Hulan (呼蘭) – Date of Liberation: 1945 (August 15)
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This map only gives rough impression about area and location. Hulan is today part of Harbin.
1st stamp issue (Kerr 69.5-15) [T122]
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “China Postal Service” (1946) |
| Issued: | 1946 (May) |
| Issued by: | Hulan Postal Administration (鶴立郵政管理局) |
| Overprint: | “Chinese Postal Service” (“中華郵政”) |
| Print: | Hand-overprinted with rubber chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
All stamps of this issue shown here.
1 分
2 分
3 分
7 分
20 分
30 分
40 分
50 分 ⦿
1 元 ⦿
1 元
This overprint was reported in red as well (unlisted, more information is needed).
2nd stamp issue (Kerr 69.16-25) [T122]
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “China Postal Service” (1946) |
| Issued: | 1946 (May) |
| Issued by: | Hulan Postal Administration (鶴立郵政管理局) |
| Overprint: | “Chinese Postal Service” (“中華郵政”) |
| Print: | Hand-overprinted with rubber chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
All stamps of this issue shown here.
1 分
2 分
3 分
10 分
10 分
13 分
20 分
30 分
50 分 ⦿
1 元
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 black and violet overprint I can’t explain.
Not shown:
– Kerr 69.1-4: Set is unknown to be genuine used, possible not issued / bogus
– Kerr 69.26-27: Set is unknown to be genuine used, possible not issued / bogus
– Kerr 69.28-37: Set is unknown to be genuine used, possible not issued / bogus. A small comment, this set possible does not exists at all. Kerr shows two different chops for set 69.5-15 (T121) and 69.28-37 (T123A, Kerr mixed up the illustrations, please refer here to page 33 of his catalog). Chan shows in his catalog volume 2 at page 829/830 (2000 edition) with MONJ.7B. and MONJ.7E. two identical overprints and invent a story one was made by a rubber chop and one was made by a wooden chop. So we would have two different chops but an absolut identical design, this scenario is unlikely possible. Status quo today: a.) Kerr made a mistake and this set does not exists, or b.) set exists, but me and anyone I know never got a chance to see a scan of these stamps. If anyone can help to solve this mystery I would be very grateful to receive more information! 🙂