Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

CHINA LOCAL ISSUES part 2

(Treaty ports)

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Ichang

Ichang became a treaty port in 1877, a local post was established in 1895.

(Reduced size)

In 1894 the otter design was issued (15 c blue), the 1 m shows the phoenix bird, the value of 3 m shows the map of the city in the 12th century.

Chinese coins:

With cancel
(Reduced sizes)

Overprinted '2 CANDARINS'

Kewkiang

Bridge with river and mountains

  1/2 c black on lilac
  1/2 c orange on yellow

Overprinted 'Postage Due' and chinese characters

  1/2 c black on lilac
  1/2 c orange on yellow

Chinese caracters

  1 c black
  2 c red
  5 c grey on yellow
  6 c yellow
  10 c black
  15 c brown on yellow
  20 c violet on lilac
  40 c black on red

Surcharged

  'HALF 1/2 CENT.' 20 c violet on lilac (also with inverted surcharge)
  'ONE 1 CENT.' on 15 c brown on yellow
  'TWO 2 CENTS.' on 6 c yellow

Overprinted 'Postage Due' 
  5 c grey on yellow

  1/2 c black on lilac
  1/2 c red on yellow
  1 c black

Overprinted 'Postage Due' and chinese characters

(Reduced size)

  1 c black

Nanking

1896 Various centers, frame the same

  1/2 c lilac (landscape?)
  1 c red (temple, I've seen this value imperforate)
  2 c grey (elephants)
  3 c yellow (?)
  4 c red (temple, different from the other temple)
  5 c lilac (bell)
  5 c blue (bell)
  10 c green (temple)
  20 c brown (temple)

Wei-Hai-Wei

I've seen forgeries of these stamps (made by a forger from Hialeah Florida). They are made with a computer scanner and printer, examples:

(Examples of modern Hialeah forgeries)

Wuhu, inscription 'WUHU LOCAL POST' or 'WUHU CHINA'

Birds
  '1/2 Cent.' (red) on  1 c brown
  1/2 c black (many birds)
  1/2 c violet (two birds)
  1 c brown
  2 c green (owl)

Dear
  6 c brown
  40 c red

Chinese characters in the centre
  1/2 c yellow
  1/2 c yellow (with P.P.C. overprint)

Overprinted with chinese characters
  1/2 c black (red overprint)
  1/2 c black (black overprint)
  1 c brown
  2 c yellow
  5 c red (chinese tempel)
  6 c grey (chinese characters)
  10 c red
  15 c green (chinese tempel)
  40 c orange

Overprinted 'POSTAGE DUE' in fancy letters 
  Many values exist among them (also with inverted overprint):

  1 c brown
  1 c blue
  2 c green (owl)
  15 c olive
  20 c red (chinese characters)
  40 c red (dear)

Forgery of the 1/2 c, the lettering is very badly done, see for example the words 'LOCAL POST'. I presume this forgery was made by Kamigata, a similar forgery of the 1 c bird stamp can be found in 'Focus on Forgeries' by V.E.Tyler.

The stamps of Wuhu are of speculative nature, although genuinely used stamps do exist.

I've seen forgeries of these stamps (made by a forger from Hialeah, Florida). They are made with a computer scanner and printer, examples:

(Examples of modern 'Hialeah' forgeries)

Tientsin

Some stamps of the town of Tientsin exist, a dragon in a similar design as the first stamps of Shanghai, (some of them overprinted 'Postage Due'), but they were never officially issued:

I have seen the following values, 1/2 c green, 1 c brown, 2 c lilac, 5 c yellow, 10 c blue and 15 c red;
With overprint 'Postage Due': 1/2 c green, 1 c brown, 5 c yellow, 10 c blue, 15 c red.