Yanji (延吉) – Date of Liberation: 17 August 1945
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1st stamp issue (Kerr 262.6-8 + unlisted, Yang NE303-304):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “Northeast Temporarily Used for” and Surcharged (1946) |
| Issued: | April 1946 |
| Issued by: | Yanbian Postal Administration (延邊郵政管理局) |
| Overprint: | “Northeast Temporarily Used for” and Surcharged (“東北暫作” 改值郵票) |
| Print: | Hand-overprinted with types chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
Not all stamps of this issue shown here as scan, missing: 5 角 / 10 分, 1 元 / 1 分, 1 元 / 2 分, 1 元 / 4 分, 1 元 / 6 分. All stamps exists commercial used. Stamps of this set are very rare.
5 角 / 1 分 ⦿
2nd stamp issue (Kerr 262.9 + unlisted, Yang NE317-318):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “Yanbian Post Temporarily Used for” and Surcharged (1946) |
| Issued: | November 1946 |
| Issued by: | Yanbian Postal Administration (延邊郵政管理局) |
| Overprint: | “Yanbian Post Temporarily Used for” and Surcharged (“延邊郵政 暫作” 改值郵票) |
| Print: | Machine overprinted with types |
| Overprinted by: | Xinghuo Printing House (星火印刷廠) |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
Not all stamps of this issue shown here as scan, missing: 1 元 / 2 分, 1 元 / 5 分, 1 元 / 6 分. Very often stamps of this issue comes without gum. Most stamps of this set are very rare. Beware of forgeries!
1 元 / 12 分
1 元 / 13 分
5 元 / 20 分 ⦿
Both sets are listed in most major Liberated Area stamp catalogs.
Remarks:
– All shown sets exists (at least some stamps of each set) genuine used on domestic covers.
Not shown:
– Kerr 262.1-5: Set is unknown to be genuine used, possible not issued / bogus