The Nanjing stamps issued 118 years ago appeared

There are printed Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. In the history of modern Chinese postal service, Nanjing's landscapes, figures, etc. have appeared on stamps many times, giving Nanjing people pride. However, the time when the "Nanjing Elements" first landed on the stamp may be seldom explained.

Yesterday, netizen “Northwest Mai Ke” sent 14 old stamps to Xiqiao, and called them “the first batch of stamps of Nanjing in the late Qing Dynasty (1896)”. Modern Express reporters noticed that the "Nanjing elements" such as Drum Tower, Xuanwu Lake, Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, etc. have appeared on these old stamps. Yu Kangjun, a jury member of the Jiangsu Provincial Exhibition and Exhibition Committee, said after seeing that this was the earliest set of what he knew would have put the scenery in Nanjing on the stamps. It was also the first set of stamps issued in the history of Nanjing and it was 118 years ago. However, it was not issued by the Qing government, but was a commercial stamp issued by the “Jinling Librarians” established in Nanjing in 1896 by the Aliens Committee at that time.

“Jinling Libraries stamps printed a total of four editions between 1896 and 1897, and a total of 16 were collected on the fourth edition.” Yu Kangjun said that since the stamps were issued mainly for sales, the printing was very fine, and it was mainly For aliens, so the public should not have much to collect. He said, "If these stamps were used in the past, the current market price is more than 3,000 yuan. If not used, the current market price is about 4,000 yuan." At present, the China Post Stamp Museum in Beijing should have a collection.