paulh
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Post by paulh on Nov 21, 2022 14:36:08 GMT
 Can you help? I have spent the last few days identifying and dating my Chinese stamps. I have the attached two overprints that I cannot find anywhere. The first seems to bear the characters "bei" or north and "nan" or east (3rd and 4th characters in the overprint) but I can't find this anywhere in catalogues for north-east regional issues. The original stamps were issued 1938 onwards so I would think they were sometime in the final years of the Chiang Kai Shek government before the establishment of the PRC. The PRC tended not to use overprinted stamp of Sun-yat Sen, as in this case. The stamp on the right without overprints were issued in 1949 after the PRC was established under Mao. I'm not sure what the "0.20" refers to but hazard a guess that there was some revaluation of the yuan after the rampant inflation at the end of CKS's republic - could this be a revaluation to 20 fen? I lived in Hong Kong for 2 years and Taiwan for 7 years and I am somewhat red-faced to admit that I should have used the time to learn Chinese better. Many thanks to all. Paul |
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Nov 21, 2022 17:17:27 GMT
The green one on the right is from the Republic of China and listed under Northeastern Provinces. The Scott number is either 9 or 10.
The train stamp is a 1956 issue from the Republic of China Sc. 1130.
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khj
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Post by khj on Nov 21, 2022 19:55:29 GMT
The green one on the right is from the Republic of China and listed under Northeastern Provinces. The Scott number is either 9 or 10. In this case, #9. |
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Post by khj on Nov 21, 2022 21:08:03 GMT
The first seems to bear the characters "bei" or north and "nan" or east (3rd and 4th characters in the overprint) Close on the 4th character, you had the right meaning, just the wrong pronunciation. The 4th character is "dong", which does mean "East". The word you mentioned (but not in the overprint) pronounced "nan" means "South". I lived in Hong Kong for 2 years and Taiwan for 7 years and I am somewhat red-faced to admit that I should have used the time to learn Chinese better. Still, you did pretty good! |
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