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| Sōjō | Shwang Cheng | Shuangcheng | Shuāng chéng | |||||
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| Set of 21 stamps with a 4 character black overprint, these also occur on the 2f and 4f 1936 booklet panes. The 4f only occurs on booklet stamps and so is a rarity. The four characters read 中華民國 Chinese Republic. | ||||||||
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| Cover dated 27th January 1946, from Shwang Cheng to Harbin. A cover that matches this date and destination appears in Kerr. | ||||||||
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| Set of 6 stamps with a 4 character purple overprint similar to the above. The four characters read 中華民國 Chinese Republic. Kerr was only aware of the first five stamps in this set, the 1Y is listed by Chan but not Kerr. The 30f is missing from all sets I have seen so far. | ||||||||
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| Set of 7 stamps with a 4 character red overprint, these also occur on the 2f and 4f 1936 booklet panes. Like the above set, the 4f only occurs on booklet stamps and so is a rarity. The four characters read 中華民國 Chinese Republic. | ||||||||
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10-10 Commemorative overprint in red applied
over the above 4 character overprint. Part of a set of 4 values. Double 10 (雙十節) Commemoratives celebrate the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising of 10th October 1911. This uprising led to the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the formation of the Republic of China. |
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A Black Victory Commemorative chop. The set consists of seventeen values. The top four characters read 中華民國 Chinese Republic, left 新用Temporary Use, right 北東 North East. Fakes of this set have been seen with a red overprint. |
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Examples of all known overprints for Shwang Cheng
are shown above. These stamps have been identified by using Volume II of the Stamp Catalogue of China by Shui-Hon Chan and the four booklet guide The Local Overprinted Stamps of Manchuria 1945-7 by Allen D Kerr (published 1978 and now out of print). Both works are essential for anyone delving seriously into this subject. |
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| D41, D102, D126, D145, D253 | ||||||||
