#China stamps
'Foreign musicians' on Chinese postage stamps
Chinese Post has issued a series of four stamps under the name of "Foreign musicians". The set contains portraits of Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Pictures of four composers representing pattern of Western classical music are made by the internationally renowned Danish engraver who made them lively and vivid. It is the example of rare in recent years high level of carving stamps, with simple
Pure silver commemorative stamps from China
Authorized by the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination and the China Post Group, the Shanghai Philatelic Corporation has officially issued a set of pure silver commemorative stamps for the China Pavilion. The stamps are made from .999 pure silver, and four different weights are available: 88 grams, 188 grams, 388 grams, and 688 grams. The number produced for each weight is restricted to 20,0
China: Quasi-Rice-paper stamps
China Post launched its first set of quasi-rice-paper calligraphy stamps. The six stamp set is also the third series of Chinese calligraphy stamps that China Post has issued so far. Instead of using commonly-used postage stamp paper, the six stamps are made of imitation rice paper, and printed with relief techniques, giving a strong sense of three-dimensional effect in the ancient Chinese calligra
Lick and Taste Chinese stamps
China Post have issued a highly popular new stamp with a twist to celebrate the New Year. 2007 is the Year of the Boar and so the designers have decided to incorporate the aroma and taste of sweet 'n' sour pork into the stamps. If the surface of the stamp is scratched the aroma of the popular dish is emitted, whilst it can be tasted if the back is licked.
New Olympic stamps issued
The two-year countdown toward the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been marked with the issue of four new stamps. The set of stamps depict four very different sports in basketball, fencing, sailing and gymnastics, presumably in order to reflect the diversity of the competition. The State Post Bureau of China and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games have jointly issued the stamps, w
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad-Olympic Sports
On 8 August 2006, China State Post Bureau issued a four-piece set of commemorative stamps, entitled "The Games of the XXIX Olympiad-Olympic Sports (I)", with a total face value of 5.2 yuan. The pictures on the stamps are named "Basketball", "Fencing", "Sailing" and "Artistic gymnastics" respectively.
