Republic of China – surcharges

There are several groups of surcharges on definitives of the Republic of China beginning in 1922. In several important types, 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. Of those types, the right column notes a change is being made, the left column gives the value in Chinese.

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. Boxlike surcharges with 4 or 5 characters and using other characters than shown below are generally from province or occupation issues. Also, 4-character overprints on commemoratives are issues for the provinces. See: this page.

Republic of China surcharges fall into several groups:

Temporary use.png
The above characters read right to left "temporary use".  File:China 1c surch 1935.jpg|1935 1c on 2c surcharge. File:China 3 on 5 surch.jpg|c.1940 Hunan/Henan surcharge. 
 * The first was a First Peking print junk with stars in the corners. Several surcharges followed on the 1923 re-engraved junks and a couple of other values.
 * Beginning in 1937, boxlike surcharges

Revised.png
The above characters read right to left "revised". File:Chine E Szechwan 50c.jpg File:China half cent 1942 kiangsi.jpg File:Chia 50c Kwangtung.jpg 



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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