外国首次发行有孙中山先生形象的邮票是美国1942年7月7日为纪念“中国七七抗战5周年”而发行的1枚面值5美分的蓝色邮票,图案是孙中山先生和林肯头像,以中国大陆和台湾蒙古连成一体的中国版图为背景,并印有孙中山先生倡导的三民主义“民族民权民生”中文字样,还有林肯总统倡导的“民有、民治、民享”的英文“OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE”。中间是太阳的图案,也是当时中国的国徽。太阳中写有1937年7月7日和1942年7月7日,还有“抗战建国”四个汉字。这是中国名人首次荣登外国方寸。 当时美国是把中国大陆和台湾蒙古连成一体的,中国版图背景充分体现了这一点。东西方的人权观念也各自显示,我觉得很有价值。
1942.7.7美国《中国抗日战争五周年》
1961 美国邮票1188采用孙中山头像。
老夫补充的资料:
中国书店2011年秋季书刊资料拍卖会
“抗战建国”邮票 | 编号:1111-056 | | 年代:1942年7月7日美国邮政发行 | 函册:1版50枚 | 纸张:纸本 | | 尺寸(厘米):整张:25.6×23 | | | 参考价(RMB):3,000-5,000 | 成交价(RMB):8400.00 | | 拍卖时间:2011年11月26日 10:00-12:00 |
U.S. #906
5¢ China Resistance
Issue Date: July 7, 1942
City: Denver, CO
Quantity: 21,272,800
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10.5
Color: Bright blue
U.S. #906 was issued to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the resistance of the Chinese people to Japanese aggression. This was the first U.S. stamp to features Chinese characters.
Chinese Resistance Issue Although Adolph Hitler’s takeover of Austria in 1938 was one of the earliest contributors to World War II, the atrocities in China a year before were likely another factor. It was on July 7, 1937, that Japanese forces first took aggressive action against China. Five years later, the Chinese were still battling against Japanese warlords for their independence, but began showing signs they could soon crack under the pressure.
Across the ocean, President Franklin Roosevelt was earnestly trying to provide whatever aid America could. To help raise their national confidence (and to gain their support against Japan in the war), Roosevelt requested a stamp be issued to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Chinese resistance. He specifically requested that the stamp have a 5¢ denomination so it could carry first-class mail to China.
Roosevelt wanted the stamp to honor Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and Abraham Lincoln, whose example Sun Yat-sen hoped to follow. As Sun had adopted a portion of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, “Of the People, By the People, For the People,” Roosevelt wanted this to be included on the stamp in both English and Chinese.
Denver, Colorado, was selected as the first day city because it was from there that Sun Yat-sen returned to China to assume the presidency of the new republic. |