Central China (Japanese occupied region)

aka the Shanghai and Nanking or Nanking and Shanghai region.

Under a truly strange arrangement, the Nationalist government continued to operate the postal system in this occupied region although with a few Japanese and collaborator officials in place in Central China. Its stamps were only valid in the Central China region; the currency used was different from that used in Nationalist China. The local currency was originally valued the same as the Nationalist one, but higher inflation of the puppet government currency caused the creation of the various surcharged issues.

 File:CentChi air surch.jpg|1941 20s on $1 airmail surcharge File:Cen Chi occ 50c on 8c.jpg|1943 50c on 8c foreign concessions File:Cen Chi occ commem.jpg|1943 $1 on 16c foreign concessions File:CenChi 50 on 5 surch.jpg|50c on 5c surcharge File:Shanghai Nanking CNC.jpg|$2 on 10c value, CNC surcharge File:Central China commem 5c.jpg|1944 $5 fourth anniversary pictorial File:Central China 6c.jpg|1944 $6 map of Shanghai File:CEN China CNC on occ.jpg|1945 $200 on $5 value 
 * In 1943-43, Rep. of China airmails were surcharged with a ten-character inscription. A 60s on 35s on $2 re-surcharge was also issued.
 * In 1943, Sun Yat-sen stamps were surcharged with a 6 character horizontal overprint and dated "1942" and "August 1" vertically below. This was to commemorate the return of foreign concessions.
 * Also in 1943, a 15c brown Sun Yat-sen Chung Hwa print was issued.
 * In 1943-45, a wide variety of San Yat-sen definitives were issued surcharged with Central China inscr.png at right, the value in Chinese at right and a large arabic numeral of value below.
 * Again, a wide variety of definitives were issued and surcharged similarly except the arabic numeral of value was in a CNC checkerboard frame.
 * In 1944, a set of four pictorials was issued inscribed in seal-type characters to commemorate the fourth anniversary of puppet government.
 * Later in 1944, a set of two showing a map of Shanghai was issued, also inscribed in seal-type characters.
 * In 1945, CNC-style checkerboard frame surcharges were issued using the fourth anniversary pictorials.
 * Also in 1945, airmails were surcharged with a bomb image for air raid safety.

Postage dues
 File:CenChi due.jpg|1945 $5 on 10c value 
 * In 1945, orange Rep. of China postage dues were surcharged with new values, the Chinese characters in box form.

See

 * Central China Liberation Area, the subsequent Communist postal administration of the region.

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