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Manchurian Local Overprints 1945 - 1947 |
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| Japanese | Kerr 23. |
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| Jōtoku | Cheng Te | Chengde | Chéngdé |
Chung Dak |
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| 承徳 |
Now a Prefecture level city in Hebei, it had been the base for the regional Japanese Military Headquarters |
Chengteh (Map) |
Je Ho |
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| Map of 1945 | Chengte | |||||||
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These were created very early for MLO's, I have seen a genuine cover dating from 18th October 1945 (peace was signed on 2nd September 1945). |
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Set of five surcharge stamps with a
soft black hand-stamp,
the top four
characters read 中國郵政 Chinese Post,
below this on the
left is the surcharge, right
暫作
Temporary Use. Note - The 2000 and 2010 copies of Chan show the wrong image. |
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Set of five surcharge stamps with an
oily black typeset hand-stamp,
the two sets are very similar but I have noticed that the oily black
ink bleeds through the paper making it possible to tell the sets
apart. Note - The 2000 and 2010 copies of Chan show the wrong image. All of the stamps known for this town 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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