"When should the history of China Post be counted? Industry experts are divided into three factions. " Ji Wenjun, director of the General Office of Tianjin Post and Telecommunications Bureau, told reporters that the views of these three schools are Tianjin origin theory, Shanghai origin theory and Beijing origin theory.
According to Wei Pujin, an expert from the Municipal Postal Literature and History Center, the three schools of experts in the industry are mainly based on three events: First, on March 23, 1878, Tianjin began to pilot postal service, and the country received and sent letters from ordinary people for the first time, which was a milestone in the history of China postal service; Secondly, in July of 1878, the first set of stamps issued in Tianjin and printed in Shanghai, Dalong Stamp, was issued during the pilot postal service of the Qing Customs. 3.1March 20th, 896 (the seventh day of February 22nd in Guangxu, Qing Dynasty), Emperor Guangxu approved the opening of national postal service, which was the date of the "decree".
Judging from the year when this stamp was issued, the State Post Bureau took the imperial edict of 1896 as the beginning of China's postal history, which once again caused controversy among experts in the industry.
"Government-run sharing" is the beginning of postal service.
According to historical records, in the second year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1876), Hurd, the General Tax Department of China Customs, requested the establishment of a courier bureau, and the Prime Minister Yamen wrote to Li Hongzhang, the Minister of Beiyang, for advice. Li Hongzhang immediately suggested to the Prime Minister's yamen and was approved. He presided over the postal pilot projects in Beijing, Tianjin, Yantai, Niuzhuang (Yingkou) and Shanghai. 1in the spring of 878, Hurd assigned Detering, the tax department of Tianjin Customs, to implement the plan in the above five customs with Tianjin as the center. On March 23rd, De Cui Lin took the lead in issuing an announcement in Tianjin, began to receive and send Huayang official letters, and successively organized land and sea postal routes with Tianjin as the hub. 1878 In July, Tianjin issued the first set of stamps in the history of China-Dalong Stamp.
"It can be said that the origin of China Post in Tianjin has two meanings. One is that1March 23, 878 is the origin of China modern post; Second, Tianjin is the first place among the five customs to establish modern postal service. Wei Pujin told reporters that in fact, before that, the customs had already started postal service. In the fifth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1866), the customs in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhenjiang and Tianjin successively set up post offices. At first, they only sent and received documents from embassies in China and public and private letters from the customs themselves. 1868 65438+1On October 7th, Tianjin Post Office began to receive and send letters from foreigners. However, due to the lack of letters from ordinary people during this period, the insiders believe that this is not the beginning of modern postal service, and the beginning of modern postal service should be "shared by officials and people".
On February 30th, 65438, China will issue 1 set 1 commemorative stamp with face value of 1.2 yuan. The issue of this stamp has once again attracted the attention of experts in the industry-when should the history of China Post be counted? The reporter learned in the interview that as the birthplace of China postal history, Tianjin experts insisted that the postal history of China should be advanced 18 years.