It used to be called big version and small version, but now it is called format one, format two, format three and so on. Layout 1 is a large version, and layouts 2 and 3 are so-called small versions. The word "Layout II" appeared in the announcement issued by the new post during the Dragon Boat Festival (200 1- 10t) in June 2006. It didn't have the word "mini-pane" like the previous Spring Festival (2000-2T) stamps, but it didn't attract everyone's attention. Now it is still used to calling this "format 2" mini-pane. It was not until 2003 that "Layout 3" appeared in the new postal notice of "Year of Returning Weft" (2003- 1T) that everyone seemed to react. "Layout 2" is called "mini pane", so what is "Layout 3"? Maybe it is called "mini-pane". At this time, everyone realized that "Layout II" and "Mini Pane" are different concepts, and they cannot be equated. Only then did I understand why there was no "mini-pane" in the new postal notice. "Layout II" is more extensive than "small pane". There is no inherent concept of "mini-pane", so we should understand "format 2" as a full-page stamp in various formats. Since it is a variety of formats, there will be big and small, eclectic. In fact, "format 2" like this has long appeared, but it was not called that at that time. For example, in the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China (Group IV) (J47) published in June 1 979+1October1,there are two kinds of post offices, A 50, which constitute (1)-(4) Stone Company. Type B consists of 50 sheets of paper (3)? (4), (1)(2) There are 10 square joints, and the rest (3)(4)*** 10. Of course, the number of these two stamps is the same, so there is no question of who is bigger and who is smaller. The earliest "format 2" explored by the author should be1the stamp "Chairman Mao's Going to Anyuan (Oil Painting)" issued in August 1968 (text 12), with 25(5×5) and 28(7×4) formats. Although the 25-piece version is smaller, it seems inappropriate to call it a mini-pane. It was not until1September 3, 980 that the commemorative stamp of People's Republic of China (PRC) Exhibition (J59) officially appeared as a mini-pane. In the following 20 years, it disappeared. In the Spring Festival of 2000 (2000-2T), the State Post Bureau resumed issuing mini-panes, but only after the successful first flight of China Shenzhou (2000-22J) was the new postal notice not referred to as mini-panes. After 2000, the number of stamps has been reduced to about 20, and the width of stamps has also been greatly reduced. The stamp "Format 1" issued in July, 200012J on the 80th Anniversary of the Establishment of China * * * Production Party is the last one. From then on, the size difference between "Layout 1" and "Layout 2" is very small. In 2003, "Mini-pane" was fully released, and "Layout III" appeared for the first time. At the same time, the form of "mini-pane" has also begun to achieve a breakthrough. Just when we were worried about how to make a set of eight special stamps of Bronze Ware of Eastern Zhou Dynasty (2003-26T) small, a mini-pane of "one photo alone" was born. Some people nicknamed it "Venus" mini-pane, which had a unique beauty of being incomplete. In 2004, some basic features of "Mini-pane" began to be subverted, and the special stamp "Layout 2" of "Taohuawu Woodblock New Year Picture" (2004-2T) issued on June 65438+ 10/4 showed a through tooth. The special stamps for Yangjiabu Woodblock New Year Pictures (2005-4T) issued in 2005 are180×104mm (8 pieces in1edition) and 120×2 10 mm (second edition).
In 2004, the self-adhesive mini-stamp of the National Emblem of National Flag of the People's Republic of China (2004-23T) was issued, which marked the birth of a "new family" and the materials of the "Format II" stamps began to diversify. In 2006, Four Treasures of the Study (2006-23T) was published in Suu. In 2008, Commemorating the Opening of the 29th Olympic Games (2008- 18J) released a small holographic edition. 20 10 China ancient calligraphy-running script (2010-1t) was published in a small version of Xuan paper. In a few days, the fan-shaped mini-version and the fan-shaped toothless mini-version of the special stamp Mei Julanju (20 10-25T) will be released. The modeling has broken through again, attracting the attention of the majority of postal fans. "Layout II" is an ever-changing plate, which has risen as an independent plate. Whether it is called "Layout II" or "Mini-pane", with the development and progress of the times, its connotation and extension are constantly changing, and we can't treat it with inherent thinking and habits. It is in this transformation and transcendence that the fun of collecting stamps is endless. Remarks: Different formats caused by different reprinting, ticket width, punching and printing colors are beyond the scope of this article.