CHINA – Cover from Wuhan - Hubei (湖北), China to Braga, Portugal

Cover with strip of stamps from the 2009’s Guangji Bridge stamps issue posted on October, 20 2010.

(Special thanks to friend Hai Huang)

Guangji Bridge

Date of Issue: 16-11-2009
Type: Commemorative
Denomination: 3x 120fen
No. of Stamp in Set: 3
Size: 50 x 30 mm
Perforation: 13 x 12½
Color: Multicolor
Process of Printing: offset
Protection of the stamp:
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House
Designer: Wang Huming

To complete the postal rate, it was used a third stamp of 50fen from the 1998 stamps issue - ‘The Longquan Kiln-China's Ceramics’.

The stamps represent different types of ceramic vases from three different dynasties.

Vase with Five Spouts - Northern Song Dynasty

Vase with Phoenix Ears - Southern Song Dynasty

Double Gourd Vase - Yuan Dynasty

Engraved Ewer Decorated with Three Fruits - Ming Dynasty

Date of Issue: 13-10-1998
Type: Commemorative
Denomination: 3x 50fen and 150fen
No. of Stamp in Set: 4
Size: 30 x 40 mm
Perforation: 12
Color: Multicolor
Process of Printing: offset
Protection of the stamp:
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House
Designer: Wang Huming and Ren Yu