China Filatelie, vol. 47, whole nr. 178, September 2015
English summary
page summary
25-26 From the editor, from the board
27-32 Treasures
from the Chinese Cultural Revolution are shown, the five rarest prepared,
but not officially issued stamps from this turbulent period of Chinese history
are described and illustrated.
33-35 The
first issue of Chinese stamps is translated from the January 1947 issue of
Post Arts and gives a description of the designs of the ‘dragon’ stamps and
their symbolic meaning
36-37 A
sensational find in the attic of an English house yielded three large
blocks of the 5 Ca Large Dragon stamps (SG6); the history of the find and the
subsequent sale of the stamps is given, translated from Linn’s Stamp News.
37-40 Chinese World Heritage sites on postcards
were issued in 2000 by the PRC post in 22 sets, of which the second group of
five are shown.
41 Stamps
for Special use (Z-type), issued in 2014 are shown, completing the article
on earlier emissions of this type in #175
42-43 Souvenir sheets using ‘stamps for
special use’ are shown
44-46 New
issues PRC post
46-48 New
issues Taiwan (ROC)
More information on this publication from the
editor:
Johan Sevenhuijsen
Rietkraag 10
3121 TB
Netherlands
e-mail: johan7h@gmail.com