摘要
IN August 1982, the First Congress of the All-China Philatelic Federation convened in beijing, and the Chinese ministry of Post and Telecommunications issued a stamp sheetlet in commemoration. The stamp motif depicts an ancient courier galloping on horseback, while in the background wild geese fly in graceful formation. Wild geese are migratory birds, and every au- tumn they can be counted on to set off on their thousand-kilometer migration southward to warmer climes.