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Manchurian Local Overprints 1945 - 1947 |
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Japanese | Kerr 200. |
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Other Names | |||||
Suika | Sui Hwa | Suihua | Suīhuà | |||||
綏 化 |
Suihwa (Map) | |||||||
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Pei lin tze | |||||||
Map of 1945 | Siao chow | |||||||
4f | 10f | |||||||
10f | 12f | |||||||
40f | 40f | |||||||
? | ? | |||||||
The above are part of a set of 17 values listed in Kerr as questionable and by Chan as private overprints. (Chan and Kerr do not list the 1936 5f, 39f airmail or 1Y stamps, so these might not have been correctly identified or may be new additions?). Hand stamped in black only using a rubber chop. The four characters read 中華民國 Chinese Republic. | ||||||||
1f | 2f | |||||||
Violet | Violet | Violet | ||||||
Rust Red | ||||||||
This is a set of 3 values in soft violet easily confused with a more common set from Sui Leng. An additional overprint appears in rust red. The outer four characters read 中國郵政 Chinese Post the inner two characters 暫用 Temporary Use. | ||||||||
Cover from Sui Hwa to 唐山 Tang Shan (Tang Shan is about 90km East of Beijing). | ||||||||
Set of 3 stamps with a soft black six character overprint. The top four characters read 中國郵政 Chinese Post followed by 暫作 Temporary Use. | ||||||||
This set of two stamps does not appear in Kerr but they are listed by Chan. The top four characters read 中國郵政 Chinese Post followed by 暫作 Temporary Use. The right hand stamp has the 暫 character missing, this is an unrecorded variety. | ||||||||
2f | ||||||||
30f
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1Y | |||||||
This further set of four stamps that do not appear in Kerr but are listed by Chan. The top four characters read 中國郵政 Chinese Post followed by 暫作 Temporary Use. This time in a hard violet ink. | ||||||||
1Y Surcharge on 1f (Vertical) |
1Y Surcharge on 1f (Horizontal) |
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5Y on 10f | ||||||||
Set of 3 stamps, with the above overprint with the addition of a surcharge below. This set shows the surcharge applied vertically with an additional 1f with the surcharge applied horizontally. Chan splits the 1f stamps and 10f stamps into two sets. | ||||||||
5Y on 10f | ||||||||
This is a similar overprint to those
shown above using violet ink with the surcharge horizontal. Chan
lists this set, it does not appear in Kerr. Examples of all known sets for Sui Hwa 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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