China Stamp: Giant Panda single, China, 1973

National Postal Museum
February 7, 2014
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Giant Panda single, China, 1973
National Postal Museum

After President Nixon’s visit, China sent two giant pandas, considered national treasures, to the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. Hugely popular, eighteen-month-old Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling arrived in April 1972 to “pandamonium.”