A huge portrait of Mao Zedong is displayed in the National Day mass pageantry celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)
BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- China Post will issue a commemorative stamp set on Tuesday to mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong.
A total of 7.8 million of these stamp sets, with a denomination of 4.8 yuan (about 68 U.S. cents) for each set, can be purchased at designated postal outlets and online shops over the next six months.
Each set contains four stamps, featuring the themes of persistence in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, construction of the Ming Tombs Reservoir, the holding of a global vision, and returning to the Jinggangshan Mountains.
Mao was born on Dec. 26, 1893 and died on Sept. 9, 1976. ■
