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

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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 1929-12-31
Dimension of stamps(mm.) 30 x 24
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer Peiping Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance
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Sheet composition 10×10
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Process Intaglio
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Perforation 14
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.