China Post is to issue a set of four commemorative stamps entitled The 130th Anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong’s Birth on December 26, 2023. The stamp designs are respectively named “Persevering in Resistance Against Japanese Aggression”, “Constructing the Ming Tombs Reservoir”, “Maintaining a Global Vision” and “Retracing Jinggang Mountains”. The denomination of the whole set is 4.80 yuan, and 7.8 million sets of the stamps and 980,000 sheets for layout 2 are planned to be circulated.

Digital painting techniques were used to create the visual effect of traditional painting, which made it possible for the stamp designs to revive the majestic image and great mettle of Comrade Mao Zedong and showcase his military brilliance foresighted demeanor. The stamps were designed by Ma Gang and Jin Jun under the guidance of Jin Shangyi, and printed with photogravure technology by Beijing Stamp Printing House Company Limited.

This set of stamps will be available for six months at designated postal outlets nationwide, online mall of China Philately (https://jiyou.11185.cn), the mobile app of China Post, the WeChat Mall for philatelic products in the official WeChat account and the WeChat mini program of China Post Group. To present more information about the stamps, China Post will release the digital contents through the WeChat mini program “Encyclopedia of China Philately and Stamps”, where philatelists can learn more about the stamps via its AR function.