For the 1970’s I have two full series of stamps, one from 1978 reppin’ the steel industry, and another from 1979 commemorating the 30th anniversary of the PRC, but I will simply call it “Weird Science”.
THE STEEL INDUSTRY
This set of stamps is a commemoration of the steel industry. But what isn’t so obvious is what […]
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1960 “The Birds of Communist Paradise” 中苏反好同盟互助条约签订十周年
This stamp is a glorious contradiction, making it not so different from the concept of communism itself. It actually commemorates 10 years since the signing of an alliance between China and the Soviet Union. If I may, allow me to transcribe what the Chinese are really saying to the […]
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When it comes to mail, you can’t just be a taker, you gotta be a giver too, and both roles are fine by me. So the other day when I was at the post office sending some of my stuff to myself, and coating the box with the required postage stamps, I remembered just how […]
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Ahh yeah…can you smell that? That’s the smell of the Chinese Internets tearing the government’s censors a new asshole. It’s one thing to try and purge all memory of a certain incident that happened 20 years ago today from the national consciousness that for the most part has been successful. It’s another to go overboard […]
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