Space and Astronomy Stamps - People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国)

Issue Date / Set Description

Description

1 December 1953 - Medieval Science

Compass
Seismoscope
Drum Cart
Armillary Sphere

30 December 1953 - Famous People

François Rabelais
José Martí
Chu Yuan
Nicolaus Copernicus

25 August 1955 - Scientists

Zhang Heng
Zhang Heng (mini-sheet)
Zu Chongzhi
Zu Chongzhi (mini-sheet)
Yi Xing
Yi Xing (mini-sheet)
Li Shizhen
Li Shizhen (mini-sheet)

25 June 1958 - First Chinese Planetarium

Planetarium
Telescope / Stars

25 August 1958 - Meteorology

Weather Vane
Weather Balloon
Tower / Map

30 October 1958 - Early Sputniks

Sputnik / Armillary Sphere
Sputnuk 3
Sputnik 1 / 2 / 3

1 July 1959 - Quaddecennial of the May Fourth Movement

Students (one holds a model rocket) / Flags
Workers / Banners

10 September 1959 - Luna 1

Rocket / Orbits

20 January 1960 - Agricultural Exhibition

Pavilion
Meteorology
Animals
Fish

10 March 1960 - Decennial of Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship

Workers (rocket launch in background)
Flags
Soldiers

30 April 1960 - Luna 2 / 3

Moon / Soviet Symbols
Luna 3

25 April 1977 - Industry Conference

Worker
Oil Drilling
Crowd / Banner
Rocket Launch

18 March 1978 - National Science Conference

Insignia
Banners
Atom / Globe
souvenir sheet of 3

25 April 1978 - Meteorology

Weather Balloon
Radar Station
Weather Maps
Weather Observers
Rockets

1 August 1978 - 6th Company

Iron-Fisted Policies / Rocket Launches
Revolutionary Tradition
Military Training

8 September 1978 - Quadrennial National Women’s Congress

Women / Atom / Rocket / Grain

11 October 1978 - Nonennial National Trade Union Congress

Flag / Wheat / Cog / Rocket

16 October 1978 - Decennial National Communist Youth League Conference

Insignia / Book / Atom / Rocket

4 May 1979 - Sexdecennial of the May Fourth Movement

Bas Releif
Woman / Rocket / Satellite Dish

1 October 1979 - Reform and Opening

Agriculture
Machinery
Military (rocket)
Atomic Energy

3 October 1979 - Young Scientists

Child / Model Planes
Child / Microscope
Child / Telescope
Child / Butterflies
Child / Meteorology
Child / Model Boat
Child / Book

15 March 1980 - 2nd National Conference of the China Association for Science & Technology

Technology Symbols

17 May 1981 - World Telecommunication Day

International Telecommunication Union Insignia

16 May 1982 - Planetary Alignment

Solar System

25 July 1982 - 2nd United Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Globe / Insignia

28 April 1983 - World Communications Year

WCY Insignia

8 March 1985 - United Nations Decade for Women

Venus Symbol

1 February 1986 - National Space Industry

Satellite
Satellite Recovery
Submarine Launch
Launch
Satellite Dish
Trajectory

11 April 1986 - Comet 1P/Halley

Comet 1P/Halley

4 August 1989 - Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

Insignia

15 November 1989 - Rockets

Transport
Rocket on Transport
Launch
Staging

10 October 1990 - Scientists

Lin Qiaozhi
Zhang Yuzhe
Hou Debang
Ding Ying

18 August 1992 - International Space Year

Arrow / Galaxy

1 September 1995 - Tibetan Relics

Jar
Casque
Celestial Chart
Mandala

7 October 1996 - Satellite Launch

Ascending Rocket
Satellite in Orbit

1 August 1997 - Chinese People’s Liberation Army

Army
Navy
Air Force
Missiles
Military Manoevers

10 December 1997 - Telecommunication

Satellite / Digital Signal / Satellite Dish
Computer / Data
Signal Reception / Landmarks
Cell Phone / Man’s Head

1 November 1999 - Scientific & Technological Achievements

Fossil
Underwater Robot
Pair
Goldbach’s Conjecture
Observatory Telescope
pair

31 December 1999 - Review of the 19th Century

Revolution of 1911
May 4th Movement
Communist Party
War of Resistance Against Japan
A New China
Rocketry (#2248)
Reform
Return of Hong Kong & Macao

20 November 2000 - Shenzhou Test Flight

pair
Launch
In Orbit
sheetlet of 12

22 November 2000 - Fruits of Meteorology

Weather Satellite
Tibetan Weather
Digital Forecasting
Artificial Rainfall

20 August 2002 - Ancient Chinese Scientists IV

Bian Que
Liu Hui
Su Song
Song Yingxing

21 June 2003 - Jilin Meteorite Impact

Trajectory
Fragments Descending
Meteorite
souvenir sheet of 9 (3 of each design)

16 October 2003 - Shenzhou 5

pair
Yang Liweh / Spacecraft in Orbit
Saluting Chinese Flag
souvenir sheet of 2
booklet of souvenir sheets (1 each of China / Hong Kong / Macau)
sheetlet of 10 (5 x each design)

8 June 2006 - Semicentennial of the Chinese Space Program

pair
Geospace Double Star Exploration Program
Shenzhou 6

26 November 2007 - Chang’e 1 Lunar Probe

Probe / Moon

25 June 2008 - National Land Survey

Satellite / Rural Map / Measure
Theodolite / Urban Map / Measure

18 December 2008 - Tridecennial of Reform & Opening in China

Arrows / Satellite / Earth

1 June 2009 - Children’s Art

“Love for the Motherland”
“Happy Life”
“Enthusiasm for Science”
“Peace Lovers”
booklet pane of 8, 2 x each design (die cut)

29 May 2011 - Scientists of Modern China

Bei Shizhang (biologist)
Qian Xuesen / Rocket / Satellite
Hou Xianglin (chemical engineer)
Qian Sanqiang (nuclear physicist)
block of 4

7 November 2011 - Octodecennial of the Xinhua News Agency

Red background
Yellow Background
Green Background
Blue Background (satellite dish)
strip of 4