The first set of rice paper stamps issued by China Post is 2010201kloc-01China Ancient Calligraphy-Running Script Mini Edition.
As early as 2004, China Post began to study how to make stamps with rice paper, and finally successfully issued a set of six stamps on May 10, which contained the first set of rice paper stamps of the world's three major running scripts (Preface to Lanting Collection, Manuscript for Sacrificing My Nephew and Huangzhou Cold Food Post).
In the early period of stamp issuance, the special stamp sample of "China Ancient Calligraphy-Running Script" was exhibited in the Shanghai World Expo in advance, which attracted many Chinese and foreign tourists to stop and watch. Because ordinary stamps are mostly made of ordinary paper, this set of stamps perfectly combines "national business card" and "national treasure Xuan paper" for the first time, which not only shows the unique charm and vitality of Anhui Xuan paper, but also perfectly reflects the historical inheritance value of Xuan paper and stamps, so it also has high collection appreciation and appreciation potential in the future and will be sought after by collectors.
Second, the materials of stamps.
There are three kinds of stamp paper: Daoguang paper, white newspaper and homemade paper. The paper quality of stamps is an important basis for distinguishing stamp versions from print runs and identifying the authenticity of stamps. Watermarking is the process of papermaking. The virgin pulp is rolled by a watermark roller and dried to form a latent image, which can be seen through the light. The paper with this latent image is watermark paper, which has anti-counterfeiting function and is suitable for printing stamps and other tickets.
The surface of stamp paper has paint, which is fine and smooth and has strong ink absorption. Printed stamps have bright colors and clear patterns. If stamps are printed on ordinary paper, there will be uneven ink color, blurred face and no luster, and the whole stamp is not easy to separate.
Therefore, the issue of Xuan paper stamps, both in content and texture, reflects the fine production technology and beautiful artistic atmosphere, which is a great contribution to the history of stamp development in the world.