Japanese Offices in China #28, no watermark. CV $50

Item Specifics

Country

Japanese Offices in China

Catalog Number

28

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Unused

Stamp Format

Single

Year of Issue

1914

Item Description

The item in this listing is a single postally used stamp issued for use in the Japanesen Post Office network in China. This stamp is listed in Scott as Japanese Offices in China #28, and was issued in 1914. This stamp was an ordinary Japanese definitive, until being overprinted horizontally across the bottom with two additional characters reading "Shi Na" ("China") as read left to right. This stamp is an earlier of two similar issues printed on ordinary paper. Later issues, printed on watermarked paper, are not worth as much. The stamp does have gum; it appears to have been only lightly affixed to an envelope and fallen off.

Please see scan for condition.

In China, foreign post offices were operated not only by Russia, but also by France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the United States, and Japan. Belgium wanted to have post offices there, but never actually opened any. Most of these opened in the early decades of the 19th century. Russia had a distinct advantage over the other foreign post offices as Russia operated the Trans-Siberian Railway, connecting European Russia with the far Eastern port of Vladivostok and China. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, i.e. the era before long distance air mail, mail routed via the Trans-Siberian Railway travelled significantly faster than sea mail. Mail from the other foreign post offices did travel this route, but not until each country concluded treaties with Russia for this purpose.

Russia maintained its’ post offices in China until 1920, when it closed them in the wake of the October Revolution. All the foreign post offices in China were closed by the end of 1922.

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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.