Help Identifying Asian Stamp

I found this stamp amongst my stamps from China, but haven't been able to identify it. I'm thinking now that it may not be from China. I'm hoping that someone might be able to help me as I can't read any of the writing on it and am unsure of what country it is from.... any help would be greatly appreciated!

The picture of my stamp didn't upload the first time, so let's try again!

In the Scott catalog, China (PRC) #4L20(Dec1948). Yang has it issued in Jan1949.

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Thanks so much! I've searched so much and haven't been able to find this one at all online. Does the catalog say anything else about it?

The stamp was issued for use in the Northwest China Liberation Area by the Communist Chinese government. The design depicts the pagoda on Yenan Hill, located southeast of Yanan in the province of Shaanxi. It was built during the Tang Dynasty.

The stamp was issued and reissued in a series of 4 printings from 1945-1949, with each printing slightly modified. Your stamp is from the 3rd printing, which can be easily distinguished form the other printings by the ornamental left/right sides (the other printings have simple columns). This printing was done by lithography on lightly glazed paper. The stamps in this printing were issued imperforate and ungummed.

You have the 4th of 6 stamps in this printing (10¢, 20¢, $1, $2, $5, $10). Numerous color shades exist, but neither Scott nor Yang lists the shades. Scott does not provide used catalog values for some reason, although Yang does. The used catalog values are a little higher than the unused. In the Yang catalog, your stamp is NW26. In the 2015 Scott catalog, the stamp is China (PRC) #4L20(Dec1948) with an unused value of $2.

khj, thank you so much for the detailed information. I have a whole bunch of stamps that I'm going through and I didn't realize how much you can learn about the history of this world just by researching them.