Benxi (本溪) – Date of Liberation: 1st time 18 September 1945 – 3 May 1946, 2nd time 13 June 1947 – September 1947 and 3rd time 30 October 1948
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This map only gives rough impression about area and location.
1st stamp issue (Kerr 165.1-8, 165.20-24, Yang NE201-210):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “Liaoning Post Temporarily Used for” and Surcharged (1946) |
| Issued: | February 1946 |
| Issued by: | Liaoning Provincial Postal Administration (遼寧省郵政管理局) in Benxi (本溪) |
| Overprint: | “Liaoning Post Temporarily Used for” and Surcharged (“遼寧郵政 暫作” 改值郵票) |
| Chop engraved by: | Liu Yushu (劉玉書) of Cuixiangzhai Self-engraving Shop (翠祥齋刻字局) |
| Print: | Hand overprinted with rubber chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
All stamps of this issue shown here (base on N. C. Yang’s catalog). Base on Meiso Mizuhara’s catalog listing plenty (in a number: 12 [maybe more]) additional so called “unissued” stamps of this set exists, some are included in Kerr’s listing, some not and opposite, but if really all of them exists I can’t confirm yet. This set is listed in all general Liberated Area catalogs, like N. C. Yang (NE201-218) or Meiso Mizuhara (DB199-216).
Overprint Type A:
2 角 / 3 分
2 角 / 30 分
1 元 / 1 分
1 元 / 2 分
1 元 / 3 分
1 元 / 7 分
1 元 / 50 分
Unissued stamps:
2 角 / 7 分
1 元 / 3 分
1 元 / 6 分
Overprint Type B:
1 元 / 1 分
1 元 / 4 分
1 元 / 12 分
Double overprint variety:
Double overprint
Used sample:
Cancel: 25September 1946,
Andong (安東)
2nd stamp issue (Kerr 165.9-19, Yang NE211-218):
| Provisional Issue: | Stamps Overprinted “Liaoning Post Temporarily Used for” and Surcharged (1946) |
| Issued: | June 1946 |
| Issued by: | Liaoning Provincial Postal Administration (遼寧省郵政管理局) in Andong (安東) |
| Overprint: | “Liaoning Post Temporarily Used for” and Surcharged (“遼寧郵政 暫作” 改值郵票) |
| Chop engraved by: | Liu Yushu (劉玉書) of Cuixiangzhai Self-engraving Shop (翠祥齋刻字局) |
| Print: | Hand overprinted with rubber chop |
| Currency: | Northeast Currency (東北幣) |
Overprint Type C:
2 元 / 2 分
2 元 / 4 分
2 元 / 12 分
2 元 / 30 分
6 元 / 1 分
6 元 / 2 分
6 元 / 12 分
6 元 / 30 分
Unissued stamps:
6 元 / 30 分
Bogus:
10 元 / 2 分
For all types (A-C): The chops of 2 角, 1 元 and 2 元 were combined chops of four, the chop of 6 元 is a single chop.
Sample of chop of four (type A):
Combined chop of four were used
Sample of chop of four (type B):
Block of 60. Good example to show the use of the combined chop of four for the overprint.
Remarks:
– All shown sets exists (at least some stamps of each set) genuine used on domestic covers.
– Beware of forgeries