Scott No: 2320-21
Serial number: T160
Values in set: 2
Denomination: 70 fen
Date of issue: April 20, 1991
Designer: Wang Huming
Size of stamps: 30*40 mm
Perforation: 11.5*11
Sheet composition: 50 (10*5)
Printing process: photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

The special stamp set Family Planning, catalog number T160, was issued on April 20, 1991. It consists of two stamps, produced using the photogravure process. The stamps measure 30×40 mm, with a perforation gauge of 11.5×11 degrees. Each sheet contains 50 stamps (10×5). The stamps were designed by Wang Huming and printed by Beijing Stamp Printing Works.

Thematic Focus of the Set

This stamp set revolves around the basic state policy of family planning, expressing it from two dimensions: controlling the population size and improving population quality. It embodies the concept of coordinating population growth with economic and social development, advocates healthy birth and sound child-rearing, and promotes sustainable development of population, resources, and the environment.

Stamp Designs and Historical Background

Controlling Population Size

The main subject is a plump red apple. Inside a square window at the center of the apple is an orderly crowd of people. The apple symbolizes life, implying the rational regulation of population scale and the achievement of orderly population growth.

Improving Population Quality

The main subject is a pair of hands holding up a seedling. The seedling represents newborn children, implying emphasis on healthy birth and sound child-rearing, nurturing the next generation, and improving the overall quality of the people, expressing beautiful hopes for the healthy growth of children.

Artistic and Design Features

The set uses symbolic freehand modern design techniques. The images are simple and easy to understand, with vivid imagery and no complex realistic scenes. The colors are bright and soft, and the compositions are concise. By using familiar images such as apples and seedlings, it conveys the connotation of the population policy in an accessible way, with prominent characteristics of the era.