Left: Hongkong Post will issue commemorative stamps on the 25th Anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Hong Kong on July 1.
Right: The "25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" commemorative stamps to be issued on July 1. Each stamp is printed with the words "Stable", "Ding", "Fan" and "Rong".
Image source: Hong Kong Wenhui Network
China News Service, June 2. According to Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, after Hong Kong returned to the motherland, Hongkong Post has successively issued a number of sets of stamps with the theme of return, attracting stamp collectors to collect.
For more than half a century, the secretary of the Hong Kong Police Postal Institute, Xiao Liangxing, said that every square inch of stamps carries history, marking social and cultural changes. Hong Kong, China”, showing that Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China.
The upcoming commemorative stamp of the "25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region", the one for the flag-raising ceremony, where officers of the disciplined forces stand under the flagpole and use Chinese-style marching before entering the venue, fully embodies the national sentiment and demonstrates the national sentiment.
In the 25 years since the handover, the handover series of stamps have been issued in several sets. The first thing many Hong Kong people think about is "Is there any speculation? (Will there be speculation)" and "How much is the market value of the complete set?" Xiao Lang Xing said frankly that due to the large circulation of stamps in the return series, there was no price speculation. Taking the first set of stamps after the return in 1997 as an example, the one with a face value of 5 yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below) was printed on the souvenir sheet. The current market price is 7 yuan, and it is not difficult to buy. "The real value is not in the face value, but its historical significance."
Stamps are a side record of history. Hong Kong returned to the motherland in 1997, and a small stamp is the "vanguard" to welcome the return.
Before the reunification, the stamps used the Queen's head; when the transitional stamps were issued in 1995, the Queen's head was no longer used, and the theme of Hong Kong scenery was gradually changed; Commemorative Stamps for the Seventh Return There are 6 types of buildings in the past, Bauhinia flowers and auspicious clouds.
"One printed with Bauhinia flowers and auspicious clouds, with a face value of 5 yuan, the matching souvenir sheet, with the night scene of Victoria Harbour as the background pattern, lined with fireworks patterns, replaced with the regional emblem of the SAR, and printed with the words 'Hong Kong, China' for the first time, representing Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China.
Xiao Liangxing continued that before the handover, the stamp designs were relatively monotonous, such as the British royal wedding and the Queen's birthday. Open to traffic, etc., the material is diversified and more exciting.
In 1998, the second year after the handover, Hongkong Post issued another stamp to celebrate the first anniversary of the handover. After that, every 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, and 20 years after the handover, a series of handover series was also issued, and Xiao Liangxing also followed a lot. Like stamp collectors, store them one by one.
Hongkong Post announced earlier that it will issue the "25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" commemorative stamps and the "25th Anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Hong Kong" commemorative stamps on July 1. The former includes a set of 4 commemorative stamps, a Zhang Xiaoquan sheet and related philatelic products, commemorative stamp products show the prosperity and development of Hong Kong. Each stamp is printed with the words "Stable", "Ding", "Fan" and "Prosperity", and the latter is a stamp sheetlet .
Xiao Liangxing pointed out that many special meanings can be seen from the stamps of the 25th anniversary of the handover.
"Take the one with a face value of 2 yuan and the flag-raising ceremony as an example. The attendees stood standing under the flagpole. Although the stamp is only a hard photo, as long as you pay attention, the disciplined forces officers standing in front of the 'National Security Law' sign, Before entering the venue, Chinese-style footsteps were used instead of the previous British footsteps, which fully reflected national sentiments and showed national sentiments."
Another stamp with a face value of 3.7 yuan, the picture background is the chamber of the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
Xiao Liangxing recalled that in the past, Hongkong Post also issued stamps with the theme of the Legislative Council Chamber, but the difference between this stamp is that after the "black violence", Hong Kong has returned to the right track. On the wall, in addition to the SAR regional emblem, there is also the national emblem on it, representing that Hong Kong is backed by the motherland, and the SAR government has constitutional responsibility.
Xiao Langxing's father was a sailor and traveled all over the world. When he was a child, he received a letter from his father and cut out stamps to collect. This started as a hobby. He collected the most vehicles by collecting vehicle stamps from different countries or regions World record for stamps.
It has been more than 50 years since philately, Xiao Liangxing believes that the stamps have carried history between each square inch, marking the changes of society and culture. Continue to collect.