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Manchurian Local Overprints 1945 - 1947 |
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Japanese | Kerr 207. |
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Shihōdai | Sze Fang Tai | Sifangtai | Sìfāng tái |
Si fang tai |
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四平台 |
(Now Siping) | Szepingkai (Map) |
Szu-p'ing-kai |
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Szepingkai (SMRZ) | Szu-fang-t'ai |
Ssu-p'ing-chieh |
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Map of 1945 | 四平台 | Sze ping tai |
Ssupingkai |
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This is a hard purple, 4 character overprint. Full set of 9 values. Kerr mentions a second set with a further 8 values. | ||||||||
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1Y on ½f | 1Y on 1f | 1Y on 2f |
1Y on 3f |
1Y on 4f | ||||
It is possible this stamp does not exist. | ||||||||
1Y on 6f | 1Y on 6f | 5Y on 1f | ||||||
5Y on 5f | 1Y on 10f | 5Y on 7f | 5Y on 10f | 5Y on 10f | ||||
10Y on 5f | 10Y on 1Y | |||||||
This is a hard wooden chop, hand-stamped in violet, part of a set of seventeen stamps. The four characters of "Republic of China" above, with a two character surcharge underneath. Kerr mentions a second set with a further 3 values. (Fakes seen on the 39f with an oily black overprint). |
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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. | ||||||||
D158 DC |