Scott No: 1441
Serial number: J32
Values in set: 1
Date of issue: October 16, 1978
Denomination: 8 fen
Designer: Deng Xiqing
Size of stamps: 26*31mm
Perforation: 11*11.5
Sheet composition: 50(5*10)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

J32 "The Tenth National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China" commemorative stamp was issued on October 16, 1978. The set consists of 1 stamp, printed by photogravure, designed by Lu Tianjiao, and printed by the Beijing Stamp Factory. Stamp size 30 mm × 40 mm, perforation gauge 11.5 × 11, 50 stamps per sheet (10 × 5), with a face value of 0.08 yuan and a circulation of 15 million copies.

Theme of the Set

The Tenth National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China was held in Beijing from October 16 to 26, 1978. It was the League's national congress convened after many years. The congress defined the mission of the Communist Youth League in the new period and called on the broad masses of youth to closely follow the Party's guidance, study diligently, actively devote themselves to the four modernizations, and contribute their youthful strength in production, scientific research, culture and education, and other posts. This stamp was issued on the opening day of the congress to commemorate this important grand gathering of youth and to display the vigorous and striving spiritual outlook of the younger generation determined to build the motherland.

Stamp Design and Historical Background

Emblem of the Communist Youth League

The main subject of the design is the emblem of the Communist Youth League, composed of a five-pointed star, a gear, wheat ears, the newly risen sun and its rays, and a ribbon bearing the words "Communist Youth League of China." The background is the slowly rising morning sun, radiating rays of light, symbolizing that youth, under the leadership of the Party, bravely advance toward a bright goal, and implying that the Communist Youth League organization unites and leads the youth of the whole country to devote themselves to socialist modernization.

Artistic Design Features

The set uniformly adopts a vertical stamp format, with a simple and dignified composition and red and gold as the main tones; the radiating rays of the morning sun set off a passionate, high-spirited atmosphere. The emblem's form is standard and clear, and the elements are condensed, highlighting the organizational symbol of the Communist Youth League. The photogravure printing has bright, pure colors and clean, crisp lines. The set consists of only one stamp and has no souvenir sheet. It is a commemorative stamp on the theme of Communist Youth League congresses of the JT period.