CHINA – Postcard from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China to Braga, Portugal.

Postcard posted on July, 7 2010.

(Special thanks to my friend Ms. Chai from Malaysia)

Tiger Hill (Chinese: 虎丘; pinyin: Hŭqiū) is a hill in Suzhou, in China. It is a popular tourist destination and is known for its natural beauty as well as historical sites. The hill is so named because it is said to look like a crouching tiger. Another legend states that a white tiger appeared on the hill to guard it following the burial of King Helü. The hill is sometimes referred to in parallel with "Lion Mountain", another hill near Suzhou which clearly resembles a sitting lion.

The hill has been a tourist destination for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, as is evident from the poetry and calligraphy carved into rocks on the hill.
(Source Wikipedia – Suzhou, Tiger Hill)

Definitive stamps - Chinese Birds (1st set)

Technical Details:

Values in set: 3

Denomination: 180 yuan

Date of issue: 1st February 2002

Designer Huang Huaqiang

Size of stamp: 27 * 38 mm

Perforation: 115 * 13

Sheet composition: 30

Printing process: photogravure

Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

Protecting the common homeland of mankind

Technical details:
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: April 1, 2003
Denomination: 265 fen
Designer: Zhang Sen, Yang Bo Size of stamps: 25*20mm
Perforation: 13*13.5
Sheet composition: 40(10*4)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

Definitive stamps - Chinese Birds (2nd set)

Technical Details:

Values in set: 2

Denomination: 180 yuan

Date of issue: 15 November 2006

Designer Huang Huaqiang

Size of stamp: 27 * 38 mm

Perforation: 13.5

Sheet composition: 30

Printing process: photogravure

Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House