Bonsai On Stamp Hong Kong

HONG KONG

"Bonsai"

(Set of 4, 2003)

Images and description courtesy of Alejandro Bedini G., Académico Depto de Industrias UTFSM in e-mails to RJB, 04/08/04 and 04/12/04. The stamps come in a plastic sleeve that protects them. The front opens from the center like a large carved Chinese folding door looking out to a garden. The lower center flap pulls down to reveal a cardstock pop-up of a large fukien tea Bonsai on a stand. Also, images about twice as large as below can be found on pp. 15-16 of Nichin Bonsai magazine, Issue 3-2003.

$1.40 Fukien tea ( Carmona ) semi-cascade by Mr.Wong Kee-mein.	$2.40 Hedge Sageretia ( Sageretia theezans ) informal upright by Mr. Lau Yiu-fai. This tree has won many awards.

$3.00 Fire-thorn ( Pyracantha ) cascade by Mr. Wu Lik-man. This tree also has won many awards.	$5.00 Chinese Hackberry ( Celtis ) root on rock by Mr.Wong Kee-mein

Bonsia On Stamp - China

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (MAINLAND)

"Miniature Landscapes"

(Set of six, issued March 31, 1981)
(actual area inside solid black border: 27 x 32 mm [first three] or 24 mm x 35 mm [second three])

Examples of Shu Zhuang Pen Jing, tray landscapes made only with trees.

4 fen Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia Jacq.	8 fen "Garden" Juniper Juniperus chinensis L.

8 fen Maidenhair Tree Ginkgo biloba L.	10 fen Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinensis L.

20 fen Kaki Persimmon Diospyros kaki L.f. var. sylvestris Makino	60 fen Meyer Juniper Juniperus squamata D. Don cv. 'Meyeri'

"Potted Landscapes"

(Set of six, issued April 18, 1996)
(scanned images courtesy of Chris Cochrane, 09/08/1999)

Examples of Shan Shui Pen Jing, tray landscapes made from plants attached to rocks,
with or without figurines.

20 fen Green Scenery of Lijiang	20 fen Glistening Divine Peak

50 fen Melting Snow overflows the River	50 fen Eagle Beak-shaped Peculiar Peak

100 fen The Most Uncommon Years and Months of One's Life	100 fen Peaks Rising in Rosy Clouds