Date of Issue: November 20, 2014
Denomination: 120 fen and 150 fen
Designer: Wang Tao, Jiang Qun
Perforation: 13
Printing process: Offset
Printing House: Liaoning Provincal Postage Stamp Printing Works
Denomination: 120 fen and 150 fen
Designer: Wang Tao, Jiang Qun
Perforation: 13
Printing process: Offset
Printing House: Liaoning Provincal Postage Stamp Printing Works
The 120 fen stamp represents China's Antarctic research program depicting a map showing locations of China's research stations - Great Wall Station and Zhongshan Station.
The 150 fen stamp represents China's Arctic research program and depicts Yellow River Station and MV Xue Long (Snow Dragon) - ice breaker ship.
MV Xue Long: a Chinese ice-breaking research vessel. Built in 1993 at Kherson Shipyard in Ukraine, she was converted from an Arctic cargo ship to a polar research and re-supply vessel by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding of Shanghai by the mid-90s.
The 150 fen stamp represents China's Arctic research program and depicts Yellow River Station and MV Xue Long (Snow Dragon) - ice breaker ship.
MV Xue Long: a Chinese ice-breaking research vessel. Built in 1993 at Kherson Shipyard in Ukraine, she was converted from an Arctic cargo ship to a polar research and re-supply vessel by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding of Shanghai by the mid-90s.
As of 2012, Xuě Lóng is the only Chinese icebreaking research ship in service. A second Chinese polar icebreaker, slightly smaller but more capable than Xuě Lóng, is currently at the design stage and is expected to enter service in 2016.
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