Mar 4, 2014

China - 2012 - The Silk Road


The Silk Road, or Silk Route, is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of time.


Silk Road - Mini Sheet

Silk Road - #19-1

Silk Road - #19-2

Silk Road - #19-3

Silk Road - #19-4

Silk Road - #19-M


Extending 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometres), the Silk Road gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade which was carried out along its length, and began during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD). The Central Asian sections of the trade routes were expanded around 114 BC by the Han dynasty, largely through the missions and explorations of Zhang Qian. They took great interest in the safety of their products being traded and extended the Great Wall to ensure the protection of the trade route.

Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the civilizations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Persia, Europe and Arabia. It opened long-distance, political and economic interactions between the civilizations. Though silk was certainly the major trade item from China, many other goods were traded, and various technologies, religions and philosophies, as well as the bubonic plague (the "Black Death"), also travelled along the Silk Routes. In addition to economic trade, the Silk Road served as a ways of cultural trade between the networking civilizations.

The main traders during Antiquity were the Persian traders, the Romans, the Indians and Bactrian traders had involvement, then from the 5th to the 8th century the Sogdian traders, during the coming of age of Islam Arab traders became prominent.



Silk Road - Series

Silk Road - Block x 4

Silk Road - Block x 4

Silk Road - Block x 4

Silk Road - Block x 4

Silk Road - Blocks x 12

Silk Road - FDC Series

Silk Road - FDC Mini Sheet

Ancient watch tower on the Silk Road at Gansu Province - Maxi Card

Silk Road - Maxi Card

Silk Road Map - Maxi Card

Silk Road Route at Xinjiang Uygur - Maxi Card


Technical Details:

SN: (4-1)
 Title: Ancient City with Thousands of Years' History
 Values: 120 fen
 Size: 30 * 55 mm
 Type: T(Mint)

SN: (4-2)
 Title: Strong Pass in Desert
 Values: 120 fen
 Size: 30 * 55 mm
 Type: T(Mint)

SN: (4-3)
 Title: Mystic Ancient Lands
 Values: 120 fen
 Size: 30 * 55 mm
 Type: T(Mint)

SN: (4-4)
 Title: Scences of the Western Regions
 Values: 120 fen
 Size: 30 * 55 mm
 Type: T(Mint)


Serial Number: 2012-19M
Value in Set: 1
Denomination: 6 yuan
Perforation: 13.5*13
Size of Stamp: 39*66 mm
Size of Miniature Sheet:  150*85 mm
Issue Date: 2012-08-01
Designer: Chen Jingyi, Hui Bin, Li Qun
Printing Process:  Photogravure
Printing House:   Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House


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