What are ordinary stamps like?

Ordinary stamps, also known as ordinary stamps, refer to stamps that have been sold for a long time and have a huge circulation. Generally used for sending ordinary letters, registered letters, printed matter, printed matter registration, etc. ,, and are the most basic stamp types.

Ordinary stamps have the following characteristics: the use time is long, the circulation of ordinary stamps can last for several years, the circulation is huge, and it can be printed many times. For example, Dalong stamps were printed three times in 1878, 1882 and 1883 respectively. The face value is relatively low, but there are many kinds of face values, and the pattern changes little (only in color). Compared with other types of stamps, ordinary stamps pay more attention to practicality, so the pattern is monotonous, but recently ordinary stamps issued in some countries have changed a lot in this respect.

The older generation of stamp collectors studied the format of stamps and learned about the changes of stamps through ordinary stamps. Therefore, ordinary stamps are the main philatelic products of grouping traditional stamps and postal history stamps, and they are one of the main objects of format research.