Yangtze Evening News, January 5 (correspondent Zhao Mingming, reporter Chen Yong) Before 7 o'clock in the morning of the 5th, a long queue formed in front of the Yizheng Gulou Post Office, and a group of enthusiastic postal mysteries came to buy stamps for the Year of the Dragon. On the same day, China Post officially issued a set of 2 special stamps for the Year of the Dragon Zodiac of the Year of the Dragon, and the stamp design names were Tianlong Xingjian and Chenlong Xianrui.
The first scene
According to reports, the pattern draws on the cultural genes of the classic dragon image in China, combines the cultural characteristics of the zodiac and the characteristics of stamp art, and interprets the image of the dragon in the new era with the design language of graphic decoration, highlighting the cultural heritage of self-confidence and self-improvement. The picture is simple and bright, and the colors are festive and auspicious. The face value of the full set of stamps is $2.40. The number of stamps planned to be issued is 29.98 million sets. The Yizheng Gulou Post Office had a supply of 460 units that day, and it was sold out in less than half an hour after it went on sale.
Stamps of the Year of the First Century
At the first event, Mr. Lin, a senior postal fan, told reporters that January 5 is worth talking about for stamp issuance. Today is the first day of stamp stamp stamp issuance, China Post not only issued Zodiac stamps, but also the 2024 China National Zodiac Philatelic Exhibition opened today at the Taohuawu Art Museum in Suzhou, and a commemorative postcard was issued. Mr. Lin said that in Yizheng, there are no less than dozens of people who have the same hobby as him and send the first day cover of the new post. Every year on January 5th, the first day of Xiao is sent to them, which is a major event for them, and everyone has prepared an envelope with the name of the place written many days in advance, the most prepared a hundred, and the less than a dozen. After queuing up to buy stamps, you have to tear off the stamps and paste the envelope, stamp the commemorative stamp of the new post, and drive to the post office of Longhe Street more than 10 kilometers away to stamp the Longhe postmark and send it to the postmen in other places. Mr. Lin said happily that although it was hard, the harvest was still quite rich, and in three or five days, he would receive all kinds of zodiac stamps from all over the country.
Queue up to buy
Industry insiders said that in the Chinese zodiac, the dragon is a sacred beast, symbolizing dignity and strength, meaning auspiciousness and good luck in the folk, leaving many beautiful and moving legends. Mr. Chen, who had just purchased Xinpost, told reporters that Yizheng has many dragon cultural resources that can be tapped. There is the White Dragon Temple in Liuji Town, the Longhe River in Xinzhen, the Longshan Mountain in Qingshan Town, and the Longtan Yangtze River Bridge under construction. He said that everyone is the descendant of the dragon, and the dragon culture has a lot of weight in the hearts of the people, and can be fully integrated into the cultural tourism and cultural and creative industries, "I usually like to collect place name postmarks, and today I queued up to buy 8 sets of zodiac stamps, and immediately drove to Longtan, and used the zodiac stamps of the Year of the Dragon to stamp the Longtan postmark, which is particularly meaningful!"
Edited by Chen Zhe