Inner Mongolia (Japanese occupation)

Inner Mongolia, aka Meng Chiang or Meng Kiang, was a Chinese postal district/now autonomous region between China and Mongolia.

In 1937, Japanese forces invaded China. After they took much of Inner Mongolia, the remaining provinces declared independence as Mengjiang and signed a treaty with Japan and Manchukuo, becoming a puppet government.  File:Meng chiang 30c Sun.jpg|Large overprint on 30c Chung Hwa print. File:Meng Chiang Sun large.jpg|25c value, small overprint. File:Mengchiang square surcharge.jpg|1942 ½c on 1c Martyrs surcharge. 
 * In 1941, various Chinese definitives were overprinted Inner Mongolia occup.png ("Meng Chiang") in two slightly different sizes and form.
 * In 1942, surcharges in thin characters in 4- or 5-character boxlike form were issued. Some New Peking print stamps were also surcharged.

 File:Inner Mongolia horse.jpg|1944 4f 5th anniversary of autonomous government. File:Inner mongolia man.jpg|1944 8f 5th anniversary of autonomous government. File:Mengchiang new Peking 1945.jpg|1945 10c New Peking print. File:Meng chiang small martyrs surch.jpg|1945 $1 on 8c Martyrs, New Peking print stamp with surcharge added.
 * Beginning in 1943, four issues inscribed in traditional characters including Mongolian script were released.
 * In 1945, small thin overprints were released on the New Peking prints of Sun Yat-sen and the Martyrs issues.
 * Also in 1945, large surcharges were applied to various values from the 1941 issues, then on several New Peking print stamps.



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