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