I have this stamp I can't find in anny catalogue it is, a # 154 (Scott) in Manchuco 1944
but he got 2 overprint, one in top seam to be a China identification and one in the middle
with 4 chineese sign...
can somebody help me... I search in Scott international, in all asian contry, no clue ???
Keep Postal systems alive, buy stamps and mail often 28 Nov 2011 10:47:17am
re: Manchukuo: unlisted overprints
At the end of the war the Chinese used available stamps and overprinted them with characters. Chinese and Japanese characters are very similar thus the difficulty in reading thr writing. This stamp is Manchuko #150.
I have to disagree with you. The stamp is not Manchukuo, Scott #150, issued in 1943. The non-overprinted version of the stamp in the image is Scott #154, issued in 1944,(easily identified by the character in the bottom right corner of the box).
Overprinted varieties of this and many other Manchukuo stamps are not listed by Scott. Again, read the information box regarding these overprints at the end of the Manchukuo listings in Scott.
Hi everybody, I agree, hit's not a Manchuko 150, I saw the text at the end of Monchuko listing. But is there annybody hou have a Chineese / manchuko catalogue, and can identified the 2 overprint on this stamp or someone hou can translate the 2 overprint...
tank you, Jacques (sorry for my so-so english)
Keep Postal systems alive, buy stamps and mail often 30 Nov 2011 01:30:23pm
re: Manchukuo: unlisted overprints
My stupid, of course it is #154 and my wife read that the writing on the top section is a prefecture in China written in Chinese. Although my wife is Japanese she reads Chinese. These stamps were usable as postage after the departure of the Japanese after WWII.
The 4 characters in the top row mean "Chinese Postal Service".
The block of 4 characters beneath that mean "Temporary Use in North East" (i.e., NE China).
This is a local overprint used in areas recovered by the Nationalists after the collapse of the Manchukuo puppet regime. They are mentioned, but not cataloged by Scott. There are a wide variety of overprint wording and styles.
And yes, the original stamp is Manchukuo #154 in the Scott catalog.