Who was the first stamp designer in China?

China's first stamp

When Britain carried out postal reform and issued the first stamp, the postal service of the Qing government in China still adopted an ancient way that lasted for thousands of years, that is, official mail.

Delivery, civil, especially commercial letters, is delivered by the private people's information bureau.

186 1 year, Robert Hart, an Englishman who served as the General Administration of Customs and Taxation, suggested to the Qing government to establish modern postal services. 1866, the Qing government worked in the customs and taxation department.

A post office has been set up in the office, which also operates postal services. No stamps were issued at that time. 1876, announcement issued by Cui Lin, Tianjin Customs and Taxation Bureau, stipulates that

The weight of the mail is fixed, and the monthly payment method is adopted after registration in the "Postage Register". This method of paying postage with silver is very unfair.

But at this time, there have been precedents for using stamps abroad, and China naturally followed suit. As a result, the Shanghai Customs Registry began to design stamps. The first set of stamps used to be

Various forms were designed, such as "Dragon and Phoenix Playing with Beads" and "Pagoda of Six Harmonies", and finally the selected pattern was "Dragon".

In the center of the "Dragon" stamp pattern is a soaring loong, lined with clouds and waves. Some people call it the "Dragon Play Pearl" map, and the postage is one or two silver.

One percent, that is, 1 cent. A set of three "Dalong" stamps. The face values are 1 cent silver (green), 3 cents silver (red) and 5 cents silver (yellow) respectively.

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When this set of stamps was issued, it was not called "dragon" tickets. It's just that compared with another set of stamps with dragons as patterns issued later, the ticket is one wider.

Yes, that's why it's called "Big Dragon", and the other set has to be called "Little Dragon".

The "Dragon" stamp has been issued three times.

The first issue, 1878, is thin and transparent, and is generally called "tissue dragon".

The second issue, 1882, was issued. The paper of 1 silver and 3 silver stamps was thick, and the paper of 5 silver stamps was extremely thin. The main feature of this set of stamps is one of the two stamps.

The distance between the two is large, so it is called "wide-faced dragon".

The third issue, 1883, is thick and opaque, and is called "thick paper dragon".

It should be noted that the postal service at this time still belongs to the customs postal service, and the national postal service was not established until 1896.