French Offices in Kwangchowan #75-78, 99-105, 138,139, & 143, mint hinged

Item Specifics

Country

Kwangchowan

Catalog Number

75-78,99-105,138,139

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Unused

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

The item in this listing is a set of thirteen (13) mint French postage stamps prepared for use at the French Post Offices in Kwangchowan (in French, Kouang-Tcheou-Wan) which was a "leased territory" in southern China. The French had leased Kouang-Tcheou from China for a 99 year period in 1898, following a similar arrangement Britain signed with China in the same year regarding the "New Territories" of Hong Kong. Unlike Hong Kong, the French handed Kouang-Tcheou back to China in 1946.

The post offices in the territory were run by the colonial administration of French Indochina. All Kouang-Tcheou stamps are issues of French Indochina issued with overprints designating their use in Kouang-Tcheou. This stamp is the high value of the 1919 issue.

Combined CV $4.75

For those unfamiliar with the “Foreign Office” concept, in brief, the world powers in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries opened branches of their own post offices in foreign countries in which they had commercial interests. This was done because the local post office was deemed “insufficient” but was also done as a mark of imperialism. In this time period, having foreign post offices was as much a sign of a country’s international power as it useful in facilitating communication.

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Item Location

Virginia, United States

Ships To

Worldwide

Returns Accepted

Yes

Returns Policy

Must be returned within 14 days in original condition. Money back, less shipping, no questions asked. Buyer pays return shipping.