The 10-sen-on-50¢ stamp is known in two types, depending on the proximity of the "10" to the "sen" character overprint. In 1941, Japanese-occupied Central China issued six overprinted denominations (9NC1-7). In the redrawn issue, the lower-left corner of the character is separated. The original and redrawn Piao characters, containing what Scott catalog refers to as the secret mark, are shown next to the $5 stamps in Figure 4.
On the mark at the right, the lower-left protrusion is separated. Examples of the Peking (left) and Hong Kong (right) printings, with the "piao" character secret marks illustrated. Peking's gum is yellow, thick, and bright Hong Kong's is white, thin, and dull.įigure 4. The 1932-37 Peking print is perforated gauge 14, while Hong Kong issues are perforated gauge 12 to 13. Hostilities between China and Japan necessitated the transfer. Hong Kong's Commercial Press printed the 1940-1 watermarked and unwatermarked airmails. The designs on narrow stamps are 22½ millimeters by 41mm the wide measure 22mm by 41½mm. Specialists classify varieties of these stamps as narrow or wide. As postal rates changed, 10 stamps were issued in three stages (C11-20). Collectors should use caution and purchase expertised examples.Ĭhina's third airmail issue of 1932-37 is another horizontal stamp, depicting a Junkers F-13 monoplane over the Great Wall. These were issued in 1932-33 for flights to Peking and Shanghai.Ĭounterfeits are widely found, both on and off cover. The Sinkiang postmaster received permission from the directorate general of posts to apply by hand a two-character "Par Avion" ("airmail" in French) overprint on four stamps (Sinkiang C1-4). The western Chinese province of Sinkiang is surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges. Large quantities of used 15¢ stamps are readily found, indicating that the use of the airmails was popular. Variations in shade are known of the 15¢ and 30¢ values. A special propeller-blade postmark ties airmail stamps on covers flown on the Shanghai-to-Nanking flight. Thousands of covers were flown in both directions. These issues were first used on the July 8 Shanghai-Nanking first regular flight. The basic five-value 1921 airmail design was revised in 1929 to place the new Nationalist badge on the tail of the airplane (C6-10) as shown at right in Figure 1. Nonetheless, the souvenir sheet at auction realizes about $150 or more. Perforated and imperforate facsimiles and an imperforate souvenir sheet bear four Chinese characters on the reverse noting that the items are facsimiles. The set also can be found with SPECIMEN overprints. Dollars, illustrates the 30¢ stamp, shown here in Figure 3, and values the 15¢, 30¢, and 40¢ set at $300.Ĭancellations on these stamps are unreadable and are in red or black. The 1992 Chan Colour-illustrated Stamp Catalogue of China, with values in U. Stamp prepared for the 1924 Peking-Mukden flight, as illustrated in the 1992 Chan China catalog. As such, these stamps are not listed in the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.įigure 3. Specimen sets are found without gum.Ī set of three stamps was prepared but not issued for the 1824 Peking-Mukden flight.
AIRMAIL JAPAN FULL
The message translates as "Mail Carried by First Flight of the Aerial Postal Service Established by China".Ĭanceled-to-order, never-flown covers bearing the full set of stamps exist. The stamps are canceled by a large 20-character black box commemorating the maiden flight.Ī large 20-character black box canceled the airmail stamps, as shown on the cover pictured in Figure 2. Cover carried on the 1921 first flight of China's aerial postal service. Only a handful of the mail was registered.įigure 2. The basic airmail rate then was 15¢ in addition to the normal postal rate.Ĭarried by train the 450-mile distance from Shanghai to Tsinan and then 230 miles by air from Tsinan to Peking, an estimated 400 pieces of mail, including newspapers, were flown on that first flight. These handsome stamps are denominated 15¢, 30¢, 45¢, 60¢, and 90¢. The 1929 stamp at right shows the Nationalist emblem instead.Īs shown at left in Figure 1, the central design of the stamps features an airplane bearing the emblem of the Chinese Republic.
The left stamp was issued in 1921 and shows the Republic emblem on the tail. What was accomplished in days of road and river navigation took just hours by plane.įive airmail stamps were issued J(Scott C1-5), to be used on flights from Peking to Shanghai starting that day.įigure 1. China's Airmail History Lives in its StampsĬhina's vast distances, marked by mountain ranges, sweeping plains and deserts, ensured the success of airmail services in that country.
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