af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | okt 4, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The vast majority of classic stamps that were issued from 1840 until about 1855-1860 were imperforated. The individual stamps therefore had to be cut out of the sheet with scissors. It was a difficult and time-consuming process, which often destroyed the stamps....
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | okt 3, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Mao proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China from the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tian’anmen) on 1 October 1949. The unified administration issued its first postage stamps on October 8, 1949, consisting of a set of four depicting a...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | okt 2, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Mao Zedong first appeared on a stamp from China in 1944, at a time when his Communist forces had been cooperating (for the most part) with the Nationalist Government for seven years against the Japanese forces invading China. These first stamps were very primitive....
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | okt 1, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The first new designs of the Republic of China were two commemorative sets of 12 each, the first set depicting Sun Yat-sen and second Yuan Shikai, both issued on 14 December 1912. Todays stamp is the 1 cent issue from the first set depicting Sun Yat-sen. CV is 1,50...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | okt 1, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The revolution in China of 1911 resulted in overprints (“Republic of China” from top to bottom: simplified Chinese: 中华民国 traditional Chinese: 中華民國) on the imperial stamps in 1912. The stamps were overprinted in Foochow, Nanking and Shanghai. An additional...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | sep 29, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The revolution in China of 1911 resulted in overprints (“Republic of China” from top to bottom: simplified Chinese: 中华民国 traditional Chinese: 中華民國) on the imperial stamps in 1912. The stamps were overprinted in Foochow, Nanking and Shanghai. An additional...
