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Manchurian Local Overprints 1945 - 1947 |
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Japanese | Kerr 249. |
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Unknown | Tung Kiang | Dongxingzhen | Dōngxìng | Doong Hsing | ||||
東 興 |
Tung hsing chen | |||||||
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Tung hsing | |||||||
Map of 1945 | Tungkiang (Map) | |||||||
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These are found on some early post-war stampless covers. This reads 中華郵政 Chinese Post, 郵票另纳 Postage Paid , 同江 Tung Chiang. Note that the place name reads left to right and is different from Kerr's characters. I have not seen a cover from this town so I have no way of checking this. |
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Kerr describes this colour as turquoise. A single stamp with a four character chop reading 中華民國 Chinese Republic. |
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1Y on 1f | 1Y on 2f | 1Y on 3f | 1Y on 4f | 5Y on 5f | ||||
Surcharges in vermillion with the four character chop shown above. This is a complete set of five stamps. | ||||||||
1Y on ½f | 5Y on 10f | |||||||
This is a set of 2 stamps, identical to the above with the surcharge also in turquoise . | ||||||||
1Y on 2f | 5Y on 1Y | |||||||
Unlisted 2f Booklet Panes, not known to Kerr or Chan. Only seen on CTO Covers. | ||||||||
20f on 2f | 50f on 6f | |||||||
1Y on 10f | ||||||||
2Y on 13f | ||||||||
This is a complete set of five values
with a soft purple surcharge. All of the stamps known for this town 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. | ||||||||
D194 |