Manchukuo Tourist Cachets and Cancels



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	Circular Tourist Cachets of Manchukuo (no postal validity)

	A wide range of tourist cancels were available within Manchukuo and the Kwantung Leased Territory. It is likely that most of the tourists were Japanese, as often the date (if shown) is based upon the Japanese 昭和 Shōwa era dating system. Colours and sizes vary. The cachets could be obtained in bookshops, kiosks, tourist attractions, from companies, hotels and railway stations. They had no postal use and were simply collected as souvenirs of a particular visit. Often it is hard to find clear examples as the practice seems to have been to apply them to the picture side of a postcard. This may have been due to a postal regulation. The range to be found is huge, (I would welcome any scans readers me wish to send me). Please note that the numbers shown below are meaningless, I have only added them for identification purposes should anyone wish to email me about them.


	Tourist 1 - Issued 9th September 1934. This example was issued at 吉林站 Kirin Station. Design features - a gate in a town wall and buildings on a hill. Characters read from left to right which is not typical at this time. Size 36mm dia. Known colours - purple	Tourist 2 - Issued 9th September 1934. This example was issued in 吉林 Kirin. Design features - racing horses and a building on a hill. The longer text reads 遊覧紀念 Japanese: Yūran kinen. Sightseeing Commemoration. (紀念 "kinen" can also mean “memory”) The characters 昭和 mean Shōwa, indicating the Japanese era date 9.9.9. Both sets of characters read from left to right which is not typical at this time. Size 38mm dia. Known colours - red


	Tourist 3 - Issued 1st September 1936. This example was issued in 吉林站 Kirin Station. Design features - Ships on the river and a view of a shrine and countryside. The dating is Manchukoan (康德 Kangde 3). The date 1st September 1936 coincides with the release of the Manchukoan postal scenic cancels, this is probably not accidental. Size 45mm. Known colours - magenta	Tourist 4 - Issued 2nd August 1934. This example was issued in Tsitsihar. Design features - Ships on the river and a view of the town. The dating is Manchukoan (康德 Kangde 1). Size 48mm dia. Known colours - magenta


	Tourist 5 - Issued 8th April 1939. This example was issued in 頦縣 Chin-hsien Design features - Buildings and a pagoda with what might be fruit in the foreground. The dating based upon the Japanese 昭和 Shōwa era. Size 48mm dia. Known colours - red	Tourist 6 - Issued 19th September 1932 (Japanese dating). This example was issued at in 奉天 Mukden Station. Design features - Mukden Mausoleum with a Lion Dog statue in the foreground. Size 45mm. Known colours - red/brown.


	Tourist 7 - Issued 31st July 1938. This example was issued in 新京 Hsinking Design features - tall buildings in a map of Manchukuo, the J.T.B. may stand for Japanese Tourist Board, this was a corporation set up in 1912 to look after foreign visitors to Japan. Size 57mm dia. Known colours - red	Tourist 8 - Issued 26th July 1938. This example was issued in 安東 Antung Design features - a raft of logs being guided downriver to the sawmills., The J.T.B. may stand for Japanese Tourist Board, this was a corporation set up in 1912 to look after foreign visitors to Japan. Size 59 x 22mm. Known colours - red


	Tourist 9 - Undated but known to have been used in July or August 1938. This example was issued in 新京 Hsinking 新京驛前紀念 New Station Commemorative. Design features - a picture of a swineherd possibly smoking opium with the city walls in the background. Size 62mm dia. Known colours - purple	Tourist 10 - Undated but known to have been used in July or August 1938. This example was issued in 新京 Hsinking 新京驛前紀念 New Station Commemorative. Design features - a picture of a big city building with the flag that was the emblem of Hsinking. Size 70mm dia. Known colours - purple


	Tourist 11 - Issued 30th July 1938. . This example was issued in 新京 Mukden Design features - a dragon pillar from the North Mausoleum and a large modern building, it has been suggested to me that this might be the offices of a hair brush company because of the characters 满毛, this seems a little unlikely, please let me know if you have a better translation.. Size 65mm dia. Known colours - red	Tourist 12 - Issued 26th July 1938. . This example was issued in 安東 Antung Design features - a log raft and the iron bridge across the Yalu River set inside a circular saw blade. The wording reads Yalu River Lumber Corporation. Size 60 x 48mm. Known colours - green


	Tourist 13 - Undated. This example was issued in 遼陽 Liao Yang Design features - a helmet outline filled with images of places of interest in Laioyang, the pagoda, mountain and city wall. The inscription reads Manchuria-Mongolia visit commemoration. Liaoyang. Namiki souvenir shop. Size 35mm x 26.5mm. Known colours - Purple	Tourist 14 - Undated. This example was issued in 撫順 Fushun Design features - 撫順炭礦 Fushun Coal Mine. Famous for a coal seam 40m deep on average and up to 130m thick in places! This is probably indicated by the illustration. Size 46mm dia. Known colours - Purple


	Tourist 15 - Undated. This example was issued in 撫順 Fushun Design features - the mining pit head. Size 46mm dia. Known colours - Purple	Tourist 16 - Undated. This example was issued in Hsinking Design features - The train Asia and a suitcase, probably issued by the Hsinking Tourist Board. Size 49mm x 35mm. Known colours - Purple


	Tourist 17 - 31st July 1938. This example was issued in Hsinking. The cancel reads Hsinking Tourist Information Office. Size 54mm x 50mm. Known colours - Red	Tourist 18 - Undated. This example was issued in Liaoyang. The cancel reads Liaoyang Souvenirs, Tel 340 Namiki souvenir specialists shop. Size 72mm x 87mm. Known colours - Purple


	Tourist 18 - Undated. This example was issued in Harbin. Awaiting Translation Size 27.5mm x 61mm. Known colours - Violet

	Circular Tourist Cachets of the Kwantung Leased Territory


	KLT Tourist 1 - Issued 1st September 1931. This example was issued at in Dairen. Design features - an old man and a boy, this cancel has yet to be translated. Size 42mm dia. Known colours - purple	KLT Tourist 2 - Undated This example was issued at in Dairen. Design features - the main passenger terminal at the port and a junk. This decorative cancel was issued by a Japanese/Manchurian Company based in Dairen. Size 49mm dia. Known colours - red


	KLT Tourist 3 - Undated This example was issued at in Dairen. Design features - crossed flags of Manchukuo and Korea (from 1911 to 1945 Korea was a Japanese colony and used the Japanese flag), with images of the passenger terminal and war memorial in Dairen. The characters read Korean-Manchurian Travel Commemorative. Size 41mm dia. Known colours - blue	KLT Tourist 4 - 5th August 1938 This example was issued at in Lushun (Port Arthur). Design features - the war memorial. The text reads Souvenir of study and observation visit to Ryojun Baiyushan battlefield ruins. Size 41mm dia. Known colours - Purple