Taiwan

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In October 1949, the government of Chiang Kai-shek, some of his army and over two million refugees escaped the mainland, now held by Communist forces, and re-established itself on the island.
 * In January 1950, old Chinese Unit stamps were surcharged in boxlike form.
 * Also in 1950, the Koxinga definitive series was released. This was inscribed vvvvvvv as were earlier mainland issues.
 * Moon gate definitives were surcharged with an inscription in vertical format.
 * In 1951, the election set was released, also inscribed vvvvvv. This would be followed by more issues similarly inscribed.
 * Several surcharges following included the characters "Taiwan".






 * In mid-1955, stamp inscriptions became ("Republic of China postage stamp"), reading right to left or vertically.
 * In 1966, roman letter inscriptions were (finally) also added reading REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
 * In 1998, the Chinese inscription was generally changed to read left to right, xxxxx

