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Manchurian Local Overprints 1945 - 1947 |
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Japanese | Kerr 238. |
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Other Names | |||||
Seigen | Tsing Yuan | Qingyuan | Qīngyuán |
Ch’ing-yüan |
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清 原 |
Ching yuan | |||||||
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Ch'ing-yuan | |||||||
Map of 1945 | Tsingyuan (Map) | |||||||
This is a full set of seven soft vermillion overprints reading 中國郵政 Chinese Post, 暫用 Temporary Use, 北東 North East. | ||||||||
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This is a full set with four soft carmine characters reading 中華民國 Chinese Republic. This set is repeated with a hard purple chop - see below. |
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This is a full set
with four soft violet characters reading
中華民國 Chinese Republic.
This set is repeated with a hard purple chop - see below. All of the stamps known for this village are shown above. |
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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. | ||||||||