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Manchurian Local Overprints 1945 - 1947 |
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Map of 1945 | See also Mukden | |||||||
These are Mukden (Moukden) type overprints. All are very similar and have the same four characters 中華 China, 暫用Temporary Use and almost all of these overprints are in black. There are over 100 different Mukden Type chops known, and all are virtually identical, this means that there could easily be as many as 1,000 stamps in this group, making it a major area of study in itself. Many of the different chops are described by both Kerr and Chan but the most complete work published on the subject is The Post-war Provisional Issues of North East China, MLO Volume 1. written by Dr George T. Luzitano, publishers the Hill-Donnelly Corporation, and available from The China Stamp Society Inc. This book also contains a wealth of information about postal pricing and the organization of the post Manchukuo postal services. Examples shown on covers illustrate the origins of the many Mukden type variations. It is currently the definitive work on the subject. Dr Luzitano has kindly allowed me to base this section on his work. To arrive at the information in his book he studied over 26,000 stamps and covers over a period of 16 years. The variations listed below have been compared with illustrations shown in The Post-war Provisional Issues of North East China, MLO Volume 1, and should be seen as work in progress, it should again be considered a small sample, but might be helpful as an additional source of comparison for anyone trying to identify a particular variety.
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FT1 Mukden City
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This is a set of 26 values plus the 2f and 4f booklet. | |||||||
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FT2 Mukden City |
This is a set of 27 values plus the 4f booklet and possibly a 2f booklet. | |||||||
FT3B? Mukden City |
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FT4 Mukden City |
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FT5 Mukden City Small Gate P.O. |
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FT5 Mukden City Small Gate P.O.
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FT11 Mukden City
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20f (Inverted) This is a set of 25 values. The inverted booklet pane shown here is possibly unique as previously only a block of four inverted booklet stamps was known. (My thanks to Mr Brian Denham for sending me the booklet pane image from his collection). |
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FT12 Mukden City |
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FT13 Mukden City |
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FT14 Mukden City |
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FT16 Mukden Area
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FT16 Early Production? Mukden Area (No notch in middle leg) |
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FT19 Mukden City |
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FT22 Mukden City |
This is a set of 20 values plus the 2f and 4f booklet. | |||||||
FT25 Mukden City (Full set of 27 values - Kerr Type 4) |
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inverted | inverted | |||||||
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inverted | inverted | |||||||
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inverted | inverted | |||||||
inverted | inverted | |||||||
inverted | inverted | |||||||
inverted | inverted | |||||||
inverted | inverted | |||||||
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FT27 Mukden City (A full set contains 22 values - Part set only shown) |
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FT28 Mukden City (Full set of 24 values - the 1Y is unlisted)
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FT31 Anshan Complete Set Shown |
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FT31 An-Tung |
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FT32 An-Tung |
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FT34 An-Tung
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FT35 Chien Chang 堿 廠 Map |
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FT36 Chin-Chow or Chin Hsien 頦 縣 Map
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FT38 Chin-Ch'uan Full Set |
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FT39 Chi-Kuan-Shan Full Set
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FT40 Chung-an-p'u
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FT41 Fak'u Fa Ku (Map) |
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FT44 Hsiung-Yueh Tsingtuitze (Map) |
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FT47 Hsin-T'ai-Tzu 新台子 Tsingtuitze (Map) |
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FT49 Hsu-chia (tun) (Map) |
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FT51 Hui-Nan Huinan (Map) |
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FT54 Kai-Ping Kaiping (Map) |
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FT55 K'uan-tien
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FT61 Nan-tsa-mu |
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FT62 Sui-Chung |
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FT63 T'ieh-ling |
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FT65 Yen-Hsing
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Complete Set | |||||||
FT67 Ying-p'an |
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Bogus This set is not a genuine issue and has been identified by Dr Luzitano as bogus. |
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