Republic of China – surcharges

There are several groups of surcharges on definitives of the Republic of China beginning in 1922. Chinese characters are arranged in a boxlike form in the center of definitives, using 4 or 5 characters, along with the value repeated in arabic numerals.

Be aware that some provinces including Communist zones and occupation issues have used the same style on similar stamps, but often using different typefaces/fonts. 4-character overprints on commemoratives are issues for the provinces. Boxlike surcharges with 4 or 5 characters and using other characters than shown below are generally from province or occupation issues. See: this page.

Republic of China surcharges fall into several groups:

Temporary use.png
The above characters read right to left "temporary use", a standard style of surcharge identification. The first was a First Peking print junk.  File:China 1c surch 1935.jpg|1935 1c on 2c surcharge. File:China 3 on 5 surch.jpg|Honan 

National currency.jpg
The above characters read right to left "national currency" and the overprints are known as the Chinese National Currency (CNC) overprints. They can be easily spotted by the checkerboard pattern frame around the arabic numerals.  File:China Martyrs CNC box.jpg|Boxed form File:China NY print octag CNC.jpg|Octagonal form 

Gold yuan.png
The above characters read right to left "gold yuan", the revised currency of the time.  File:China 20 gold yuan.jpg 

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