CN-P138

Postcard showing the road leading to Xiaoling (孝陵), one of the royal tomb of the Eastern Qing Tombs (清东陵 or ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᠮᡠᠩᡤᠠᠨ) in Zhunhua, Hebei Province (河北省遵化市). This tomb lie in the center of Eastern Qing Tombs and it is the tomb of the Shunzhi Emperor (世祖順治帝), who became the first Qing emperor to rule over China (1638-1661). This place is one of the sites in UNESCO World Heritage List for "Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties." Thanks Scholes.
















A 3 Yuan greeting stamp was used together with a label from other stamp issue. They were cancelled with a neat postmark from Beijing Xingucheng 1 (北京 新古城 1) on 10.12.2011.