The King of Chinese Stamp had dreamed of forming the first Chinese postal museum but was unable. Walking into the Postal Museum near the Union Station in DC, the first post I saw was Pacific Exchange China & US Mail 飞越太平洋 中美邮件交流
How mails were delivered in the past – mailman (no female?) made marks on the tree so he could get back.
Postmarks in space … and the 1918 Inverted Jenny
The Smithsonian Institution Building is commonly known as the Castle in DC. The Renwick Gates (to the Enid A. Haupt Garden) – the cast iron carriage gates, taken from the and looking out to Independence Avenue entrance is based on an 1849 drawing by James Renwick, Jr., architect of the Smithsonian Institution Castle. The Moongate Garden was inspired by architectural and symbolic elements found in the Temple of Heaven, in Beijing.
By the Smithsonian Castle in DC, house the largest Asian art research library in the country.
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The low-back armchair (late 16th-18th century) is on loan by the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. The Cabinet is of Qing dynasty (17th-18th century), Jichimu wood (chicken-wing patterned wood) lent by Elizabeth A. Sachler. I wondered if this is the Son-in-Law cabinet？
A few more exhibits
