Commemorative 9 Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s State Burial Commemorative Issue (1929)

Stamp SN B009
Stamp Name Commemorative 9 Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s State Burial Commemorative Issue (1929)
Stamp Cat Standard Commemorative Stamps
Stamp Cat Scenic Spots, Individuals
Issue date 1929-05-30
Suspersion date 民國18年12月31日
Dimension of stamps(mm.)
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Printer Peiping Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance
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Sheet composition 10×10
Print color
Process Intaglio
Paper
Back
Perforation 14

Description

After years of unremitting toil and hardship in the cause of national revolution, Dr. Sun Yat-sen died in Peiping on March 12, 1925. He was buried in a mausoleum on the slope of Purple Mountain, Nanking, In commemoration of the state burial, the Postal Administration issued a set of commemorative stamps with the Memorial Hall in front of the Mausoleum decorated on the two sides by rice stalks as the central design.