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| 1981: Inscription by Chou En-lai |
Chinese calligraphy is an art however some ancient scripts are difficult to read for modern Chinese people which is why I think this is regular scrip (Kai shu) for it is a message to be read with ease. It says - "To deliver mail for 10 thousand li has bearing on arteries and veins of the country". (A li has altered in measurement over the centuries as it was orignally based on the size of a field or village but in modern times has been standardised to half a kilometre),
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| 2017: 200th Anniversary of Balzers Post Office/Letter Collection Point |
Mail coaches could also have taken up that mantra of delivering mail. This posthorn is surrounded by some attractive calligraphy on both stamp and cancel
When this postman, Franz Frick (1907-1975), started his career in Balzers it was an age of fine penmanship
Sunday Stamps this week is on the theme - Calligraphy - See It On A Postcard
4 comments:
Awesome stamps!! I never saw calligraphy on stamps before....
Very nice, love the Chinese stamp - thanks for the translation
I find I have to concentrate so hard when reading Gothic script! The Chinese script looks much like our cursive must look to them. (I often see postcrossers from Chinese and Japanese asking not to write in cursive)
Love that Chinese stamps, and the message.
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