China Stamps ~on Steiner Pages.

Just wanted to add to the ideogram differences rod222 mentioned
sorry there not on steiner pages

Contributions welcomed,
does not have to be on Steiner Page.

Your stamps highlight the 2 dimensions of the ideogram.

I set aside a 60 page stock book for my china section
Bought a Stanley gibbons part 17(should have bought CSS or ma's when I had the chance)
I haven't got around to doing much with them

China "Entity Souvenir Sheets"
Non Postal
Do we know anything more about these harrow perforated sheets? listed anywhere? or just Cinderella Labels?

FREE Gift from SCF member CALSTAMP
along with bundles of stamps from
Ras Al Khaima, Taiwan, Philippines,Oman, US, Fujeira,Tchad,
Ajman, Mongolia and GB.

Thanks Jim I'll arrange a big package for you.

Monograph
Handbook of Early Chinese Communist Stamps
Hubbard 1969

Rod222.

You're welcome. Enjoy..

Working on the 3 sets of "Martyrs"

Very weak on the "Secret Mark Unwatermarked", for 20c stamps,
expected to have come across more of them.

1932 Steiner Page 22.

1940 Steiner Page 27.

1940 Steiner Page 28.

QUERY
Sc#415 21c
This stamp is Wmk Yu, so must be Secret Mark
But does not look like a secret mark to me
Perhaps an ink issue?

Parcel Post
Largest Currency Value 10 Million dollars.

CTO (Cancelled to Order)
PEIPING TIENTSIN and SHANGHAI Strikes

China Non Postal
#1285 of c5,200
October 1984
92x135mm
Perf 11
Celebrating Chinese and Japanese Youth. (Mt. Fuji, Cranes, and Chinese Pagoda Unknown)
Design : Yang Yong-dong.
Hubei Province
Printed by Yichang.
Background appears to have the flavour of Hokasai's Ocean Waves.

Here is a 1917 Zhongguo censored red band cover to my city Kolkata.



The Indian markings are:

1. Baker type CH5 PASSED CENSOR 3 (3 is the censor's chop number) of Kolkata Censor Station in violet

2. Baker type CH4 POSTAL CENSOR DES. dispatch datestamp dt. Jul 26,1917 of Kolkata CS

3. Barabazar SPO delivery postmark dt. Jul 27,1917 (7 a.m.)

4. Kolkata GPO D.B.N. datestamp dt. Jul 28,1917

5. Kolkata Dead Letter Office rectangular postmark dt. Jul 31,1917 (redirected PO delivery mark is indistinct beside the stamp)

The basic surface mail rate from Zhongguo to India was 10c for first 20gm or part from Aug 5,1910 to Jan 6,1930, which was paid by Zhongguo 1913 10c SG 277.

Wiki

Middle Kingdom
The English translation of "Zhongguo" as the "Middle Kingdom" entered European languages through the Portuguese in the 16th century and became popular in the mid 19th century. By the mid 20th century the term was thoroughly entrenched in the English language to reflect the Western view of China as the inwards looking Middle Kingdom, or more accurately the Central Kingdom. Endymion Wilkinson points out that the Chinese were not unique in thinking of their country as central, although China was the only culture to use the concept for their name.[33] The term Zhongguo was also not commonly used as a name for China until quite recently, nor did it mean the "Middle Kingdom" to the Chinese, or even have the same meaning throughout the course of history.

Western Australia
Auction 12th-13th June 2021
Ace Stamp Auctions

Sc#999A 1968 $25,000
Any members know how to identify Forgeries?

On January 6, 2021, I posted this sentence on this thread:




I noticed in the new 2022 Scott Catalogue, Scott #B9a now has a value of $200.00 MNH. Usually Scott prices do not vary that much from year-to-year, but this went up $90.00!

Just so you know,

Linus

Hi Linus,
Nice! I also keep a track of my valuable issues,
learnt that from an SCF member, Tony McGillycuddy.
I keep an eye at Auctions, and ebay.

Rod

The PRC Scott #999A (The entire nation is red) that you posted above, now has a 2022 Scott CV of $80,000.00 used and $135,000.00 MNH. I have no idea how to tell a counterfeit of this issue; one stamp I will probably never own anyway.

Linus