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| Chōshun | Chang Chun | Changchun | Zhǎngchūn | |||
| 長春 | Hsinking (New Capital) | Ch'ang-ch-un | ||||
| 新京 | Changchun (Map) | |||||
| Map of 1945 | Ch’ang-ch’un | |||||
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| 4mm Spacing | 6.5mm Spacing | |||||
| This is a hard black 4 character overprint reading 中國郵政 Chinese Post. The character spacing can be 4mm (in both directions) or 6.5mm (Kerr shows 6mm). | ||||||
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A very clear, almost pen-like, black, overprint the four characters read 中華民國 Chinese Republic. According to Chan, this set of six stamps has many known variations, inverted, characters missing, etc., |
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This is an interesting cover because it shows that stamp dealers were quickly back in business after the war. This cover has a local postmark dated 3rd February 1946 and has examples of both Chang chun overprints. |
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This is a set of two stamps as shown. See Chung Chan postmark on cover below. The top four characters read 中國郵政 Chinese Post, left 暫用Temporary Use, right 北東 Re-valued.
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Block of 4 with double "Hwa" error, see duplicated characters in the top row of the top right-hand stamp. |
Block of 4 with double "Cheng" error, see duplicated characters in the top row of the bottom left-hand stamp. | |||||
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Duplicated "Hwa" Character, occurs on stamp "8" on each sheet |
Duplicated "Cheng"
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Covers, such as this, were very important when it came to tracing the towns represented by these chops. Many of the unidentified chops will remain that way unless a cover or stamp is found with a readable postmark of origin. |
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| This is a set of two stamps (shown above) with a pale blue 5Y surcharge and a thick line to delete the original 10f value. | ||||||
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This is a red 5Y surcharge with bar over
the series with a hard black 4 character overprint reading
中國郵政 Chinese Post.
This is the only stamp in this set. Image courtesy of Steve Jensen. |
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A set of one stamp with a hard red 5Y
surcharge. All of the overprints known for Chang Chun 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. |
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