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| Unknown | Kwei Lin | Kwai lin | Guìlín | |||||
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This is a soft black chop the four characters read 中華民國 Chinese Republic. Above is a set of 16 values (the ½f is unrecorded elsewhere to my knowledge). Kerr does not recognise the diagonal overprints which appear on the 2½f, 5f and 13f and lists this chop as extremely suspect. Of the stamps with a horizontal overprint the 2½f, 10f and 39f are said to be not normally issued. This is the only set of overprinted stamps known for this village. |
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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. | ||||||||
