Scott No: 2371-72
Serial number: J185
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: November 16, 1991
Denomination: 70 fen
Designers: Wang Huming
Size of stamps: 30*40mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40(8*5)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

The commemorative stamp set The First FIFA World Women's Championship, catalog number J185, was issued on November 16, 1991. It consists of two stamps, produced using the photogravure process. The stamps measure 30×40 mm, with a perforation gauge of 11.5 degrees. Each sheet contains 40 stamps (8×5). The stamps were designed by Wang Huming and printed by Beijing Stamp Printing Works.

Thematic Focus of the Set

This was the first World Women's Football Championship, held in Guangzhou. The event was the predecessor of what later became the FIFA Women's World Cup. This stamp set documents this pioneering international women's football event, showcases the vigorous and upward sporting spirit of women's football, and bears witness to a new starting point in the development of women's football worldwide. It is also the last set of J-prefix commemorative stamps issued in New China.

Stamp Designs and Historical Background

Emblem

The stamp uses a red background, with the event emblem as the main subject. The emblem designs the Eastern and Western hemispheres as a football shape, with an abstract female football player in the center. Inside the small ball is the seal script character "羊" (sheep), which both echoes the host city Guangzhou (known as the "Goat City") and indicates the 1991 Xinwei Year of the Sheep. The lower right corner bears the text "China · Guangzhou 1991."

Heroic Bearing

The stamp uses a green background resembling a football pitch, depicting a female football player running with the ball. Her posture is vigorous and full of power, reflecting the striving, enterprising, and upward character of female football players.

Artistic and Design Features

The two stamps use contrasting red and green backgrounds. Red is warm and festive, and green symbolizes the football field. One stamp leans toward logo design, simple and modern; the other focuses on figure dynamics, with smooth and vivid lines. The compositions are clean and neat, with a strong contemporary feel. The pairing of one static and one dynamic image enhances the lively and energetic sports atmosphere of the event.