Scott No: 1228-31
Serial number: T8
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: August 20, 1975
Denomination: 32 fen
Designer: Shao Boling
Engraver: Liu Shuoren
Size of stamps:
30*40mm for Value 1, 2;
40*30mm for Value 3, 4
Perforation:
11.5*11 for Value 1, 2;
11*11.5 for Value 3, 4
Sheet composition:
50(10*5) for Value 1, 2;
50(5*10) for Value 3, 4
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

T8 "Carry the Movement to Criticize Lin Biao and Confucius Through to the End in a Popularized, Deepened, and Sustained Way" special stamps were issued on August 20, 1975. The set consists of 4 stamps, printed by photogravure, designed by Liu Shuoren, with the original paintings by Li Yansheng, Hou Jie, Xiao Sirui, Shang Ding, and Qian Laizhong, and printed by the Beijing Stamp Factory. The 1st and 2nd stamps measure 30 mm × 40 mm, perforation gauge 11.5 × 11, 50 stamps per sheet; the 3rd and 4th stamps measure 40 mm × 30 mm, perforation gauge 11 × 11.5, 50 stamps per sheet.

Theme of the Set
This set was issued in the mid-1970s, selecting four images of different groups—workers, peasants, PLA soldiers, and Tibetan emancipated serfs—to present scenes of people from different industries and ethnic groups participating in the movement. It is a special stamp set of a specific historical period.

Stamp Designs and Historical Background

We Judge the Merits and Faults of a Thousand Years

The main subject of the design is coal miners: one miner stands at the front and speaks, while other miners sit around and listen. The scene is set in an industrial and mining plant area, presenting the image of the worker group.

Production Team Leader

The design depicts a rural production team leader writing a criticism draft in the fields, with a farmland environment around him, representing the peasant group.

Continuous Fighting

The picture shows PLA soldiers sitting together in study and discussion, embodying the image of army soldiers.

Emancipated Serfs Go to the Battlefield, Become Vanguards in Criticizing Lin Biao and Confucius

With Tibetan emancipated serfs as the main subject, the picture presents a scene of ethnic minority masses participating, embodying the theme of multi-ethnic joint participation.

Artistic Design Features

The whole set is derived from poster works at the national art exhibition of the time, adopting a realistic poster style, with full compositions, distinctive figures, and weighty, intense colors. The four stamps correspond respectively to workers, peasants, soldiers, and ethnic minority masses, with clear group divisions. It is a representative work of political-themed special stamps of the 1970s.

Note: The movement to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius was an erroneous movement during the "Cultural Revolution," which caused confusion in ideology, theory, and social order. The Party's Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China has already made a clear conclusion on the relevant errors of this period.