Stampfinder F15

 ''Chinese stamps with overprints or surcharges

All names are read from right to left here. If there is more than one column, the rightmost column is read first.

Remember, the idea is to match up the relevant characters in the overprint or surcharge, not try to match what you have exactly. Only examples are shown, not every possible stamp in every version. Perhaps someday...

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Xiang.png
Abbreviation for Hunan province. See: Hunan.  File:Hunan unit on 100.jpg|Domestic mail unit stamp File:Hunan unit surch.jpg|Domestic registration unit stamp. File:Hunan green.jpg|Domestic airmail unit stamp. File:Hunan invert.jpg|Inverted surcharge. 

Postage due trad.png
"Postage due". The second character is traditional/old. All would be written today.  File:Taiwan prov due.jpg|Postage due for Taiwan province. See: Taiwan province. 

Army post characters.png
"Army post"  File:China army post.png 

Chingtao.png
Tsingtau province, now translated as Qingdao. 



Domestic.png
These are the first two characters of district/provincial surcharges for the Unit issue scheme. The characters after it give the specific service the stamp provided. District/provincial stamps are often further coded with a character.  File:Hunan unit surch.jpg|Hunan district with. See: Hunan. File:Hunan green.jpg|Hunan district with. Airmail unit stamp. File:Kiangsi on 7000.jpg|Kiangsi (Jiangxi) district with at bottom. See: Jiangxi district. File:Shensi silver curr.jpg|Shensi (Shaanxi) district with at bottom. See: Shaanxi district. File:Kwangtung rev unit stamp.jpg|Kwangtung (Guangdong) district. See: Guangdong district. 

Kwangsi.png
Kwangsi province, now translated as Guangxi.  File:Kwangsi blue.jpg|13c on $50,000 value. File:Kwangsi 2c.jpg|2c on $300,000 value. 

Fukien.png
Fukien province, now translated as Fujian. 



Central China inscr.png
Used for surcharges in the occupied Central China District aka Shanghai and Nanking. See: Central China.  File:China central china occup.jpg|The surcharge looks like a CNC surcharge but actually precedes that; the two right characters are obviously different. </Gallery>

Taiwan province 2.png
Taiwan province. Traditional/old characters were used here, along with.  File:Taiwan prov 10y ovpt.jpg|10 yen overprint. File:Taiwan prov on jpn occup.jpg|Taiwan under Japanese administration stamp overprinted. </Gallery>

Szechwan B.png
Szechwan province, now translated as Sichuan. Used on commemoratives. 

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Ki hei 4 char.png
Ki Hei region in Manchuria, meaning Kirin and Heilungkiang, now translated as Qilin and Heilongjiang. Used on commemoratives.  File:Ki Hei Chang Tso-lin.jpg|$1 Chang Tso-lin. </Gallery>

Sinkiang 4 char.png
Sinkiang province, now translated as Xingjiang. Used on commemoratives.  File:Sinkiang Chang Tso-lin dollar.jpg|$1 Chang Tso-lin. </Gallery>

Yunnan 4char.png
Yunnan commemorative issues.  File:Yunnan whatsis.jpg|5c Tan Yen-kai. </Gallery>

Postal savings B.png
Postal savings  File:Kansu postal savings.jpg|Kansu (Gansu) local overprint. File:Kwantung postal savings.jpg|Kwangtung (Guangdong) local overprint. </Gallery>

Kwangtung.png
Kwangtung region, now translated as Guangdong. These are stamps issued under Japanese occupation.  File:Kwantung occup.jpg File:Kwangtung 20 surch.jpg File:Kwangtung New York print.jpg

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Provisional neutrality.png
"Provisional neutrality", 1912 Republic of China overprint.  File:RoC Foochow ovpt.jpg </Gallery>

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