Inner Mongolia (Japanese occupation)

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

Japanese occupation
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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