The Year of the Tiger zodiac stamps in Zhuhai are selling hotly

Text, photo/ Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zheng Da correspondent Zhang Hui

On January 5, the special stamps of the Year of the Tiger In the Year of the Tiger were officially issued, and the philatelic points in Zhuhai were sold simultaneously for a period of 6 months.

Before the opening hours, zhuhai outlets are lined up in front of the long queue, philatelic enthusiasts are full of expectations for the first limited stamp issued this year, "as the first limited stamp in 2022, it is also a zodiac ticket, it must have a certain appreciation and collectibility." A philatelic enthusiast who snapped up a zodiac ticket at the scene could not hide his joy.

Members of the public display purchased stamps

It is understood that the zodiac special stamp issuance is the 42nd consecutive year that China Post has issued zodiac stamps since 1980. The 2022 Chinese Zodiac stamps are set of two stamps, namely: National Fortune Changlong and Huyun Auspicious, with a full face value of 2.40 yuan. Small stamps and small promissory notes are issued at the same time. In order to display the content of stamps more abundantly, philatelic enthusiasts can use ar function to view through the "China Philatelic Stamp Encyclopedia" WeChat Mini Program.

The seventh set of the fourth round of Chinese zodiac stamps was created by the famous painter Mr. Feng Dazhong. Feng Dazhong, a national first-class artist, began to enjoy the special allowance of the State Council in 1992; his works of art are especially famous for painting tigers, and he also attacks landscapes and flowers. He once served as the president of the China Gongbi Painting Society, the deputy director of the Chinese Painting Art Committee of the China Artists Association, the vice president of the Chinese Painting Society, the director of the China Artists Association, the member of the China Writers Association, and the president of the Liaoning Provincial Old Artists Association.

The image of the tiger in the special stamp of "The Year of Nongyin" starts from the "real", obtains the nature of the tiger, and carefully interprets the beauty of the tiger. The stamps continue the design concept of the fourth round of zodiac stamps, interpreting the concepts of "country" and "home". The first picture, "National Fortune Changlong", depicts the image of a majestic tiger on the mountain, standing tall and ambitious, conveying the meaning of the country's prosperity and ambition; the second picture, "Tiger Yun auspicious", depicts the warm scene of a gentle tiger mother with two small tigers, implying the prosperity of children and grandchildren and a happy family.

The set of stamps is presented using offset engraving combined printing, engraved by Yuan Yishan and Liu Minghui, and printed by Beijing Stamp Factory Co., Ltd. This set of stamps is designed by Wang Huming. The small promissory note screen design is ingenious, through the extension of the image of the zodiac tiger with both shape and god, wonderfully presents the picture themes of "National Fortune Changlong" and "Tiger Yun auspicious", and realizes the "five firsts": the first display of the zodiac stamp superimposed color printing, the first time in a four-square concatenation of the inner page of the stamp, the first time to present the left and right folding form, the first time to increase the inner page stamp fluorescent spray code, the first use of tactile glazing process.

Source | Yangcheng Evening News Yangcheng Pie

Editor-in-charge | Huang Tie'an