Haibei (海北) – Date of Liberation: 1945 (August 19)
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This map only gives rough impression about area and location.
1st stamp issue (Kerr 53.19-27) (violet overprint):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used” and Surcharged (1946) |
| Issued: | 1946 (March) |
| Issued by: | Haibei Postal Administration (海北郵政管理局) |
| Overprint: | “Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used” and Surcharged (“中華郵政暫作” 改值郵票) |
| Print: | Hand-overprinted with rubber chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
Not all stamps of this issue shown here. 1 元 / 2 分 ⦿ with violet overprint exist (not listed in Kerr).
1 元 / 6 分
1 元 / 6 分
5 元 / 12 分
5 元 / 20 分
5 元 / 20 分 ⦿
5 元 / 30 分 ⦿
5 元 / 30 分
5 元 / 50 分
5 元 / 1 元
Cover:
Cover (rate of 10 元 for double registered letter),cancel: 1946 (July 10), Haibeizhen (海北鎮).
2nd stamp issue (Kerr 53.1-9) (red overprint):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used” and Surcharged (1946) |
| Issued: | 1946 (May) |
| Issued by: | Haibei Postal Administration (海北郵政管理局) |
| Overprint: | “Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used” and Surcharged (“中華郵政暫作” 改值郵票) |
| Print: | Hand-overprinted with rubber chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
All stamps of this issue shown here.
1 元 / 1 分
1 元 / 2 分
1 元 / 2 分 ⦿
1 元 / 3 分
1 元 / 3 分
1 元 / 4 分
1 元 / 5 分
1 元 / 7 分
1 元 / 8 分
3rd stamp issue (Kerr 53.10-18) (pale red overprint):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used” and Surcharged (1946) |
| Issued: | 1946 (May) |
| Issued by: | Haibei Postal Administration (海北郵政管理局) |
| Overprint: | “Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used” and Surcharged (“中華郵政暫作” 改值郵票) |
| Print: | Hand-overprinted with rubber chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
All stamps of this issue shown here.
1 元 / 1 分
1 元 / 2 分 ⦿
1 元 / 3 分
1 元 / 3 分
1 元 / 5 分
5 元 / 10 分
5 元 / 12 分
5 元 / 13 分
5 元 / 1 元
All existing covers are from May 1946 with the 1 元 / 2 分 overprinted stamp. If the other stamps of the set ever were used is unknown. For the 1 元 / 12 分 I have especially my doubts as the pale red overprint on a deep orange stamp is barely to recognize.
Cover:
Cover (rate of 1 元 for domestic letter),cancel: 1946 (May 18), Haibeizhen (海北鎮). [Image source: WH]
Cover (rate of 1 元 for domestic letter),cancel: 1946 (May 25), Haibeizhen (海北鎮).
Remarks:
– All shown sets exists (at least one stamp of each set) genuine used on domestic covers.
– The reason for a parallel existence of a red and pale red overprint I can’t explain.