Collect China Stamps 2003-3M Scott#3259-3260 Ancient Chinese Calligraphy Seal Character, 2003

China Stamps 2003-3M Scott#3259-3260 Ancient Chinese Calligraphy Seal Character, 2003

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Title: China Stamps 2003-3M Scott#3259-3260 Ancient Chinese Calligraphy Seal Character, 2003 (T)
Technical Details:
Serial Number:	2003-3M
Scott No.:	3259-3260
Value in Set:	2
Denomination:	640 fen
Perforation:	12
Size of Stamp:	30*40 mm
Issue Date:	2003-2-22
Issue Amount:	460,000.00 sets
Sheet Composition:	20 for Sheet 1
Sheet Composition:	8 (2se-tenant) for Sheet 2
Designer:	Wang Huming
Printing Process:	Offset
Printing House:	Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House
Condition:	MNH
Backgroud Info:
Seal Characters , a style of the Chinese calligraphy, are divided into two categories, the greater and the lesser seal characters. The former, deriving from oracle-bone inscriptions, first appeared during the Zhou Dynasty and paved the way for the square-shaped Chinese characters with neat and regular character patterns. According to legend, the Grand Astrologer Zhou during the reign of King Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty wrote 15 articles in greater seal characters, which therefore came to be also called Zhou characters. The lesser seal characters are more simplified and standardized compared with the greater. They moved away from pictography and developed inito a more balanced and standard style of characters. They are also called Qin-style seal characters due to being collected and pared down by the Prime Minister of Qin, Li Si and others when the State of Qin unified China. The spread of lesser seal characters consolidated Chinese characters and represented the first character simplification movement in history. Seal characters are still widely used in calligraphy due to its gracefulness of patterns.

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