China Post Issues – 2023
Isues 13 — 19
2023-13: China Post issued a set of two commemorative stamps entitled The 31st FISU Summer World University Games Chengdu 2021 on July 28, 2023. The two stamp designs are respectively named The Emblem and The Mascot. Each stamp is denominated 1.20 yuan.
The FISU World University Games is a grand event for college students around the world to compete and communicate, a stage for them to pursue their dreams. The 31st Summer Universiade was held in Chengdu, Sichuan province from July 28 to August 8, 2023. The main design of the emblem is based on the letter “U” from “university”, combined with two Chinese elements — the Sun and Immortal Birds and Phoenix. The “U” is divided into four color blocks echoing the International University Sports Federation (FISU) logo. The mascot is a giant panda named “Rongbao”, who is in a running posture, holding the torch with flames shaped like “31”.
The stamps were designed by Shen Jiahong, with the emblem and the mascot of the Chengdu 2021 FISU Games as the main body of the pictures. The stamps are printed by Beijing Stamp Printing House Company Limited with photogravure technology. Stamps measure 40 x 30 mm with perforation of 13. There are twelve stamps to a sheet. Scott: 4977, 4978
2023-14: China Post issued a set of 3 special stamps entitled Taiji on August 8, 2023. The face value of each stamps is 1.20 yuan.
Taiji (taichi, also called taijiquan) is one of the most distinctive traditional Chinese sports. It is traditional Chinese boxing featuring physical and mental training and mixes slow and flexible movements with quick and hard attacks. It is formed with the concepts of yin and yang from the traditional Chinese philosophies combined with theories from the Book of Changes, traditional Chinese medicine, ancient “daoyin practice”and appropriate breathing techniques. Taiji has an immense audience and is passed on from generation to generation.
The stamps use fine brushwork figure painting, and take black, white and gray as the main colors. The background of the stamps simulates Chinese ink and wash painting to reflect some ideas of taiji: placidity, inclusiveness and simplicity. The first stamp depicts an old man with white hair and a long beard, who is calmly performing the single whip movement, reflecting the traditional style of taiji and its role in prolonging people’s lives. The second stamp depicts a woman doing a sword dance, with shadow-like air currents in the background. On the third stamp, a man and a woman are performing tuishou (hand pushing with a partner). They are in black and white, symbolizing the coupling of yin and yang, a combination of reality and fantasy in taiji.
This set of stamps is designed by Wang Yaping and Zhang Fan, printed by Beijing Stamp Printing House Company Limited with photogravure technology. The size of the stamps is 40×30 mm, perforated 13. Scott: 4979 - 4981
2023-15: China Post issued a set of four stamps, each one with a different insect, on August 23. Stamps measure 40 x 30 mm, perforated 13, and were designed by Yin Huili and Han Lu. They were printed using offset by the Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works. Scott 4982 – 4985.
The first insect featured is the moth Attacus atlas, 0.80 yuan. The second is the dragonfly Ophiogomphus spinicornis, also 0.80 yuan. Stamps three and four are a beetle and a bug: Eocanthecona furcellata and Cheirotonus jansoni. Both have a face value of 1.20 yuan. It is difficult to describe how beautiful these stamps are. The colors are breathtaking in my view. In addition there are places on each stamp that truly shine, reflecting any light.
2023-16: Issued 2023 September 3 a set of six plus three different souvenir sheets showing parts of the Hang Mountains. The stamps are 50 x 30mm, and perforated 13 as usual. All were designed by Li Defu and printed using photogravure by the Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works.
Stamp 1 shows the Impregnable Pass on Precipitous Mountain, 0.80 yuan. Two shows White Rock and Red Cliff, 1.20 yuan. Three: Secluded Canyon in Huguan, 1.20 yuan and four: Grotesque Peaks of Wangmang Ridge, 1.20 yuan. Five has the Hanging Road in Guoliang, 1.50 yuan and six: Blessed Land of Wangwu Mountain, 3.00 yuan. Scott 4986 – 4991. The first souvenir sheet has two of the first and two of the second issue with central labels, Scott 4987a. The second souvenir sheet has two each of three and four with central labels, Scott 4989a. Similarly the third souvenir sheet has two each of five and six with central labels, Scott 4991a.
2023-17: China Post issued one commemorative stamp marking the 10th Anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative 2023 September 7. The face value of the stamp is 1.2 yuan.
The main body of the design is the number “10” is composed of flowers, doves, and elements representing infrastructure cooperation and connectivity such as highway and railway transport vehicles, freighters and cranes. This set of stamps was designed by Dong Qi and printed by Beijing Stamp Printing House Company Limited with photogravure technology. China Post joined hands with Hongkong Post and Macao Post and Telecommunications to print and issue a stamp booklet of the same theme. The designer of the stamp booklet is Shao Xin. Scott 4992. There is also a souvenir sheet of eight available, Scott 4992a.
2023-18: Kites. A set of four issued September 9. Each stamp has a face value of 1.20 yuan. The set was designed by Shen Jiahong. Stamps are 30 x 50 mm and perforation is 13.5. The four designs are called Golden Opulence, (goldfish), Auspicious Lion, Immortal Crane and Child and Fertile Gourd. Two different sheets were printed, one with designs 1 and 2, the other with designs 3 and 4. Each sheet has sixteen stamps. Printed using photogravure by the Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works. Scott 4993 – 4996.
2023-19: China Post issued a set of two commemorative stamps entitled 19th Asian Games Hangzhou on September 23, 2023. The stamp designs are named The Emblem and The Mascots. The denomination of each is 1.20 yuan.
The 19th Asian Games were held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou. The Games include 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events in four categories of competitive, ball, adversary, water sports, esports and breaking. The emblem “Surging Tides” is composed of six elements: a Chinese fan, the Qiantang River, a tidal bore, a running track, the Wi-Fi signal icon and the glowing red sun of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The mascots are a group of robots proclaiming the host city’s heritage and contemporary vibrancy.
The set of stamps is designed in the form of a se-tenant pair. The main design of each stamp features the emblem and the mascots of the Hangzhou Asian Games, integrating Chinese culture and the distinctive characteristics of the host city Hangzhou, making the overall design concise and bright and the theme prominent. The stamps were designed by Shao Lichen and printed by Beijing Stamp Printing House Company Limited with photogravure and offset lithography overprinting and offset printing technologies. Stamps measure 40 x 30 mm and are perforated 13 x 13.5. Scott: 4997 - 4998, Sheet: 4998a
H-18 issued 2023 Nov 15. Celebrating the Year of the Dragon - Special-use Stamp for Happy New Year. The stamp has a face value of 1.20 yuan. Stamps are round with a diameter of 33mm in a square frame, perforated at 13.5. This issue was designed by Pan Lusheng and printed by the Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works using offset technology. Celebrating the Year of the Dragon - Special-use Stamp for Happy New Year was accompanied by a mini-sheet of four and a full sheet of twenty. Scott 5016.
