The gold stamps. China Post will exclusively release 300,000 sets of gold stamps, the first series of “Full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival” gold stamp collection, on August 28, 2016. [Photo by Song Pengfei/Qianlong]

To celebrate the coming Mid-Autumn Festival, China Post will exclusively release 300,000 sets of gold stamps, the first series of “Full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival” gold stamp collection, on August 28, 2016.

Each “Full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival” gold stamp is made of 2 grams of 99.99 percent raw gold and produced by adopting precious metal technologies like relief and micro engraving, frosted mirror technology, etc. The pattern on a stamp is vivid by combining a light, thin gold piece with an anti-fake watermark paper, the facial expressions and body lines of characters are clear by the use of relief and laser technology, and the stamp’s compound paper imprinting technology makes a perfect combination of the watermark paper and gold stamp in the back.

The gold stamps. China Post will exclusively release 300,000 sets of gold stamps, the first series of “Full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival” gold stamp collection, on August 28, 2016. [Photo by Song Pengfei/Qianlong]

A staffer shows the gold stamps can be torn along the perforations like the common stamps. China Post will exclusively release 300,000 sets of gold stamps, the first series of “Full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival” gold stamp collection, on August 28, 2016. [Photo by Song Pengfei/Qianlong]

A staffer introduces the “Full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival” gold stamps. China Post will exclusively release 300,000 sets of gold stamps, the first series of “Full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival” gold stamp collection, on August 28, 2016. [Photo by Song Pengfei/Qianlong]

The gold stamps. China Post will exclusively release 300,000 sets of gold stamps, the first series of “Full moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival” gold stamp collection, on August 28, 2016. [Photo by Song Pengfei/Qianlong]

Source: english.qianlong.com