China 1967-68 Poems of Mao Tse-tung set of 14, SG2372/85

China 1967-68 Poems of Mao Tse-tung set of 14, SG2372/85China 1967 68 People's Republic China General Issues, Poems of Mao Tse tung set of 14, SG2372 85. A very fine unmounted mint set with full original gum. A very scarce and popular issue. Chairman Mao regularly, at this time, used stamps as a form of propaganda. Chairman Mao was the first Chairman of the Communist Party and leader of the People's Republic of China for nearly 30 years. He started writing poetry in the 1920s, during the Red Army's epic

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