Archive for the ‘China, PR’ Category
#1389 PR China 22/08/25
This amazing registered cover from the PR of China was sent by Li Ming, thank you! It was posted in Hangzhou (杭州) on August 25 and arrived on September 12, 2022.
See also: #1350 PR China 21/11/23
#1350 PR China 21/11/23
Here is another very nice registered cover from the PRC, which was sent by Li Ming, thank you! It was posted on November 23 and arrived on December 16, 2021.
The top right stamps commemorate the 2021 National Games of China, which were held in Shaanxi.
#1349 PR China 21/05/18
This very nice registered cover from the PRC was sent by Li Ming, thank you very much! It was posted in Shanghai (上海) on May 18 and arrived on June 11, 2021.
The stamp set in the middle commemorates the Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
See also: #1154 PR China 18/02/02
#1154 PR China 18/02/02
This beautiful registered cover from China was sent by Li Ming, thank you very much! It was posted in Fuzhou (福州) on February 2 and arrived on February 22, 2018.
The stamp set on the right was issued on January 24, 2018. It commemorates the Chinese traditional art of papercutting.
#1128 PR China 17/05/31
Charlie has sent this very nice FDC from PR China, thank you! It was posted in Beijing (北京) on May 31 and arrived on June 13, 2017.
The stamp set commemorates children’s games.
#904 China 15/01/05
This very nice FDC from China was sent by Wang Jia Yi, thank you! The FDC was issued and posted in Shanghai (上海) on January 5, 2015. It arrived on January 22.
The stamps and postmark in the top right commemorate the Chinese Year of the Goat, which starts on 19 February 2015.
#777 China 13/12/25
Mr. XU Hui sent me this very nice cover from the People’s Republic of China, thank you! It was posted in Nanchang (南昌) on December 25, 2013, and arrived on January 13, 2014.
On the left there is the stamp set “Bridges”, which is a joint issue with Turkey and was issued on November 26, 2012. The stamps depict the Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge and the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul.
The stamp set on the right was issued on July 27, 2013. It commemorates the Dragon and Tiger Mountain (Mount Longhu).
#700 China 13/03/16
Thank you very much, Wang Jia Yi, for sending this beautiful FDC from China! It was posted in Changshu, Jiangsu (江苏常熟) and arrived on April 2, 2013. The postmark also has the inscription Jinsha River 7 (金沙江7).
The stamp set is entitled “Peach Blossom”; the stamps commemorate various peach cultivars (clockwise from top left): Prunus persica ‘Albo-plena’, ‘Danfen’, ‘Pinxia’, ‘Atropurpurea’, ‘Xiayu Shouxing’, ‘Versicolor’, ‘Magnifica’, ‘Batsch’, ‘Er Se’, ‘Ln E Chuizhi’, ‘Terutebeni’, ‘Wubao Tao’.
See also: #597 China 12/07/27
#638 China – Tibet 13/02/08
Thank you, Mr. XU, for sending this nice postcard from Tibet! The card was posted in Lhasa (拉萨) on February 8 and arrived on February 26, 2013.
The stamp set on the right is entitled “Sunny Spring” and was issued on October 9, 2011.
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#551 China 11/12/22
#446 China 10/12/29
#597 China 12/07/27
Here is another beautiful first day cover from Wang Jia Yi, thank you! It was posted in Shanghai (上海) on July 27, 2012.
The attached stamp set comemmorates the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where China scored a total of 88 medals (38 gold, 27 silver, and 23 bronze medals).
See also: #567 China 12/06/09
#551 China 11/12/22
XU Hui sent me this very nice cover from the People’s Republic of China, thank you! It was posted in Nanchang (南昌) on December 22, 2011, and arrived on January 4, 2012.
The stamp set on the left is entitled “Liangzhu Jade“. It was issued on March 8, 2011.
The right stamp set was issued on 12 June 2010 and commemorates the Kunqu Opera. It depicts scenes from the plays “The Palace of Long Life”, “The Peony Pavilion” (牡丹亭), and “Washing the Silken Gauze” (浣紗記).
#457 China 10/07/25
Mr. Guo Xiaoling sent me this beautiful FDC from the P.R. of China, thank you very much!
It was posted in Xining (西宁) on July 25. The stamp set commemorates the composers W. A. Mozart (1756-1791), J. S. Bach (1685-1750), L. van Beethoven (1770-1821), and J. Haydn (1732-1809).