Scott No: 1791
Serial number: J81
Values in set: 1
Date of issue: July 25, 1982
Denomination: 8 fen
Designer: Wu Jiankun
Size of stamps: 30*40mm
Perforation: 11.5*11
Sheet composition: 50 (10*5)
Printing process:Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

J81 "Second United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space" commemorative stamp was issued on July 25, 1982. The set consists of 1 stamp with a face value of 8 fen, printed by photogravure, designed by Wu Jiankun, and printed by the Beijing Stamp Factory.

Theme of the Set

The Second United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was held in Vienna, Austria. The conference discussed the development and application of space technologies such as communications, remote sensing, meteorology, and navigation, advocated strengthening international cooperation, and focused on ensuring that developing countries could share in the benefits brought by space technology. As a member state of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, China issued this stamp to promote the conference's purpose of peacefully developing outer space and using space technology to benefit all humanity.

Stamp Design and Historical Background

Benefiting Humanity, Exploring the Future

The design adopts a balanced "A"-shaped composition, with a deep blue background representing the vast universe. The Earth is depicted at the lower end of the design and celestial bodies at the upper end, echoing each other above and below; the Chinese and English names of this conference are printed in the middle of the stamp. The graphics are concise and abstract, expressing the close connection between Earth's humanity and outer space and making clear the theme of "benefiting humanity, exploring the future." No specific images such as satellites, spacecraft, doves of peace, or roses are drawn.

Artistic Design Features

This is a decorative modern design, with deep blue as the main tone and a steady, concise composition. It relies on text, the Earth, and celestial-body symbols to convey the theme, without elaborate figurative depiction. It is dignified and condensed, and it is China's commemorative stamp on the theme of a United Nations space conference.