邮票英文介绍.ppt

The Postage Stamps The origin of postage stamp-Rowland Hill、England The materials and shapes The main components The behoof and significance The Chinese postage stamps The classify of the postage stamps A story about the postage stamp One day,Rowland Hill saw that a postman was deliverying a letter to a young lady when he penetrated a countryside road.The young lady received the letter and just scanned the cover, then she gave the letter back to the postman. They began to argue soon.Hill paid the postage for her and asked why, the lady told him that she couldnt afford the expensive postage. The letter was from her fiance.She had already made a promise with her fiance that he would mark on the cover if he was well.Hill immediately realized that there was a drawback on the postal system. Later, Hill raised the proposition of postage reform. The origin : The first adhesive postage stamp, commonly referred to as the Penny Black, was issued in the United Kingdom in 1840. It was invented by Rowland Hill.The invention of the stamp was a part of the attempt to reform and improve the postal system in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The materials Typically, the postage stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation(名称) and denomination (price) on the face, and a gum adhesive (塑胶粘合剂)on the reverse (反面 的)side. The shapes Usually it is a kind of a small rectangle of varying proportions, though triangles (三角形), square or other shapes are occasionally used. The main components : 1. Image影像 2. Perforations孔眼 3. Denomination面额 4. Country name 国家 The significance A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. It reflects a country’s economy, culture,politician, science and so on. It contains a lot. Excepting being as an evidence of payment of postage, the stamp also has artistic value and colle