Commemorative 193 70th Anniversary of Mandarin Phonetic Symbols Commemorative Issue (1983)

Stamp SN B193
Stamp Name Commemorative 193 70th Anniversary of Mandarin Phonetic Symbols Commemorative Issue (1983)
Stamp Cat Standard Commemorative Stamps
Stamp Cat Education, Culture && Education, Activities
Issue date 1983-05-22
Suspersion date
Dimension of stamps(mm.)
Size of souvenir Sheet (mm.)
Printer China Color Printing Co. Inc., R.O.C.
Drawer
Designer Lee Kuang-chi
Photographer
Engraver
Creative Director
Sheet composition 10×10
Print color
Process Deep etch offset
Paper Locally-made mat finished,
watermarked stamp paper
with gum
Back
Perforation 13 1/2

Description



   The Mandarin Phonetic Symbols are a system for Mandarin pronunciation, which was developed in 1913 by the Chinese Pronunciation Unification Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Wu Ching-heng. It consists of thirty seven symbols, namely, twenty one initials and sixteen finals. Generally speaking, the initial is the beginning sound of the whole syllable of a Chinese letter, while the final the rest of the syllable of a Chinese letter. For seventy years, the symbols have done much in unifying the pronunciation of Chinese words, resulting in making education universal and society harmonious.