Commemorative 234 100th Birthday of Hu Shih Commemorative Issue (1990) (B234)

Stamp SN : B234
Stamp Name : Commemorative 234 100th Birthday of Hu Shih Commemorative Issue (1990)
Stamp Cat Standard : Commemorative Stamps
Stamp Cat : Literature,Literature,Education,Individuals
Issue date : 1990-12-17
Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 30x40
Printer : China Engraving & Printing Works, R.O.C.
Sheet composition : 10×10
Process : Intaglio
Paper : Locally-made mat finished,
Perforation : 13
Suspersion date : 1992-12-17
Engraver : Wang Shuh-shin

Hu Shih (1891-1962), born and educated in Shanghai, went to the U.S.A. in 1910 and gained a B.A. from Cornell University and a Ph. D from Columbia. Returning to China in 1917, he served first as professor and then as President of the National Peking University. He was appointed China's wartime Ambassador to the U.S.A. (1938-1942) and President of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan (1958-1962).