Speaking of Disney, everyone must first think of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, these two classic images in China, men, women and children can be said to be unknown to everyone, and how much do you know about these cute little friends' stamps and other souvenirs?
Although stamps are rarely used in daily life today, this does not allow Disney to continue to use stamps as a carrier of childhood dreams. In disney's long history, there are only several stamps with the theme of Mickey Mouse and other characters issued in China, and their forms of expression and style are also diverse, so let's take a look at these cute domestic Disney stamps today.
On June 1, 2013, China Post released a Disney postage envelope and a postage postcard, the former is Mickey's red paper-cut head' (Picture l), and the latter is an ink painting of Mickey's full body (Figure 2). Issued on June 20, 2015 ((Disney) personalized stamp (Figure 3), the main picture is a silhouette of a Mickey Mouse head with a lucky cloud, and the stamp is an early Mickey Mouse shape.
On 12 September 2005, Hongkong Post issued a set of 4 stamps entitled "Hong Kong Disneyland Opening Celebrations"), a small sheetlet (Figure 4), a sheetlet (Figure 5) and a sheetlet of 22k gold leaf (Figure 6). Four stamps depict Disney cartoon stars playing at the main attractions at Hong Kong Disneyland, namely: Mickey, Minnie mouse and "Small Town Street of America", Dumbo and "Fantasyland", The Lion King and Adventureland, and Pluto and Tomorrowland; The small album forms a panoramic view of Hong Kong Disneyland. The two miniature sheets have the same pattern, and the side paper shows the dazzling night fishing scene of Hong Kong Disneyland, and the fireworks blooming in the sky are the same as the stars and the moon. The difference between the two is that in the former stamp, Mickey wears a brown robe and a dark blue hat, and the English disne is printed in red with a face value of 5 yuan; The latter stamps featured Mickey's clothes, hat and English d Neyland with gold leaf at a face value of $50.
As early as 12 January 2003, Hongkong Post issued a set of 4 Hong Kong Disneyland stamps and 1 small sheetlet (Figure 7) for the construction of Hong Kong Disneyland, showing the exterior scenes of "American Town Street", "FantasyLand", "Adventureland" and "Tomorrowland", each stamp in the lower left corner and the small sheet of side paper are painted with the same early Mickey Mouse shape.
On August 3, 2005, the "China Post Company" in Taiwan issued a set of 2 "Cartoon Star Stamps - Mickey Mouse" small sheetlets, of which 4 stamps are: Steamship Willie, Fantasia, Beggar Prince, Mickey Christmas Carnival. On June 21, 2006, another set of 2 "Cartoon Star Stamps - Winnie the Pooh" small sheet was launched, this time 4 stamps. The protagonists on the ticket are Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Dai. compare. On April 3, 2008, another set of 2 "Cartoon Animation Stamps - Finding Nemo" was released, each containing 5 stamps. There are 8 round stamps in the 10 stamps, and many animation stars such as clownfish Nemo, Longmouth Lemonfish Teddy, Little Seahorse Dongdong, Starfish Peach, Triangle Upside-Down Bubbles, Turtle Swarm, Blue Upside-Hanging Dolly, Flat Octopus Pearl and many other animation stars appear here.