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Manchurian Local Overprints 1945 - 1947

         
Japanese Kerr 180.

Modern

 Other Names
Shinju Shen Shu Shenshu Shén shù

Chen shu
 

神 樹

 
 
 		 Shen-shu  
 

(Szuping)

 Shun shu  
  Kanji Map Shen shulin zi (Map)  
         
1Y on 1f 1Y on 2f 1Y on 3f 1Y on 4f 1Y on 5f
5Y on 12f 5Y on 13f 5Y on 20f 8Y on 30f 8Y on 30f
         
  A set of ten surcharges in dark violet to black. The top four characters read 中華郵政 Chinese Post, left is the surcharge and right 暫作 Temporary Use.

Chan splits this into 3 sets, a set of 7 in black, 4 in violet and 5 in red. His dark violets don't coincide with those shown below so the full set may have been hand-stamped in both colours.

  
         

         

Surcharged 4f Lettersheet - Not listed by Chan or Kerr. (Image courtesy of: Edgard Pockelé of Belgium)

         
         
 
1Y on 1f 1Y on 2f 1Y on 2f 1Y on 4f 5Y on 12f
   
  5Y on 20f 8Y on 30f 8Y on 30f  
         
  A set of maybe eight surcharges in dark violet. The top four characters read 中華郵政 Chinese Post, left is the surcharge and right 暫作 Temporary Use. Kerr does not list this set whereas Chan lists the first 5 values shown.  
         
         
     
  1Y on 1f   1Y on 2f  
     
  1Y on 4f   5Y on 12f  
         
  A set of four surcharges in soft red. The top four characters read 中華郵政 Chinese Post, left is the surcharge and right 暫作 Temporary Use. This set is listed by Chan but was unknown to Kerr.  
         
 

These represent all of the  known stamps for this village as listed by Kerr - see above.

  
         

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.
        D164, D181