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Manchurian Revenue Stamps on Paper

This is a small selection of pre-Manchukuo stamps still on the original documents. Some items are from the White Russian community and some Chinese. Any help with interpretation would be appreciated.

 

Great Wall Issues

 

5 x 2f Kirin Great Wall Issue on a Russian savings book dated 1925

                           

Rent receipts with Harbin - Bank of China and Kirin Revenue Stamps.

1922 Rent receipt with 1c. Kirin Revenue Stamp.

1921 Rent receipt with 1c Pin Kiang County (Harbin) Overprint.

Wheat Issues

 

1f Kirin Wheat Issue on a Russian Document dated 15th January 1932

1f Kirin Wheat Issue on a Russian Invoice/Receipt dated 8th July 1929?
     
This shows a 100c Kirin Wheat Revenue on a Passport. This passport was for foreigners in China, the lady in the picture was a stateless ex-Russian woman living in Harbin her name was Olga Davidoff. This is a rare example being issued a year before the Japanese occupation, the issuing body was new, so they only issued these passports for about a year an a half.
     

     

1f Mukden Wheat Issue on a Receipt - Date unreadable.
     

     

Mukden (Moukden) Municipal Issues
     
     

1c Mukden Revenue (Brown), Fushun Invoice dated 8th July 1930?
     
 

       

2 x 1c Mukden Revenue (Brown), Ink receipt dated 15th June 1931
     
 
     
1931 Receipt for printing work.   1931 Receipt with a stamp overprinted with a black 義 縣 I-hsien (Yixian) control chop.
     

This document is vast, about 800mm x 500mm and is a land license. The title Da Zhao  (大照)  roughly translates to "Big License" or "Big Permit". The document, dating to 1919 had to be scanned in six pieces which were then be put together using Photoshop. The stamps amount to a total of 12c and this is the first example I have seen where Mukden Municipal revenues have been combined with Great Wall revenues. If you want to enlarge the image or download it, it comes out at about 1.5Mbs.
 

     

1c Mukden Revenue (Blue), Receipt dated 11th December 1928
     

     

2c Mukden Revenue (Green), Changbai receipt dated 29th September 1930
     

     

December 1930, the stamp stamp overprinted with a Fushun chop.
     

     
2 x 10c (1 chiao) Mukden Revenue (Red), Chong To receipt - No year date shown.

     

October 1931 Map and Flag Revenue on a document, probably a receipt from a clothing shop.