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China

Pre-1949 China and present Taiwan flag

People's Republic of China flag
Stamps issued 1878 to date.

Chinese Republic

1939. 150th. anniversary of US constitution.

China SG 501-4

SG 501 5 cents Chinese & US flags & map of China
SG 502 25 cents Chinese & US flags & map of China
SG 503 50 cents Chinese & US flags & map of China
SG 504 1 dollar Chinese & US flags & map of China

1945. Equal treaties with Great Britain and USA abolishing foreign concessions.

China SG 762-7

SG 762 1 dollar General Chiang Kai-shek
SG 763 2 dollars General Chiang Kai-shek
SG 764 5 dollars General Chiang Kai-shek
SG 765 6 dollars General Chiang Kai-shek
SG 766 10 dollars General Chiang Kai-shek
SG 767 20 dollars General Chiang Kai-shek

1945. Inauguration of President Chiang Kai-shek.

China SG 784-8

SG 784 2 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek
SG 785 4 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek
SG 786 5 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek
SG 787 6 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek
SG 788 10 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek
SG 789 20 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek

1945. Victory.

China SG 790--3

SG 790 20 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek
SG 791 50 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek
SG 792 100 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek
SG 793 300 dollars President Chiang Kai-shek

1947. Restoration of Taiwan (Formosa) to Chinese rule (1st. issue).

China SG 972-3

SG 972 500 dollars Map of Taiwan and Chinese flag
SG 973 1250 dollars Map of Taiwan and Chinese flag

Communist China

East China.

1949. 22nd. anniversary of Chinese people's liberation army.

China SG EC 378-82

SG EC 378 70 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG EC 379 270 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG EC 380 370 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG EC 381 470 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG EC 382 570 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops

North China.

1949. 28th. anniversary of Chinese communist party.

China SG NC 328-9 and 331-3

SG NC 327A 10 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NC 328A 20 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NC 329A 50 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NC 330A 80 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NC 331A 100 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NC 332A 120 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NC 333A 140 dollars Mao Tse-tung

North-east China.

1947. 26th. anniversary of Chinese communist party.

China SG NE 171

SG NE 170 10 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NE 171 30 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NE 172 50 dollars Mao Tse-tung
SG NE 173 100 dollars Mao Tse-tung

1948. Labour Day.

SG NE 207 50 dollars Flag and globe
SG NE 208 150 dollars Flag and globe
SG NE 209 250 dollars Flag and globe

1948. Youth Day.

SG NE 210 50 dollars Youth with torch
SG NE 211 150 dollars Youth with torch
SG NE 212 250 dollars Youth with torch

1949. 28th. anniversary of Chinese communist party.

China SG NE 250-2

SG NE 250 1500 dollars Workers procession
SG NE 251 4500 dollars Workers procession
SG NE 252 6500 dollars Workers procession

South-West China.

1949.

SG SW 9-11 and 13-15

SG SW 9 10 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 10 20 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 11 30 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 12 50 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 13 100 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 14 200 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 15 300 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 16 1000 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 17 2000 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 18 3000 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops
SG SW 19 5000 dollars Zhu De, Mao Tse-tung and troops

1950. Liberation of the South-West.

China SG SW 20 and 22-3

SG SW 20 20 dollars Map of China with flag in SW
SG SW 21 30 dollars Map of China with flag in SW
SG SW 22 50 dollars Map of China with flag in SW
SG SW 23 100 dollars Map of China with flag in SW

Chinese People's Republic

1950. Foundation of People's Republic on 1 October 1949.

China SG 1432-5

SG 1432 800 dollars Mao Tse-tung, flag and parade
SG 1433 1000 dollars Mao Tse-tung, flag and parade
SG 1434 2000 dollars Mao Tse-tung, flag and parade
SG 1435 3000 dollars Mao Tse-tung, flag and parade

1950. 1st. anniversary of People's Republic.

China SG 1464-8

SG 1464 100 dollars Flag of People's Republic
SG 1465 400 dollars Flag of People's Republic
SG 1466 800 dollars Flag of People's Republic
SG 1467 1000 dollars Flag of People's Republic
SG 1468 2000 dollars Flag of People's Republic

1950. Sino-Soviet treaty.

China SG 1471-3

SG 1471 400 dollars Stalin greets Mao Tse-tung
SG 1472 800 dollars Stalin greets Mao Tse-tung
SG 1473 2000 dollars Stalin greets Mao Tse-tung

1953. 7th. National Labour Union conference.

China SG 1588-9

SG 1588 400 dollars Workers and flags
SG 1589 800 dollars Workers and flags

1954. Russian economic and cultural exhibition, Peking.

SG 1637 800 dollars Exhibition building

1954. Constitution commemoration.

China SG 1642-3

SG 1642 400 dollars "New constitution"
SG 1643 800 dollars "New constitution"

1956. Opening of Sikang-Tibet and Tsinghai-Tibet highways.

China SG 1690

SG 1688 4 fen Convoy of lorries
SG 1689 8 fen Suspension bridge, Tatu river
SG 1690 8 fen Opening ceremony, Lhasa

1957. 30th. anniversary of people's liberation army.

China SG 1714-7

SG 1714 4 fen Nanchang revolutionaries
SG 1715 4 fen Meeting of Red Armies at Chinkangshan
SG 1716 8 fen Liberation Army crossing the Yellow River
SG 1717 8 fen Liberation of Nanking

1958. Opening of Peking telegraph building.

SG 1780 4 fen Telegraph building, Peking
SG 1781 8 fen Telegraph building, Peking

1958. National exhibition of industry and communications.

China SG 1722-4

SG 1722 8 fen Exhibition emblem and symbols
SG 1723 8 fen Chinese dragon riding the waves
SG 1724 8 fen Horses in the sky

1959. Steel production progress.

China SG 1807

SG 1807 4 fen Mao Tse-tung and steel workers
SG 1808 8 fen Battery of steel furnaces
SG 1809 10 fen Steel "blowers" and workers

1959. Successful harvest 1958.

China SG 1814-7 The stamps illustrated were clearly cancelled as a block of four, but then removed from cover and separated :-(

 

SG 1814 8 fen Barley
SG 1815 8 fen Rice
SG 1816 8 fen Cotton
SG 1817 8 fen Soya beans, groundnuts and rape

1959. Labour Day.  Inscribed "1889-1959".

China SG 1818-20

SG 1818 4 fen Workers with Marx-Lenin banner
SG 1819 8 fen Hands clasping red flag
SG 1820 22 fen "5.1" and workers

1959. 40th. anniversary of "May 4th." students rising.

China SG 1823-4

SG 1823 4 fen Students with banners
SG 1824 8 fen Workers with banners

1960. 25th. anniversary of conference during the long march, Tsunyi, Kweichow.

China SG 1893

SG 1892 4 fen Conference Hall, Tsunyi
SG 1893 8 fen Mao Tse-tung and flags
SG 1894 10 fen Crossing the Chinsha River

1960. 10th. anniversary of Sino-Soviet treaty.

China SG 1899-1901

SG 1899 4 fen Chinese and Soviet workers
SG 1900 8 fen Flowers and Sino-Soviet emblems
SG 1901 10 fen Chinese and Soviet soldiers

1960. 15th. anniversary of Hungarian liberation.

China SG 1902-3

SG 1902 8 fen Flags of Hungary and China
SG 1903 8 fen Parliament building, Budapest

1960. 15th. anniversary of liberation of Czechoslovakia.

China SG 1909

SG 1909 8 fen Child pioneers and flags of China and Czechoslovakia
SG 1910 8 fen View of Prague

1960. 3rd. national literary and art workers congress, Peking.  Inscribed "1960".

China SG 1928

SG 1928 4 fen "Serving the workers"
SG 1929 8 fen Inscribed stone seal

1960. 15th. anniversary of liberation of Korea.

China SG 1930-1

SG 1930 8 fen North Korean and Chinese flags and flowers
SG 1931 8 fen "Flying horse" of Korea

1960. 15th. anniversary of North Vietnam republic.

China SG 1934

SG 1934 8 fen Chinese and North Vietnamese flags and children
SG 1935 8 fen "Lake of the Returning Sword" Hanoi

1961. 90th. anniversary of Paris commune.

China SG 1966-7

SG 1966 8 fen Pantheon, Paris
SG 1967 8 fen Proclamation of commune

1961. 40th. anniversary of Chinese Communist Party.

China SG 1974-8

SG 1974 4 fen Congress building, Shanghai
SG 1975 8 fen "August 1" building, Nanchang
SG 1976 10 fen Provisional Central Government building, Juichin
SG 1977 20 fen Pagoda Hill, Yenan
SG 1978 30 fen Gate of Heavenly Peace, Peking

1961. 40th. anniversary of Mongolian People's Revolution.

China SG 1979

SG 1979 8 fen Flags of China and Mongolia
SG 1980 10 fen Mongolian government building

1962. Support for Cuba.

China SG 2032

SG 2032 8 fen Cuban soldier
SG 2033 10 fen Sugar-cane planter
SG 2034 22 fen Militiaman and woman

1961. "Support for Algeria".

China SG 2035-6

SG 2035 8 fen Torch and map
SG 2036 22 fen Algerian patriots

1962. 50th. anniversary of Albanian independence.

China SG 2053-4

SG 2053 8 fen Revolutionary statue and map
SG 2054 10 fen Albanian flag and girl pioneer

1963. 4th. anniversary  of Cuban revolution.

SG 2063 4 fen Tank monument, Havana
SG 2064 4 fen Cuban revolutionaries
SG 2065 8 fen Crowd in Havana
SG 2066 8 fen Crowd in Peking
SG 2067 10 fen Cuban soldier
SG 2068 10 fen Castro and Cuban flag

1963. "Liberation of South Vietnam".

China SG 2154-5

SG 2154 8 fen Vietnamese family
SG 2155 8 fen Vietnamese with flag

1964. 5th. anniversary of Cuban revolution.

China SG 2156-7

SG 2156 8 fen Cuban and Chinese flags
SG 2157 8 fen Boy waving flag

1964. South Vietnam victory campaign.

China SG 2184

SG 2184 8 fen Map of Vietnam and flag

1964. 15th. anniversary of People's Republic.

China SG 2213-5

SG 2213 8 fen Rejoicing people
SG 2214 8 fen Chinese flag
SG 2215 8 fen Rejoicing people in reverse

1964. 20th. anniversary of liberation of Albania.

SG 2221 8 fen Albanian and Chinese flags and plants
SG 2222 10 fen Enver Hoxha and Albanian arms

1965. 30th. anniversary of Tsunyi conference.

China SG 2237

SG 2235 8 fen Mao Tse-tung standing in room
SG 2236 8 fen Mao Tse-tung
SG 2237 8 fen "Victory at Loushan pass"

1968. "Revolutionary literature and art" (2nd. issue).

SG 2293 8 fen "Red detachment of women"
SG 2294 8 fen "The white haired girl" (ballet)
SG 2295 8 fen Mao Tse-tung, symphony orchestra and chorus

1968. "Revolutionary literature and art" (1st. issue).  Scenes from people's operas.

China SG 2287

SG 2287 8 fen Mao Tse-tung and procession

5 other stamps in set.

1971. Centenary of Paris commune.

SG 2442 4 fen Communard standard
SG 2443 8 fen Fighting in Paris, March 1871
SG 2444 10 fen Communards in Place Vendome
SG 2445 22 fen Commune proclaimed at the Hotel de Ville

1971. 30th. anniversary of Albanian Workers Party.

SG 2470 8 fen Enver Hoxha making speech
SG 2471 8 fen Party headquarters
SG 2472 8 fen Albanian flag, rifle and pick
SG 2473 52 fen Soldier and workers militia

1974. 25th. anniversary of Chinese People's Republic.

SG 2584 8 fen National day celebrations
SG 2585 8 fen Chairman Mao's directives
SG 2586 8 fen Agricultural worker, Tachai
SG 2587 8 fen Coastal guard

1974. Chinese Exports Fair, Canton.

China SG 2588

SG 2588 8 fen Fair building

1974. 30th. anniversary of Albania's liberation.

China SG 2589-90

SG 2589 8 fen Revolutionary monument, Permet
SG 2590 8 fen Albanian patriots

1975. Chinese ascent of Mount Everest.

China SG 2622

SG 2621 8 fen Members of expedition
SG 2622 8 fen Mountaineers with flag
SG 2623 43 fen View of Mount Everest

1977. Centenary of Rumanian independence.

SG 2722 8 fen Rumanian flag
SG 2723 10 fen "The Battle of Smirdan"
SG 2724 20 fen Mihai Viteazu memorial

1977. 11th. national communist party congress.

China SG 2736-8

SG 2736 8 fen Red flags and crowd
SG 2737 8 fen Mao banner and procession
Sg 2738 8 fen Hammer and sickle banner and procession

1978. 5th. national people's congress.

China SG 2755-7

SG 2755 8 fen Great banner of Chairman Mao
SG 2756 8 fen Constitution
SG 2757 8 fen Emblems of modernisation

1978. National science conference.

SG 2763 8 fen Conference emblem and Tien on Men Gate, Peking
SG 2764 8 fen Flags
SG 2765 8 fen Emblem, flag and globe

1978. 9th. National Trades Union Congress.

China SG 2822

SG 2822 8 fen Cogwheel, grain, rocket and flag

1979. 30th. anniversary of People's Republic of China.

China SG 2880

SG 2880 8 fen National flag and rainbow
SG 2882 8 fen National flag and mountains
SG 2884 8 fen National anthem

10 other stamps in set.

1979. International archive weeks.

SG 2926 8 fen Central archives hall
SG 2927 8 fen Gold cabinet containing documents of Ming and Ching dynasties
SG 2928 60 fen Imperial archives main hall

1980. Winter Olympic Games, Lake Placid.

China SG 2964-7

SG 2964 8 fen Chinese Olympic Committee emblem
SG 2965 8 fen Speed skating
SG 2966 8 fen Figure skating
SG 2967 60 fen Skiing

1980. 2050th. anniversary of Dacian state.

China SG 3013

SG 3013 8 fen Burebista (founder-king) and Rumanian flag

1981. Chinese team's victories at World Table Tennis Championships.

SG 3077 8 fen Men's singles vase
SG 3078 8 fen Men's doubles cup
SG 3079 8 fen Women's singles prize
SG 3080 8 fen Women's doubles trophy
SG 3081 8 fen Mixed doubles prize
SG 3082 20 fen Men's team cup
SG 3083 20 fen Women's team cup

1984. 35th. anniversary of People's Republic.

SG 3343 8 fen Factory worker
SG 3344 8 fen Girl and rainbow
SG 3345 8 fen Girl and symbols of science
SG 3346 8 fen Soldier
SG 3347 20 fen Flag and Manchurian cranes

1987. 60th. anniversary of People's Liberation Army.

China SG 3507

SG 3507 8 fen Flag over Great Wall
SG 3508 8 fen Soldier and rocket launcher
SG 3509 10 fen Sailor and submarine
SG 3510 30 fen Pilot and jet fighters

1987. 13th. Communist Party Congress.

SG 3519 8 fen Sun rising behind party flag

1988. 7th. National People's Congress.

China SG 3544

SG 3544 8 fen Flag and rainbow

1993. 8th. National People's Congress, Peking.

SG 3840 20 fen Flag, basket of flowers & streamers

1995. 50th. anniversary of UNO.

China SG 4047-8

SG 4047 20 fen Flag and New York HQ
SG 4048 50 fen Anniversary emblem and "flags"

2001. 80th. anniversary of Chinese Communist Party.

China SG 4604

SG 4604 80 fen Party flag

2003. Greetings stamp.  "Plain Sailing".

SG 4826 80 fen Junk (sailing ship)

2003. 1st. Chinese manned space flight.

SG 4851 80 fen Astronaut and satellite
SG 4852 1 yuan Astronaut and flag

2004. National symbols.

SG 4932 80 fen Flag
SG 4933 80 fen Emblem

[see also Taiwan]

[Last updated 9th. March 2007]