Website Navigation
About CNPC
|
|
|
CNPC news
|
|
|
|
|
International Letter-Post Tariffs
The Stamp of The Whole Country Is Red (the big one)
 

Click the right key of the mouse to view a partial close-up.


"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.

 
 
Organized by China National Philatelic Corporation(CNPC)
Designed by CNPC Information & Technology Department
E-mail:info@cpi.com.cn
ICP Number:000068
Copyright © CNPC. All rights reserved.