China Post is scheduled to issue a set of 2 commemorative stamps for the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Mexico on February 14, 2022 (jointly issued with Mexico). Details are as follows:
Id: 2022-5
Figure Sequence Figure Name Parity
(2-1) J Observatory 1.20 yuan
(2-2) J Pyramid of Kukulkan 1.20 yuan
Stamp size: 44 mm × 33 mm
Perforation degree: 13× 13.5 degrees
Number of pieces per sheet: 10 pieces
Full sheet size: 200 mm × 156 mm
Edition: Photocopy
Anti-counterfeiting mode: anti-counterfeiting paper Anti-counterfeiting ink Special-shaped perforation Fluorescent coding
Designer: Ma Lihang
Editor-in-charge: Wang
Printing factory: Beijing Stamp Factory Co., Ltd
Planned number of units: 6.7 million units
Sale Measures: From the date of issuance, the designated postal outlets, philatelic network hall (https://jiyou.11185.cn), China Post mobile phone client, China Post WeChat WeChat Mall of China Post WePunth Bureau and China Post Mall WeChat Mini Program are sold for a period of 6 months.
2022 is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the United Mexican States, and China Post is scheduled to issue a set of 2 commemorative stamps entitled "The 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Mexico" on February 14, 2022, with the names of the stamp designs being The Observatory and the Pyramid of Kukulcan. The full set of stamps has a face value of $2.40. The number of stamps planned to be issued is 6.7 million sets.
Located in The Town of Jiecheng, Dengfeng City, Henan Province, founded in the early Yuan Dynasty and presided over by astronomer Guo Shoujing, the Observatory is the oldest and well-protected observatory in China, which has high value in the history of world astronomy and architecture, and highlights the outstanding achievements of ancient scientists in astronomy on the mainland. In 2010, the Dengfeng "Heaven and Earth" historical building complex, including the Observatory, was listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site. Located in the northern part of mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the Pyramid of Kukulcan is one of the most important sites of Mexico's mayan ancient civilization and is the pinnacle of its work. Kukulkan was hailed in Mayan culture as the embodiment of the sun, the sun god. In 1988, the ancient city of Chichen Itza, with the Pyramid of Kukulkan as its landmark, was inscribed as a World Heritage Site. The stamp picture is based on photographic works, the first figure "Observatory" is located in the center of the picture, with the symbol graphic representing "all directions", echoing the concept of "heaven and earth"; the composition of the second picture "Pyramid of Kukulkan" is unified with the first figure, and the background shows the symbol graphic representing the sun. The artistic presentation of the Observatory and the Pyramid of Kukulkan on the joint stamp issue is a dialogue spanning thousands of years with important cultural heritages of China and Mexico with a long history, so that the Chinese civilization and the Mayan civilization shine together in every inch.
Combined with the theme of stamp expression, the stamp text of the "Observatory" in Figure 1 adopts a particularly bright silver ink process, and the background halo and stars use colorless white fluorescence to highlight the night effect, while using star-shaped special-shaped perforations; the stamp text of the "Pyramid of Kukulkan" in Figure 2 adopts a very bright gold ink process, and the background light uses colorless orange fluorescence to highlight the effect of the sun's radiance, while using sun-shaped special-shaped perforations.
In order to display the stamp content more abundantly, China Post will release digital content through the "China Philatelic Stamp Encyclopedia" WeChat Mini Program, and stamp collectors can use the AR function to watch.