Scott No: 2986-88
Serial number: 1999-18
Values in set: 2
Souvenir sheet: 1
Gold foiled souvenir sheet: 1
Denomination of stamps: 230 fen
Denomination of S/S: 800 fen
Denomination of gold foiled S/S: 50 yuan
Date of issue: 20 December 1999
Designers: Yang Wenqing and Zhang Guilin
Size: 50*30mm
Size of S/S and gold foiled S/S: 140*95mm
Size of S/S and gold foiled S/S stamp: 60*50mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 32
Printing process of stamp and S/S: gravure
Printing process of gold foiled S/S: Offset
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House
Printer for gold foiled S/S: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House and Guangdong Nanfang Telecommunication Group

On December 20, 1999, the People's Republic of China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao, marking an end of Macao's long history of separation from the motherland, and washing away the humiliation that the Chinese people had suffered for over four centuries. This was another big event for the Chinese people after Hong Kong's return. Macao will enjoy greater stability and development in the new century under the guidance of the policy of "one country, two systems."