去年参加编写《湖南集邮史》时,分配给我的任务之 一是负责整理外国邮票上的湖南事物一章。当时能参考 的资料十分有限,只好找邮友们支援,才完成了上级交 给我的任务。对民主德国发行“毛泽东像”邮票的进一步 研究,直到现在才有了点眉目。这套在1951年发行的邮 票,对中国的集邮者来讲既熟知又陌生。早在上世纪五 十年代《集邮》杂志上就有过介绍,但年代久远,现在能 When I participated in the compilation of “Hunan Philatelic History” last year, one of the tasks assigned to me was to compile a chapter on Hunan things on foreign stamps. At that time, the information that could be referred to was very limited. I had to find the support from the friends of the postmen and complete the task entrusted to me by my superiors. Further study of the “Mao Tse-tung-like” stamps issued by Democrat Germany did not make a difference until now. This stamp, issued in 1951, is both familiar and unfamiliar to Chinese philatelists. As early as the fifties of last century, “Philately” magazine had introduced, but old, now