovers and those in the shape of cloverleaf and butterfly, with H-and Y-type and single-column bridge piers.

At present, the largest interchange in China is the Siyuan Interchange in Beijing. It is a four-layer large interchange composed of 26 bridges, with the span between the single-column bridge piers being the largest in interchanges of the country. The bridges of the Siyuan Interchange, which covers 400,000 square meters of land, have a total length of 2.8 kilometers and a total area of 40,000 square meters.

June 19 - Birth of Jose Rizal (Our RIZALIANA Collections)

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http://angelas-fdcs.blogspot.com/2006/07/june-19-rizals-birthday-1947-postal.html

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http://angelas-fdcs.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-31-1981-first-day-cover-twenty.html

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http://angelas-fdcs.blogspot.com/2007/06/1911-postales-rizal-3-el-rey-de.html

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http://angelas-fdcs.blogspot.com/2008/02/nice-cachets-on-1950-rizal-first-day.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/05/uspi-jose-rizal-block-of-4-error.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/05/uspi-2c-green-jose-rizal-imperforate.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/05/1945-jap-occ-postcard.html

http://angelas-collections.blogspot.com/2006/06/jose-p-rizal-postcard-book-by-bencab.html

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China 1997-5 STAMP set Mint

Tea

Technical details:

Scott No: 2756-59
Serial number: 1997-5
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: April 8, 1997
Designers: Ren Yu
Size:
30*50mm for Value 1 and 2
50*30mm for Value 3 and 4
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: offset

SN: (4-1)
Title: Tea Tree
Value: 50 fen
Size: 30*50mm

SN: (4-2)
Title: Tea Sage
Value: 50 fen
Size: 30*50mm

SN: (4-3)
Title: Tea Utensils
Value: 150 fen
Size: 50*30mm

SN: (4-4)
Title: Tea Party
Value: 150 fen
Size: 50*30mm


Background info

China is the first country in the world which has discovered, planted and made use of the tea. Legend has it that Shen Nong, a legendary ruler who introduced agriculture and medicine, was poisoned by 72 kinds of poisonous herbs in one day when he was tasting hundreds of herbs, but was cured by tea. "Literary Expositor", and ancient book written 350 BC also mentioned tea and its planting. China is internationally acknowledged as having nearly 4,000 years of history of planting tea.

Tea was originally planted in Sichuan. After the Qin Empire conquered the State of Shu, tea was extensively planted else-where. In the Qin and Han dynasties, people used tea as medicine, and later as a drink to clear away heat and toxic material. Hua Tuo of the Three Kingdoms said in his "On Food" that drinking bitter tea was beneficial to health. At present, commodity tea is generally divided into six kinds: green tea, such as Dragon Well, Biluochun, Zhenmei, Zhucha and Huangshan Maofeng; yellow tea, which is covered tightly and turns yellow in the course of processing, such as Junshan Yinzhen and Mengding Huangya; black tea, which turns black after being piled, such as Hubei Laoqingcha and Hunan Black Tea; white tea, which is in thin pieces and not fried, such as Baihao Yinzhen and Gongmei; Qingcha tea, which is a semi-fermented tea, and has the mellow taste of black tea and fragrance of green tea, such as Wuyiyan Tea and Wulong Tea; black tea, a fully-fermented tea, such as Qimen Black Tea. It is estimated that half of the world's population drink tea. The etiquette of drinking tea has been introduced to Japan where it integrated the preaching of Zen and became the Tea Ceremony involving religion, art , moral, philosophy, personal cultivation and social etiquette.

According to the statistics, China's tea output has increased from 41,000 tons in 1949 to 590,000 tons in 1996. China Ranked third in the world in terms of output in 1949, and has ranked second since 1978.

China 1995-3 STAMP set Mint

The Dinghu Mountain

Technical details:

Scott No: 2554-57
Serial number: 1995-3
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: February 18, 1995
Designers: Wang Zhenhua
Size: 52*31mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: offset

SN: (4-1)
Title: Oasis on the Tropic of Cancer
Value: 15 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: Forest on the Bottom of Gully
Value: 20 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest
Value: 20 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: Sliver Pheasant
Value: 230 fen

Background info

The Dinghu Mountain is located on the outskirts of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province in South China, and at the Tropic of Cancer, which has warm and moisture climate with tree coverage rate reaching more than 80 percent. The whole Tropic of Cancer is mainly deserts and dry grassland except the Dinghu Mountain, which has dense primeval forests, and is known as an oasis of the desert belt of the Tropic of Cancer. In 1956, the first Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) approved a resolution to establish the country's first batch of nature reserves including the Dinghu Mountain. In 1979, the Dinghu Nature Reserve was listed into the Man and Nature Biosphere by the United Nations.

The Dinghu Mountain Nature Reserve covers 113 hectares with many types of vegetation. Included are subtropics monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest, subtropics broadleaf forest, valley rain forest, coniferous forest, mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest and shrubs. The monsoon broadleaf forest has a history of more than 400 years and has kept intact in the South Asian forest. Rich in fauna and flora resources, the Dinghu Mountain has 1,700 high-grade plant species including ford erythropheum and wild Litchi, rare trees listed for the state top protection, relic species including cyathea spinulosa and cycas, and rare plants such Dinghu Chinese ilex, as well as a large amount of birds and animals. The forests in the Dinghu Mountain are unique in the world and still keep their primitive feature. They are the most valuable natural forests in the study and recognition of the inter pattern and other aspects of the ecological balance of the nature. With an approval of the State Council, the Dinghu Mountain Nature Reserve has become an international research base, which has aroused the interest of the international science circle.

The Dinghu Mountain is also a Well-known Chinese sacred place of Buddhism. It has the Bai Yun (white cloud) Temple built in the Tang dynasty (618), and the Qing Yun Temple in the Ming Dynasty amidst the natural subtropics evergreen broadleaf forest.

China 1993-8 STAMP set Mint

Democratic Patriots (1st)

Technical details:

Scott No: 2438-41
Serial number: 1993-8
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: May 15, 1993
Designers: Zhu Zhengeng
Size:
40*30mm for Values 1,4
30*40mm for Values 2,3
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 50
Printing process: offset

SN: (4-1)
Title: Li Jishen
Value: 20 fen
Size: 40*30mm

SN: (2-2)
Title: Zhang Lan
Value: 30 fen
Size: 30*40mm

SN: (4-3)
Title: Shen Junru
Value: 50 fen
Size: 30*40mm

SN: (4-4)
Title: Huang Yanpei
Value: 100 fen
Size: 40*30mm


Background info

Democratic Patriots introduced by this set of stamps are those who have long cooperation with the communist party and who have experienced the revolutionary process of anti-Japanese and anti-Chiang Kai-shek, struggling for the peace and democracy, overthrowing the rule of the Kuomintang (KMT), and the establishment of new China. They are Li Jichun; Zhang Lan; Shen Junru; Huang Yanpei.

China 1993-6 STAMP set Mint

The First East Asian Games

Technical details:

Scott No: 2443
Serial number: 1993-6
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: May 9, 1993
Designers: Li Wei; Li Bin
Size: 30*40mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 50
Printing process: offset

SN: (2-1)
Title: Athlete
Value: 50 fen

SN: (2-2)
Title: Mascot
Value: 50 fen

Background info

The first East Asia Games was held from May 9 to 18, 1993 in Shanghai. More than 1200 competitors from China, Japan, Korea, The Republic of Korea, Mongolian, Hong Kong, Macao, Chinese Taibei and other regions took part in this events. In this games, there are 534 medals in all, among which there were 170 gold medals, and China won 105, listing in top 1. Japan and Korea listed in top 2 and 3. There were 7 competitors broke Asian records in 13 events.

The background building of these two stamps are Shanghai gymnasium. On the left side of the gym, you can see eight athletes are dashing towards the tape. The yellow background color symbolizes the eight countries and regions which took part in the East Asia Games. On the right side of the gym is the mascot - a bird called "Dongdong", holding the white Magnolia denudata, which is the city flower of Shanghai. It is running toward the competitors from different countries, which shows Shanghaiers¡¯ warm welcome to this game. Above the gym, there is a beam of sum ray. On one hand, it is functioned as a sharp contrast to the football field on the bottom of the stamp. One the other hand, it symbolizes the rising and development of East Asia.

June 12 - Philippine Independence Day (Our Collections)

Here are some of our previous postings of our collections about Philippine Independence Day :

http://angelas-store.blogspot.com/2006/06/philippine-independence-day-june-12.html

http://angelas-store.blogspot.com/2006/06/centenary-of-philippine-independence.html

http://angelas-store.blogspot.com/2007/06/109th-philippine-independence-day-june.html

http://angelas-fdcs.blogspot.com/2007/06/june-12-1980-first-day-cover.html

China 1992-16 STAMP set Mint

Qingtian Stone Carving

Technical details:

Scott No: 2425-28
Serial number: 1992-16
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: December 15, 1992
Designers: Ren Guoen
Size: 30*40mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 50
Printing process: offset

SN: (4-1)
Title: Spring
Value: 10 fen

SN: (4-2)
Title: Kaoliang
Value: 20 fen

SN: (4-3)
Title: Harvest
Value: 40 fen

SN: (4-4)
Title: Blooming Flowers and Full Moon
Values: 200 fen