Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

SHANGHAI

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1866 Dragon, smaller size, value in "CENTS", inscription "SHANGHAI L.P.O."

  2 cents red
  4 cents lilac
  8 cents blue
  16 cents green

Surcharged with value in cand

  '1 CAND' on 2 c red
  '1 CAND' on 4 c lilac
  '1 CAND' on 8 c blue
  '1 CAND' on 16 c green
  '3 CANDS' on 2 c red
  '3 CANDS' on 16 c green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Usually perforated 12
2 cents	***	R	Also exists perforated 15: R
4 cents	R	R
8 cents	R	R
16 cents	RR	RR
Surcharged
1 CAND on 2 c	R	R	Blue overprint Perforated 15: RR
1 CAND on 4 c	R	R	Blue, black or red (RRR) overprint
1 CAND on 8 c	RR	RR	Blue or red (RRR) overprint
1 CAND on 16 c	RRR	RRR	Blue or red overprint
3 CANDS on 2 c	RR	RR	Blue overprint
3 CANDS on 16 c	RRR	RRR	Blue overprint

Two forgeries of the 2 c are described in 'Album Weeds', in the first forgery there is a dot behind 'CENTS' (the genuine stamp doesn't have such a dot).

Very dubious item
(Forgeries)

The above forgeries can also be found in 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries', but they were probably not produced by Fournier, only sold. I think they were made by Spiro. The 2 c is the first forgery described in Album Weeds, it has a curly bottom '2'.

Page from a Fournier Album. Note the bogus dots cancel.

Spiro forgery?
Another type of forgery (Spiro?) of the 2 c with a dot behind 'CENTS'. Note the bogus cancel.

Other forgeries, examples:

Forgeries with a very small circular cancel "SHANGHAI 1-7 91 1-2 N"

Forgery with Chinese inscriptions and cancel 'YOKOHAMA 8 12:90'

Forgery of the 2 c

Highly dubious 2 c stamp.

Most likely forgeries

1869 Dragon, smaller size, value in "CAND" or "CANDs", inscription "SHANGHAI L.P.O."

3 cand yellow

  1 cand brown
  1 cand yellow
  3 cand yellow
  3 cand red
  6 cand grey
  6 cand green
  9 cand blue
  12 cand olive
  12 cand brown

Surcharged with value in

  '1 CAND' on 3 cand yellow
  '1 CAND' on 3 cand red
  '1 CAND' on 6 cand grey
  '1 CAND' on 6 cand green
  '1 CAND' on 9 cand blue
  '1 CAND' on 12 cand olive
  '1 CAND' on 12 cand brown

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Usually perforated 15
1 cand brown	***	***	Error 1 c red (RRR)
1 cand yellow	***	***	Perforated 11 /12: RR Also exists printed on yellow paper
3 cand yellow (orange)	R	R
3 cand red	R	R	Also exists printed on red paper.
6 cand grey	R	R
6 cand green	RR	RR
12 cand olive	R	R
12 cand brown	RR	RR
Surcharged
1 CAND on 3 c yellow	RRR	RRR	Blue overprint; only 6 stamps known
1 CAND on 3 c red	RR	RR	Also exists on red paper (RRR)
1 CAND on 6 c grey	RRR	RRR	Blue or red overprint
1 CAND on 6 c green	RR	RR	Blue overprint
1 CAND on 9 c	RRR	RRR	Blue overprint
1 CAND on 12 c olive	RRR	RRR	Blue or red overprint
1 CAND on 12 c brown	RRR	RRR	Blue overprint

Forgeries:

Forgery of the 1 Cand. There is a large distance between 'L.P.' and 'O'. Also there is no dot behind 'CAND'. I've seen it with a cancel constisting of dots. This is the second forgery of the 1 Cand described in Album Weeds.

Spiro forgery?

Are these Spiro forgeries? In the 1 Cand, the inscription is 'GAND' and 'SHANCHAI' (it is the first forgery of the 1 Cand described in Album Weeds). In the 3 Cand, the '3' is totally different from the genuine stamps. The 6 Cand has inscription 'CANDI'.

Page from a Fournier Album

The above forgeries can be found in 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries', but they were probably not produced by Fournier, only sold. I think they were made by Spiro. Note the typical 'Spiro' cancels on these forgeries. These forgeries are different from the 'Spiro' ones above.

Other forgery

1877 Dragon, as previous issue, value in "CASH" instead, inscription "SHANGHAI L.P.O."

20 cash green

  20 cash violet
  20 cash green (1884)
  20 cash grey (1888)
  40 cash red
  40 cash brown (1884)
  40 cash black (1888)
  60 cash green
  60 cash violet (1884)
  60 cash red (1888)
  80 cash blue
  80 cash red (1884)
  80 cash green (1888)
  100 cash brown
  100 cash yellow (1884)
  100 cash blue (1888)

Surcharged in cash

(Reduced size)

  '20 CASH' (blue) on 40 cash red
  '20 CASH' (blue) on 40 cash brown
  '20 CASH' (blue)(in a frame) on 40 cash brown
  '20 CASH' (blue) on 80 cash red
  '20 CASH' (red) on 80 cash green
  '20 CASH' (red) on 100 cash blue
  '40 CASH' (blue) on 80 cash red
  '40 CASH' (blue or red) on 100 cash yellow
  '60 CASH' (blue) on 80 cash blue
  '60 CASH' (blue) on 100 cash brown
  '60 CASH' (blue) on 100 cash yellow
  '100 CASH' (red)  on '20 CASH' (in a frame) on 100 cash yellow

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Usually perforated 15
20 cash violet	***	***	Also exists with peforation 12 and 12 x 15.
20 cash green	***	***	Also exists with perforation 12 and 12 x 15.
20 cash grey	**	**	Exists with watermark (1889)
40 cash red	***	***	Also exists with perforation 12.
40 cash brown	***	***
40 cash black	***	***	Exists with watermark (1889)
60 cash green	R	R	Also exists with perforation 12.
60 cash violet	***	***	Also exists perforated 12 x 15.
60 cash red	***	***	Exists with watermark (1889)
80 cash blue	R	R
80 cash red	***	***
80 cash green	***	***	Exists with watermark (1889) with perforation 12.
100 cash brown	R	R	Also exists with perforation 12.
100 cash yellow	***	***
100 cash blue	***	R	Exists with watermark (1889) with perforation 12.
Surcharged
20 CASH on 40 c red	R	R	Blue overprint
20 CASH on 40 c brown	R	R	Blue overprint
20 CASH on 40 c brown (in frame)	R	R	Blue overprint
20 CASH on 80 c red	***	***	Blue overprint
20 CASH on 80 c green	R	R	Red overprint
20 CASH on 100 c blue	R	R	Red overprint
40 CASH on 80 c red	***	***	Blue overprint
40 CASH on 100 c yellow	***	***	Blue or red overprint
60 CASH on 80 c blue	R	R	Blue overprint
60 CASH on 100 c brown	R	R	Blue overprint
60 CASH on 100 c yellow	***	***
100 CASH on 20 c on 100 c	R	R

Forgeries, examples (I'm not 100% sure if all the above stamps are genuine):

Kamigata forgeries, with 'IMITATION' cancel. The last stamp appears to have a 'KAMIGATA POSTAGE ST...' cancel.

Other Kamigata forgeries, the "H" of "CASH" is an inverted "N" and the "S" of this word is totally flattened.

Kamigata forgery of the 20 cash value.

Might be a forgery
Dubious items

Forgery?
80 cash brown? Possibly a forgery.

20 cash forgery, reduced size

Some kind of advertisement label from 'Theodor Maass' of Hamburg in a similar design.

Shanghai 1890-1893 and miscellaneous