Scott No: 2274-5
Serial number: J168
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: May 22, 1990
Denomination: 28 fen
Designers: Liu Xiangping
Size of stamps: 30*40mm
Perforation: 11.5*11
Sheet composition: 50 (10*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

The commemorative stamp set 90th Anniversary of the Birth of Comrade Li Fuchun, catalog number J168, was issued on May 22, 1990. It consists of two stamps, produced using the photogravure process. The stamps measure 40×30 mm, with a perforation gauge of 11 degrees. Each sheet contains 50 stamps (5×10). The stamps were designed by Liu Xiangping and printed by Beijing Stamp Printing Works.

Thematic Focus of the Set

This stamp set commemorates the 90th anniversary of Comrade Li Fuchun's birth. Li Fuchun was a great proletarian revolutionary and an important leader of New China's economic construction. In his early years, he went to France for work-study. He went through the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Liberation. After the founding of New China, he long presided over national planning work, making major contributions to the First Five-Year Plan and the country's industrialization. The stamps select his image from different periods, commemorating his lifelong dedication to the Party and the country's economic construction.

Stamp Designs and Historical Background

Portrait of Comrade Li Fuchun

The image is a portrait of Li Fuchun in his middle years, with a simple and clean background. After the founding of New China, Li Fuchun served as Vice Premier of the State Council and Director of the State Planning Commission, coordinating national economic planning. He was one of the founders of China's socialist planned economy.

War Years

The image is a half-length portrait of Li Fuchun during the war years, wearing a coat, with the Loess Plateau in the background. During the Agrarian Revolution, the War of Resistance, and the War of Liberation, he engaged in Party and government affairs, logistics, and financial and economic work in the base areas, ensuring the operation of the revolutionary cause in difficult conditions.

Artistic and Design Features

The set uses a realistic figure painting style. The two stamps, one static and one dynamic, echo each other. The first stamp has a clean and elegant image, focusing on portraying a steady and restrained temperament. The second stamp has substantial tones, with distant mountains enhancing the arduous atmosphere of the revolutionary era. The figures are dignified and expressive, simple and restrained, full of remembrance.