How many of the Chinese Navy aircraft carriers Liaoning are the real owners on foreign stamps?

How many of the Chinese Navy aircraft carriers Liaoning on foreign stamps are the real owners?

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Nowadays, although letters are sent less and less between individuals, the actual use of stamps is getting smaller and smaller. However, as a collection of stamps, the investment value of the collection remains unchanged.

There are many countries with small land areas, few natural resources, and no place to develop industries. These countries regard the sale of stamps as an important means of earning foreign exchange. In order to attract philatelic enthusiasts around the world to buy, any theme can be used as long as it is exquisite, majestic and eye-catching enough. One of the most important ones is the naval theme. Battleships from the Age of Sail, World War II or modern times are often featured on these stamps.

However, most of this situation has nothing to do with China. The most Chinese element on foreign stamps is the zodiac. Zodiac, zodiac, zodiac, postal departments in various countries issue stamps in different ways every year. Netizens are probably tired of watching this kind of news.

Chinese zodiac stamps issued by the United States Postal Service over the years

But this situation changed after the Liaoning ship was commissioned. The mighty and majestic warship-themed foreign stamps now have a place for the Chinese Navy.

Most of the stamps with Chinese aircraft carrier themes that can be seen on the market come from six countries: Djibouti, Malawi, Congo (Brazzaville), Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Guyana. Most of the time is concentrated in 2012. On September 25, 2012, the Liaoning ship was officially delivered to the Navy and entered service. It can be speculated that most of these stamps were issued with the craze around the time when the Liaoning ship was commissioned.

It is naturally a pity and congratulation for the Chinese aircraft carrier to appear on foreign postage stamps, but after seeing the real thing, I feel that African friends are still a bit dumbfounded.

Before the delivery of the Liaoning ship, there were many opinions on the name of the ship. Even Chinese people don’t know it, and foreigners are even more confused. One way is to write "Ex-Varyag" (Ex-Varyag). Although it doesn’t look very good visually, it’s important to be rigorous. Stamps from Guyana and Guinea-Bissau take this approach.

The "Former Varyag" stamp issued by Guyana, with a face value of 250 Guyanese dollars

The stamp issued by Guinea-Bissau in 2012 with a face value of 700 Central African CFA francs. It is marked with "Shenyang J-15" and "Former Varyag (China)", and the face of the ticket is also specially drawn.

More stamps use the title "Shi Lang". At first glance, it’s a bit confusing. Shouldn’t “Liaoning” be “Liao Ning”? It would be nice if we translated "Shi Lang" back into Chinese. Is the name "Shi Lang" familiar? After the Varyag sailed back to China, there were rumors that she would serve in the Chinese Navy. As for the ship name, the most popular one is "Shi Lang". As a result, a large number of foreign friends from the African postal service fell into the trap.

I believe everyone is familiar with the Liaoning ship from this angle (issued by Djibouti in 2012)

Issued by Malawi in 2012

Finish the name issue , let’s look at the problem of accompanying pictures, such as the Chinese aircraft carrier stamp issued by Djibouti in 2012 with a face value of 100 Djiboutian francs. I won’t talk about the old habit of calling him “Shi Lang”. Please pay attention to the picture. This stamp picture was worn by Zhang Guanli, using the "portrait" of the Liaoning ship and its eldest sister, the "Kuznetsov" ship.

The Djibouti stamp titled "Chinese Aircraft Carrier Shi Lang"

The stamp may not be clearly visible, so I found the original picture for everyone to take a look at. The original picture is much clearer. There are several planes, one, two, three, four and five. There are five Su-27 derivative series aircraft on the deck, but they are not J-15s, but all Su-33s. There is also a Su-25UTG sandwiched in the middle. This photo has been widely circulated and can be regarded as the standard portrait of "Kuznetsov".

Issued by Djibouti in 2012

Pay attention to the three-digit hull number of Kuznetsov "063"

Although the pictures and names above are wrong, at any rate It makes sense. The following Chinese aircraft carrier stamp of 400 Central African CFA francs issued by the Republic of Congo in 2012 is a bit ridiculous. Why do I say that? Because at a glance, I can tell that the style of the painting is wrong. It uses a set of CG pictures of Chinese aircraft carriers. A few years ago, the editor also saw this set of CG pictures on a domestic military forum. I wonder if Congo Post has paid copyright royalties to this author?

The author of this set of CG is Da Da, please contact the relevant design and distribution department of the stamp.

The above picture is a major transformation, and there is a less exaggerated artistic conception. For example, the following pictures:

Malawi released in 2012

What is actually used is the "Chinese Navy Aircraft Carrier" model released by the model manufacturer Trumpeter in April 2012 (1/ 700)

This matter is very embarrassing. How to calculate the account?

This deck full of carrier-based aircraft... (Issued by C?te d'Ivoire in 2012)

The above picture is cut out from an artistic conception

We The above analyzes the errors on Chinese aircraft carrier stamps in African countries. There are people named Shi Lang, there are people who use pictures of the same class ship "Kuznetsov", and there are people who use computer CG pictures. To paraphrase Tolstoy, what is correct is equally correct, and what is wrong is really different in its own way. Although there are many mistakes, the impact and shock that China's aircraft carrier has brought to the whole world can be felt even on that small stamp.

With the continuous disclosure of the Chinese Navy in recent years, more and more naval ship standards have been disclosed to the world, and the knowledge level of those countries that were originally just a joke has also continued to improve. The quality of Chinese aircraft carrier-themed stamps has also been greatly improved. All in all, I hope that as the Chinese Navy continues to build and become stronger, we can see more of the heroic appearance of the People's Navy on the stamps of various countries.

A souvenir sheet issued by Djibouti in 2013 and issued together with the British Queen Elizabeth stamps

Hope it helps. You can see the difference slowly