In February and May 2002, the State Postal Bureau issued two sets of stamps picturing Chinese birds.

Promoting the theme of wild life protection in China, these two sets feature unusual birds indigenous to China. The first set of three stamps depicts the dragoman cabot, produces hiddulphi, and urocissa caerulea gould, and the second set of two stamps pictures the phoenicurus alaschanicus and emberiza koslowi.

The dragoman cabot is in the First Category of National Protected Varieties, and can be found in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Hunan provinces, and in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is 50 to 65 centimeters long, and lives mainly on roots, stems, leaves, and flowers, as well as the fruits of the pteridophyte and other plants. This stamp portrays the male bird wooing its mate.

The produces hiddulphi belongs to the crow family, and is found throughout Bachu in the Taklimakan Desert and Lop Nur of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Its feathers are of a sandy brown color, enabling it to blend in with its environment, and the male and female bear a close resemblance. Here the produces hiddulphi is shown standing proudly in the arid desert.

The urocissa caerulea gould is found in the hilly areas of Taiwan. It is about 65 centimeters long, its tail feathers accounting for two thirds of its total length. Its body is blue, its beak red, and the tip of its tail white. An omnivorous creature, it eats fruits, insects, snakes, and even other birds.

The phoenicurus alaschanicus is 16 centimeters long and is distributed over central and northern China, and also western areas. It is russet breasted, and lives on insects. This stamp shows two phoenicurus alaschanicus flying through peach blossoms.

The emberiza koslowi is distributed over southeastern Qinghai Province, as well as areas 3,600 to 4,600 meters above sea level in eastern Tibet. It is 16 centimeters long and lives on insects. On this stamp is depicted the emberiza koslowi, its neck drawn back in repose.