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CHINA 1898-1920 issues

1897 Inscription 'IMPERIAL CHINESE POST'

Dragon

  1/2 c lilac
  1 c yellow
  2 c red
  4 c brown
  5 c red
  10 c green

Fishes

  20 c brown
  30 c red
  50 c green

Bird

  1 $ red
  2 $ orange and yellow
  5 $ green and lilac

1898 Inscription 'CHINESE IMPERIAL POST'

Dragon

  1/2 c brown
  1 c yellow
  2 c red
  2 c green
  3 c green
  4 c brown
  4 c red
  5 c red
  5 c violet
  7 c brown
  10 c green
  10 c blue

Fishes

(Reduced sizes)

  16 c green
  20 c brown
  30 c red
  50 c green

Bird

(Reduced size)

  1 $ red and lilac
  2 $ red and yellow
  5 $ green and lilac

Surcharged horizontally with Chinese text 'Neutrality'

3 c green

  3 c green (red overprint)
  1 $ red
  2 $ red and yellow
  5 $ green

Surcharged vertically with Chinese text 'Chinese republic' (2 types)

  1/2 c brown
  1 c yellow (reD0
  2 c green (red)
  3 c green (red)
  4 c red
  5 c violet (red)
  7 c brown
  10 c blue (red)

(Reduced sizes)

  16 c green (red)
  20 c brown
  30 c red
  50 c green (red)

(Reduced sizes)

  1 $ red
  2 $ red and yellow
  5 $ green

Double surcharged with Chinese text 'Neutrality' and 'Chinese republic'

(Reduced size)

  1 c yellow (overprint red)
  3 c green (overprint red)
  7 c brown
  16 c green (overprint red)
  50 c green (overprint red)
  1 $ red
  2 $ red and yellow
  5 $ green

Surcharged with 'B R A 5 Five Cents' in green or black,
  (1900, British Railway Administration)
  'B R A  5  Five Cents' on 1/2 c brown
Surcharged 'Postage 1 Cent Paid', provisory issue
  'Postage 1 Cent Paid' on 2 c red

These stamps surcharged in 'Pies', 'Annas' or 'Rupies' were issued for Tibet.

Bogus overpints?:

I've been told that the next stamp is a postal forgery:

(Postal forgery)

This postal forgery is described in 'Postal Forgeries of the World' by H.G. Leslie Fletcher. It is lithographed instead of engraved resulting in a bad quality of the finer details of the stamp, such as the central dragon and the lined background. It is also printed on much thinner paper than the genuine stamp.

1909 Inscription 'Chinese Empire Hsuan Tung first year

  2 c orange and green
  3 c orange and blue
  7 c orange and lilac

1912 Revolution and Proclamation of the republic

Incscription 'Republic of china, Incommemoration of the republic'
With the portrait of Sun Yat Sen
  1 c orange
  2 c green
  3 c green
  5 c lilac
  8 c brown
  10 c blue
  16 c red-brown
  20 c red
  50 c green
  1 $ red-brown
  2 $ brown
  5 $ grey
With the portrait of Yan Shi-kai

  1 c orange
  2 c green
  3 c green
  5 c lilac
  8 c brown
  10 c blue
  16 c red-brown
  20 c red
  50 c green
  1 $ red-brown
  2 $ brown
  5 $ grey

1913 Junk, Farmer and Temple

Junk

For the specialist; there are two different types of these stamps, differing in the pearls at the top center and other small details.

  1/2 c brown
  1 c orange
  1 1/2 c violet
  2 c green
  3 c green
  4 c red
  4 c grey
  4 c green
  5 c lilac
  6 c grey
  6 c red
  6 c brown
  7 c violet
  8 c orange
  10 c blue

Farmer recolting rice

(Reduced size)

  13 c brown
  15 c brown
  15 c blue
  16 c olive
  20 c red
  30 c lilac
  50 c green

Temple of Confucius

(Reduced sizes)

  1 $ yellow-brown and brown
  1 $ brown and black
  2 $ blue and brown
  2 $ blue and black
  5 $ red and green
  5 $ red and black
  10 $ green and lilac
  10 $ green and black
  20 $ red and blue
  20 $ yellow and black

I've been told that the following stamp is a postal forgery:

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer

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