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| 1932-42 Kinken | Chin Hsien | Jinzhou | Hái xiàn |
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| from 1942 Kinshū | 頦 縣 |
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Chin Chow |
Jinxian |
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Jinjou |
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The typical hard black four characters read 中華民國 Chinese Republic.. A set of 9 values as shown above. |
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As the first set but with less
distinctive soft black characters "Republic of China".
Part of a set of 9 values, these may be misplaced or inverted.
30f with overprint misplaced horizontally. Images for this set courtesy of Steve Jensen. |
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| This set is repeated from Liao Yang, I have seen the set listed under Jinzhou in early collections and Chan has solved this riddle by explaining that the stamps were indeed sent from Jinzhou for use in Liao Yang. See Jinzhou for more details. | ||||||
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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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