Wednesday, September 28, 2022

CN-P568

A postcard issued by Post Company of Guangzhou for Asian Games 2010. It shows mascots playing sepak takraw (藤球), a popular kick volleyball game in South-east Asia. It was first introduced to Asian Games in 1990. The ID no. for this card is GD.GZYD-56-30. Thanks Xiaojun.












Three stamps were used; a 3 Yuan bamboo personalized stamp, a 1.20 Yuan child play stamp (2017-13, 6-6) and a 80 Fen stamp on ethnicity (1999-11, 56-34). They were cancelled at Guangzhou Jingji-jishu Kaifaqu 1 (广州经济技术开发区1) on 30.7.2022. A red-colored postal due marking was stamped  and indicated 0.8 Yuan in manuscript.





Sunday, September 25, 2022

CN-P567

A postcard issued by Post Company of Guangzhou for Asian Games 2010. It shows mascots playing kabaddi (卡巴迪), a popular game in Indian subcontinent. It is a contact team sport. It was first played in Asian Games in 1951 as demonstration event. The ID no. for this card is GD.GZYD-56-17. Thanks Xiaojun.










Two different face value stamps on child play were used; one with 80 Fen and the other 1.20 Yuan (2017-13, 6-1 & 6-4). Another stamp went missing, most likely a 3 Yuan bamboo definitive stamp. They were cancelled at Guangzhou Jingji-jishu Kaifaqu 1 (广州经济技术开发区1) on 30.7.2022. A red-colored postal due marking was stamped  and indicated 0.8 Yuan in manuscript.