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Can anyone identify this postmark (the one on the left)? The one on the right seems to be [HAR]BIN 13. Please let me know if this is incorrect.  |
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The one on the left is Hongtong (lower characters) in Shanxi province (top characters).
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| Edited by hy-brasil - 07/01/2017 04:51 am |
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I have to disagree slightly: the place is Hongdong (in Pinyin romanisation) or Hungtung (in Wade-Giles) in, in those days, Shansi Province. |
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Yes, apologies, I should have noted the Wade-Giles versions due to the era this comes from.
Modern references including one other than Wikipedia say that indeed locally, the second character is pronounced dňng, in Pinyin, tóng. Over here, is it Lawz An-je-LEEZ, or Lahs An-je-LUSS?; MI-zer-EE or Muh-zer-UH? In Oz, there's Cairns, The City That Americans Can't Pronounce ... |
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| Edited by hy-brasil - 07/01/2017 10:09 pm |
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Here's another one I need help for. I can't find a city in China with a name like KIAXO or KIAXU. Does anyone know what it is?  |
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Hard to say without the Chinese characters to confirm, but I would guess it is probably KIAYU (modern day Jiayu, near Xianning of Hubei Province). Interested in seeing what others might conclude...
As Tonymacg pointed out in another thread, the letter "X" was not used during that time period, so anything that might look like an X is likely either a part/smudged/damaged Y or H. |
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| Edited by khj - 07/09/2017 05:49 am |
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Excellent read, khj!, still given here as Kiayu, maybe the same town you note, though I seem to get Jiayu as a county in the same approximate area: http://www.geographic.org/geographi...1118&c=chinaI don't quite get why there are 3 characters at the bottom; too smudged for me to read. |
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| Edited by hy-brasil - 07/09/2017 05:26 am |
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No, that's a different place. For older articles on Jiayu in Hubei, you need to Google something like "Kiayu Hopei" or "Kiayu Hupeh"... and you should be able to find a couple.
But again, I cannot confirm that this is the corresponding postmark for that town. It is only my best guess. |
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| Edited by khj - 07/10/2017 01:18 am |
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