Scott No: 1242-44
Serial number: J7
Values in set: 3
Date of issue: October 13, 1975
Denomination: 24 fen
Designer: Li Yinqing
Size of stamps: 52*31mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40(4*10)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

J7 "National Conference on Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture" commemorative stamps were issued on October 13, 1975. The set consists of 3 stamps, printed by photogravure, designed by Li Yinqing, and printed by the Beijing Stamp Factory. Stamp size 52 mm × 31 mm, perforation gauge 11.5, 40 stamps per sheet.

Theme of the Set

The National Conference on Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture opened in Dazhai, Xiyang, Shanxi, on September 15, 1975, and closed in Beijing on October 19. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued this commemorative set to commemorate this important conference on the agricultural front, reflect the construction practice of transforming farmland and developing agricultural production in rural areas at the time, and display the construction appearance of the broad masses of peasants striving hard, transforming mountains and rivers, and striving for an agricultural harvest.

Stamp Designs and Historical Background

Study Theory, Grasp the Line, Set Off a New Upsurge of Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture

With a red banner as the background, the banner bears the words "Learn from Dazhai in Agriculture." Two peasant representatives stand side by side, holding study materials with firm expressions, expressing that rural cadres and masses persist in study and actively devote themselves to the movement of learning from Dazhai in agriculture.

Grasp Revolution, Promote Hard Work, Take the Dazhai Road

The background is tiered Dazhai-style terraced fields. Two peasants carry tools on their shoulders, with other commune members behind them, displaying the labor scene of the masses opening mountains and building fields, transforming barren mountain land, working hard, and building farmland.

The Dazhai Spirit Bears Rich Fruit

Golden wheat fields stretch as far as the eye can see. A woman commune member drives a Dongfeng combine harvester to harvest grain, with agricultural machinery operating in the distance, presenting the scene of mechanized agricultural operations and a bumper grain harvest, implying that arduous struggle has brought the fruits of a bumper agricultural harvest.

Artistic Design Features

The set adopts a typical poster style, with intense, saturated colors and plain, powerful compositions. The three stamps progress layer by layer from study and mobilization, to opening mountains and building fields, to the harvest results, completely presenting the content of the movement of learning from Dazhai. It is a representative work among agricultural-themed commemorative stamps of the 1970s.