On the morning of January 5th, the launch ceremony of Weifang's "Year of Nongyin" special stamps was held in the first floor of Weifang Ginza Shopping Center, and leaders from Weifang Postal Administration, Weifang Postal Company and Philatelic Association attended the launch ceremony and jointly unveiled the first special stamps of "Year of Nongyin". The launch event was held simultaneously in 11 counties and municipalities of the city, attracting wide participation of philatelic enthusiasts from all walks of life.
The special stamp launch activity adopted the form of "offline activities + online live broadcast", and the event site also held the Nongyin New Year Zodiac Theme Stamp Exhibition and the Red Stamp Collection Exhibition, exhibited more than 100 models of Nongyin Tiger Zodiac cultural products and 8 red stamps, provided on-site commemorative stamp stamping, stamp tasting and other services, and brought a zodiac cultural feast to philatelic enthusiasts.
This special stamp launch event spread the cultural knowledge of zodiac stamps, publicized the style of postal enterprises, and will play a positive role in promoting the prosperity and development of Weifang culture and philatelic undertakings.
【Stamp Issuance Background】
China Post is scheduled to issue a set of 2 special stamps for the Year of Nongyin on January 5, 2022, with the names of the stamp designs as: National Fortune Changlong and Huyun Auspicious, and the face value of the full set of stamps is 2.40 yuan. The planned circulation is 40.4 million stamps, 38.8 million stamps, 2.3 million layouts and 4.8 million small promissory notes.
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.
The set of stamps is sold at designated postal outlets, philatelic network halls, China Post mobile phone clients and China Post WeChat Philatelic WeChat Mall of China Post For a period of 6 months. In order to display the stamp content more abundantly, China Post will release digital content through the "China Philatelic Stamp Encyclopedia" WeChat Mini Program, which can be viewed using ar function. (China Post Group Co., Ltd. Postal Business Department)