Scott No: 1410-11
Serial number: J28
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: June 20, 1978
Denomination: 16 fen
Designer: Chen Xiaocun
Size of stamps: 25*40mm
Perforation: 13
Sheet composition: 100(10*10)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

J28 "National Conference on Learning from Daqing and Dazhai in the Finance and Trade Sector" commemorative stamps were issued on June 20, 1978. The set consists of 2 stamps, printed by photogravure, designed by Chen Xiaocong, and printed by the Beijing Stamp Factory. Stamp size 25 mm × 40 mm, perforation gauge 13, 100 stamps per sheet (10 × 10), with a total face value of 0.16 yuan for the set and a circulation of 15 million copies for each stamp.

Theme of the Set

The National Conference on Learning from Daqing and Dazhai in the Finance and Trade Sector was held in Beijing from June 20 to July 9, 1978. The conference was aimed at the national finance, trade, banking, supply and marketing, and other finance and trade fronts, calling on the finance and trade system to learn from Daqing's industrial spirit of self-reliance and arduous struggle and Dazhai's agricultural spirit of hard work and practical effort, to take root in circulation posts, and to serve industrial and agricultural production. Centered on the conference theme, the stamps use two designs—the conference emblem and the classic inscription—to complement each other, making clear the fundamental policy of finance and trade work, "develop the economy, ensure supply," and encouraging workers on the finance and trade front to correct their service orientation, do a good job in commodity circulation, material supply, and fund management, and help the national economy recover and develop.

Stamp Designs and Historical Background

Conference Emblem

The main subject of the design is the circular emblem of this conference, with the words "National Conference on Learning from Daqing and Dazhai in the Finance and Trade Sector" written inside the ring and blooming flowers dotted outside the ring, setting off a warm and festive conference atmosphere. The composition of flowers surrounding the emblem implies congratulations from all sectors on the congress and symbolizes the vigorous and upward appearance of the finance and trade front.

Develop the Economy, Ensure Supply

The design centers on the golden inscription "Develop the economy, ensure supply," likewise surrounded by blooming floral patterns. This inscription is the guiding policy long followed in finance and trade work, making clear that finance and trade work must serve production and ensure the material supply of the masses; it is the thematic landing point of the entire set.

Artistic Design Features

The set uniformly adopts a vertical stamp format, and the two stamps maintain a consistent layout framework, both using a white background with floral decoration, with a symmetrical, neat composition, dignified and bright. The design, dominated by text and supplemented by floral decoration, is simple and direct, highlighting the conference theme and work policy. The photogravure printing makes the red and gold text bright and striking, with soft layers in the flowers. There is no souvenir sheet for this set. It is a JT commemorative stamp set on the finance and trade economy theme of the late 1970s.