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The Founding of the Red Cross Society in Manchukuo 15th October 1938. This is an commemorative issue celebrating the founding of the Red Cross Society in Manchukuo. When Manchukuo was formed in 1932 medical services were provided by the Japanese Red Cross Society, from that time the Japanese worked to make it possible for Manchukuo to establish its own state service. On 15th October 1938 the Japanese Red Cross Society passed all of its hospitals and equipment to the newly established Manchukuo Red Cross Society who then continued to operate the service. This issue is interesting for three reasons, it is the first commemorative issue to be printed that is the same size as regular issue stamps, and unlike most commemoratives, the post office ordered that these stamps should be sold in place of regular issue stamps until all stocks were exhausted. These stamps were also the first commemorative issue that could be pre-ordered, a new service offered by the Manchukuo Post Office to private citizens to ensure that anyone could order in advance and collect new issues from their local branch. This set of stamps is said to have been made in a hurry and several varieties have been reported as a result of poor workmanship by the printers, this includes a reversed watermark which must have occurred because the paper was printed on the wrong side! The stamps were lithograph printed on watermarked (see below) "granite" paper in sheets of 100 by the Manchukuo Government Supplies Division, Hsinking. Designs by Mr Takeo Yamashita. A presentation booklet exists for this issue (see below). Any "specimen" stamps or sheets you may see for this issue are fakes. The stamps are 18½mm x 22½mm. Perf 13.
Two Values 2f and 4f both feature a globe, map of Manchukuo and a red cross.
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Cover and Contents of Special Presentation Booklet
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October 1938. This cancel celebrates Founding of the Red Cross Society in Manchukuo. At the base of this card you will see two characters separated by a sprig of laurel, this is the name of the post office, if the name of the post office needed more than two characters the laurel sprig is missing.
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This receipt is an example of a telegraph money transfer for the sum of 15 Yuan. These forms could be used to transmit money within Manchukuo and Japan. The right hand column shows a record number. It is dated 16th May 1938 with an Antung cancel.
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