Bei’an (北安) – Date of Liberation: 19 August 1945, first magistrate: Liu Tieqiao (劉鐵樵)
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1st stamp issue (Kerr 160.1-5, X6):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted "Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used" |
|---|---|
| Issued: | October 1945 |
| Issued by: | Bei’an Postal Administration (北安郵政管理局) |
| Overprint | "Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used" ("中華郵政 暫用") |
| Overprint method: | Hand-overprinted with wooden chop |
| Currency: | Manchukuo Yuan (滿洲國圓) |
| Not all stamps of this issue shown here. | |
5 分 ⦿
5 分 ⦿ [used]
30 分 ⦿ [used]
Cover (rate of 10 分 for domestic letter).Cancel: 30 October 1945, Bei'an (北安)
Cover (rate of 10 分 for domestic letter).Cancel: 26 October 1945, Bei'an (北安)
| Trade Prices 2018 (USD) | (★) | ⊙ | Kerr Cat. No. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 分 ● | blackish yellow green | K13 | --,-- | 50,00 | 160.1 | engraved |
| 3 分 ● | blackish brown | K13 | --,-- | --,-- | 160.2 | engraved |
| 5 分 ● | oliv black | K13 | 50,00 | 30,00 | 160.3 | lithography |
| 6 分 ● | red orange | K13 | --,-- | 60,00 | 160.X6 | lithography |
| 10 分 ● | rose red | K13 | --,-- | 40,00 | 160.4-5 | lithography |
| 30 分 ● | blackish brown orange | K13 | --,-- | 60,00 | -- | engraved |
| Set of 6 | ||||||
2nd stamp issue (Kerr 160.7-8):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted "Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used" and Surcharged |
|---|---|
| Issued: | February 1946 |
| Issued by: | Bei’an Postal Administration (北安郵政管理局) |
| Overprint | "Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used" and Surcharged ("中華郵政 暫作" 改值郵票) |
| Overprint method: | Hand-overprinted with rubber chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
| All stamps of this issue shown here. | |
1 元 / 2 分 ⦿
5 元 / 12 分 ⦿
Cover (rate of 1 元 for domestic letter).Cancel: 24 June 1946, Bei'an (北安)
Cover (rate of 1 元 for domestic letter).Cancel: 16 May 1946, filled out by hand.
Cover (rate of 4 元 for airmail letter).Cancel: 21 March 1946, Bei'an (北安).
The red chop "航空" indicates air-mail.
There are significant differences between all postally used and unused stamps (I call them early and late overprints), for example:
– the ink used for the overprints is blacker
– ink was much less liquid which gives a dry impression
– fine structures look more rough
– more distinctly damages of the hand stamp.
All unused stamps show these characteristics. If we put all characteristics together it leads only to the explanation that all unused stamps were produced later by stamp dealers for collectors using the worn original hand stamp. By implication there is also no used stamp known which comes with the characteristics of an unsed stamp which, this prove the theory.
Early / late overprint
| Trade Prices 2018 (USD) | (★) | ⊙ | Kerr Cat. No. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 元 / 2 分 ● | blackish yellow green | K13 | 15,00 | 20,00 | 160.7 | engraved |
| 5 元 / 12 分 ● | blackish orange | K13 | 20,00 | 25,00 | 160.8 | engraved |
| Set of 2 | 35,00 | 45,00 | ||||
3rd stamp issue (Kerr 160.9-16):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted "Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used" and Surcharged |
|---|---|
| Issued: | July 1946 |
| Issued by: | Bei’an Postal Administration (北安郵政管理局) |
| Overprint | "Chinese Postal Service Temporarily Used" and Surcharged ("中華郵政 暫作" 改值郵票) |
| Overprint method: | Hand-overprinted with wooden chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
| All stamps of this issue shown here. | |
Black overprint:
1 元 / 2 分 ⦿
5 元 / 12 分
5 元 / 39 分
Cover (rate of 1 元 for domestic letter).Cancel: 7 July 1946, Bei'an (北安)
1 元 / 2 分
1 元 / 2 分
5 元 / 12 分
1 元 / 2 分 ⦿
5 元 / 12 分
| Trade Prices 2018 (USD) | (★) | ⊙ | Kerr Cat. No. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 元 / 2 分 ● | blackish yellow green | K13 | 10,00 | 30,00 | 160.9 | engraved, black overprint |
| 5 元 / 12 分 ● | blackish orange | K13 | 10,00 | --,-- | 160.10 | engraved, black overprint |
| 5 元 / 39 分 ● | blackish blue | K13 | 20,00 | --,-- | 160.11 | engraved, black overprint |
| 1 元 / 2 分 ● | blackish yellowish green | K13 | 10,00 | --,-- | 160.12 | engraved, purple overprint |
| 1 元 / 2 分 ● | blackish yellow green | K13 | 10,00 | --,-- | 160.13 | engraved, purple overprint |
| 5 元 / 12 分 ● | blackish orange | K13 | 10,00 | --,-- | 160.14 | engraved, purple overprint |
| 1 元 / 2 分 | blackish yellow green | K13 | 15,00 | 50,00 | 160.15 | engraved, red overprint |
| 5 元 / 12 分 ● | blackish orange | K13 | 10,00 | --,-- | 160.16 | engraved, red overprint |
| Set of 8 | 95,00 | --,-- | ||||
Remarks:
– All shown sets exists (at least some stamps of each set) genuine used on domestic covers.
– Please be careful not to mix up this stamp issue with the very similar (bogus) issue Kerr 161.1-12 which used the same chop for overprint but in a different more soft purple color shade. The green arrows shows some characteristics you can found often for Kerr 161:
Differences betweenKerr 160 and Kerr 161
– I can’t confirm the commercial use of Kerr 160.12-14 (soft purple surcharge), but it was from some side reported.