China Post Stamp Museum

China Post Stamp Museum

China National Post and postal stamp museum, formerly known as the reference room of the stamp issuing Bureau of the Ministry of Posts and telecommunications, is the only national professional museum in China that collects and uses postal and stamp relics for academic research and exchange. It was officially opened to the public on August 22, 2007

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China Post Stamp Museum has a building area of 23705 square meters, a warehouse area of 3000 square meters, and an exhibition hall area of 5500 square meters. It is divided into three exhibition halls: main exhibition hall, special exhibition hall, and treasure hall. It has seven main exhibition areas: "original communication", "ancient post", "modern post", "contemporary post", "stamp exhibition hall", "special exhibition hall" and "treasure hall"

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In 2012, China Post Stamp Museum was awarded the title of "national science popularization education base" by China Science and Technology Association

In 2018, China Post Stamp Museum was awarded as the resource unit of social classroom for primary and secondary school students in Beijing

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Development history

In September 1984, the Preparatory Office of China Stamp Museum was established.

In July 1985, the China Stamp Museum was officially established with the approval of the Ministry of Posts and telecommunications. The old museum is located at 2 Xuanwumen East Street, Beijing.

In 1994, China Stamp Museum was put under the post and Telecommunications culture and history center of the Ministry of Posts and telecommunications.

On March 21, 2000, the China Stamp Museum was attached to the postal culture and history center of the state post office.

In October 2002, China Stamp Museum was relocated to No.6 Gongyuan West Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, and renamed as China Post Stamp Museum, which belongs to China Post Group Corporation.

On August 22, 2007, China Post Stamp Museum officially opened

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Architectural pattern

summary

China Post Stamp Museum has a building area of 23705 square meters, a warehouse area of 3000 square meters, and an exhibition hall area of 5500 square meters. It is divided into three exhibition halls, namely the main exhibition hall, the special exhibition hall, and the treasure hall. There are seven main exhibition areas, namely "original communication", "ancient post", "modern post", "contemporary post", "stamp exhibition hall", "special exhibition hall" and "treasure hall" The exhibition hall is on the second floor, and the treasure hall is located in the central exhibition hall on the fourth floor

 

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Main exhibition hall

The first part: stamps of Qing Dynasty

This part of the exhibition tells the history of modern China in a semi feudal and semi colonial society from the perspective of stamps, from the customs dragon stamps and Cixi birthday stamps to the red stamp stamps and flat dragon stamps issued after the founding of the Qing Dynasty Post

 

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The second part: the stamps of the Republic of China

This part of the exhibition shows some stamps issued by Nanjing Provisional Government, Beijing government and Nanjing National Government in the three stages of the Republic of China. From the stamping stamps of Panlong to the stamps with the head portraits of Sun Yat Sen and Yuan Shikai as the main pictures, from the first set of ordinary stamps with the London version of sailboat to the stamps with the words "Chinese Empire", from all kinds of limited area stamps to gold yuan and silver yuan stamps and so on, it reflects the political situation and society at that time, also reflects the gradual diversification of stamp types in this period, and also reflects the period of the Republic of China With the development of postal service, philatelic activities have a certain mass base

 

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The third part: stamps during the revolutionary war

This part of the exhibition mainly shows the stamps issued by the revolutionary bases during the Anti Japanese War and the war of liberation. The design of Anti Japanese War stamps is to publicize and encourage Anti Japanese. During the war of liberation, stamps were based on the six administrative regions that issued stamps

 

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Part four: a complete collection of new China special stamps (up to 2006)

This part of the exhibition includes all special stamps, cultural revolution stamps, numbered stamps, JT stamps and year stamps

 

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Part five: foreign stamps

This part of the exhibition shows stamps from 42 countries, which are exchanged by China Stamp Museum on behalf of China Post and member states of UPU

 

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Special exhibition hall and treasure hall

In this part of the exhibition hall, the original pictures of the stamps in the collection and the stamps and other cultural relics in various historical periods are displayed alternately

 

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Collection

summary

There are postal cultural relics, postage stamps issued by China's postal administrations in various historical periods since the Qing Dynasty and stamps issued by more than 200 countries and regions in the world in the museum

 

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Representative collection

Cultural Activity

On August 4, 2018, the 140th anniversary of the birth of "dragon travel in China · national heritage" dragon stamp exhibition was held in China Post Stamp Museum

 

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On April 5, 2019, the exhibition "representative works of human intangible cultural heritage - 24 solar terms", sponsored by China Post Stamp Museum and co organized by China Agricultural Museum, was displayed in the special exhibition hall on the second floor of China Post Stamp Museum

 

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On April 21, 2019, Beijing Dongcheng District post office, together with the Youth Theme post office of Shijia primary school and China Post Stamp Museum, jointly held the "flying dream, sending message for the future graduation theme activity" in China Post Stamp Museum

 

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Honors

In 2012, China Post Stamp Museum was awarded the title of "national science popularization education base" by China Science and Technology Association

 

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In 2018, China Post Stamp Museum was awarded as the resource unit of social classroom for primary and secondary school students in Beijing

 

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Visit information

geographical position

6 Gongyuan West Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

 

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Opening Hours

9: 00-16:00 (stop selling tickets at 15:30);

Closed every Monday (holiday opening hours to be announced)

 

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Ticket Price

Free Admission

 

Traffic routes

Bus routes

Take Beijing bus No.1, 120, 126, 205, 208, 37, 420, 457, 52, 728, 802 and te 2 to get off at Beijing zhankou east station

 

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Subway route

Take Beijing Metro Line 1 and line 2 and get off at Jianguomen station, exit a

 

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Address: No.6 Jianguomen Gongyuan, East Chang'an Street, Beijing

Longitude: 116.430999

Latitude: 39.910757

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