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"The whole country is red" stamp (the big one) is bigger
than that of the stamp with the same name "the whole country is
red" issued in November 25 of the same year. Till September 1968,
committees of revolutions had been set up in 29 provinces, cities
and autonomous regions all over China with the exception of Taiwan
Province.To celebrate the complete triumph of "the Cultural Revolution",
the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications scheduled to issue
a set of commemorative stamps.The set of the stamps had a red
map of China printed with" the whole country is red";
at the bottom was the picture of workers, farmers and soliders
waving the "Selected Works of Mao Zhedong", there was an red ocean
of flags; on the bottom margin printed "long life the complete
triumph of the cultural revolution" on the upper left margin,
it was printed"Chinese People's Post". On the bottom
left was the denomination of "8 fen". The size of the
stamp was 60mm * 40mm. The stamps were printed out but were not
issued. But a small quantity went to private possession. Due to
the limited quantity, they are deemed precious by stamp collectors.
In 1987,one old piece of "the whole country is red"(the big
one) was put on auction by Hongkong Xuli Philatelic Co.Ltd, the
start price was 80,000 Hongkong dollars. At the time,the price
was 10 times than that of "the whole country is red"(the small
one). By far, no such stamps have ever appeared on any auctions.
Such kind of stamps are very rare, the presen'st estimated price
is roughly over 1,200,000 RMB. |