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The stamps of China

This includes stamps of all eras and service types, provincial issues and occupation issues.

Now: Does the stamp have an overprint or surcharge?

inscribed China peoples Rep.png ("Chinese People's Republic post") only :
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inscribed China peoples Rep.png plus an additional major inscription:
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inscribed Rep of China post.png: ("Republic of China post") only
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inscribed Rep of China post.png: ("Republic of China post") with a (possible) additional inscription
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inscribed Rep of China stamp.png or ROC Taiwan l to r.png: ("Republic of China postage stamp")
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there is another arrangement of characters:
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PLEASE NOTE!
Many definitives have been surcharged with new values in a boxlike form of 4 or 5 characters in the middle with a new value repeated in arabic numerals. If the two characters in the right column are (reading right to left here), , , , they are normal surcharges mostly for the the Republic of China proper. For more information on those surcharges, see: Republic of China – surcharges.

overprinted Rep of China.png:
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there are two characters widely spaced apart near the top of the stamp:
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there are a line of characters at the top or vertically led by the character Xian AA.png:
Horizontal inscriptions read right to left. Click here:

there is another arrangement of overprinted/surcharged characters:
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