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About Tianjin Postal Museum
Large Dragon stamp designs and proofs are a central thread, supported by original postal documents, mail-transport objects and specialized philatelic material. The museum's setting helps explain Tianjin's role in the development of China's modern postal service. Follow the transport story first, then look closely at the stamps and their design process rather than treating the collection only as rows of small printed objects.
The museum opened on 9 October 2010 in the former premises of the Qing dynasty's Tianjin Postal Bureau (大清邮政津局). Its holdings include an 1897 Red Revenue small-figure one-dollar stamp (红印花小字当壹圆) bearing an eight-trigram postmark (八卦戳). The collection also contains a postal carriage, Tang-period brick pictures and stamps such as the Large Dragon (大龙邮票) issues.
A manuscript by the stamp illustrator Fei La'er (费拉尔) records designs for the Empress Dowager's birthday commemorative stamps (慈禧寿辰纪念邮票) and coiled-dragon stamps (蟠龙邮票), as well as design information for the Large Dragon (大龙邮票) and Small Dragon (小龙邮票) issues. The museum was named a national 3A tourist attraction (国家3A级旅游景区) in 2012 and a Tianjin patriotic education base (天津市爱国主义教育基地) in 2013. In 2017 it hosted the fourth Cross-Strait Rare Stamps Exhibition (海峡两岸珍邮特展).
What to look for
- Large Dragon stamp designs, proofs and related postal documents.
- Historic mail-transport objects and the displays explaining relay and postal systems.
Location & getting there
Getting to Tianjin Postal Museum
Use Tianjin Postal Museum in the former Qing postal premises on the Jiefang North Road historic-street area in Heping; confirm the museum entrance rather than a general post-office branch.
Combine your visit
Suggested order within this visit:
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Relay and communication galleries
Begin with the systems that preceded modern postal service.
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Modern postal-history displays
Follow Tianjin's role in the institutional change.
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Stamp and Large Dragon displays
Finish with the designs and surviving philatelic objects.
This sequence is an editorial suggestion based on the features described in the sources. Access to individual buildings or areas should be checked locally; no travel time or shared admission is implied.
Find Tianjin Postal Museum
天津邮政博物馆 · 和平区
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Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 92021285.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "天津邮政博物馆", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 92021285.