Back

Search

Monitor
this page
it's private
powered by
ChangeDetection

Manchurian Local Overprints 1945 - 1947

         
Japanese Kerr 219.

Modern

Other Names
Daian Tai An Tai'an Tàiān  
 

台 安

  Tai an chen  
 

(Chinchow)

  Tianchen (Map)  
  Map of 1945      
         
       
    1Y on 10f    
  This is a set of 2 surcharges both for 1Y on a Chang Chun local issue. The pale black chop is hard to distinguish.

The Chang Chun overprint has eight characters and 10f stamps of this local issue frequently carried further surcharges made by post offices in other towns. The top four characters read 中國郵政 Chinese Post, left Temporary Use, right 北東 North East.

 
         
         
     
         
  This is a soft black four character 中国邮政 Chinese Post overprint.  
         
         
  This stamp may not exist.  
  1Y on 1f 5Y on 20f 5Y on 30f  
  This is a soft black surcharge made up of two hand-stamps so spacing may vary. The characters read 中國郵政 Chinese Post, left Temporary Use with the surcharge in the left hand column. Both Chan and Kerr list two versions of this surcharge but the difference is not clear and Chan uses the same picture for both examples.  
         
         
     
  Purple   Red  
         
  The above 中國郵政 Chinese Post overprint may be the same as the black overprint shown above and is known in two further colours red and purple, both only on the 50f stamp.  
         
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.
        D139, D224