Great Britain Offices in China #LAM45, CV $6.00

Item Specifics

Country

British Offices in China

Catalog Number

LAM45

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Unused

Stamp Format

Single

Year of Issue

1882

Item Description

The item in this listing is a single used postage stamp issued for use in Hong Kong, but was instead postmarked at the British Post Office in Amoy, China. Listed in Scott as GB Offices in China #LAM45 this stamp was an ordinary Hong Kong stamp of the period that was used instead in mainland China. While the British would eventually issue distinctive stamps for their post offices in China, starting in 1917 this stamp was used before then.

SON "A Amoy" cancel dated September 29 1893.

CV $6.00

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.

In China, foreign post offices were operated not only by Britain, but also by France, French Indochina, Russia, Italy, Japan, the US, and Germany.

With the exception of post offices open in official colonies (Hong Kong, Macau, Wei-Hai-Wei, and Kouang-Tcheou-Wan) all the foreign PO's in China closed in late 1922. Some exceptions existed in that the Japanese still operated post offices in Manchuria for some time thereafter.

Please see scan for condition. Scans of the reverse available upon request.

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Yes

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