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Taiwan and China covers

Next I have two lovely bird-stamp related covers from China. The first is from Taiwan, the other from P.R.China.

Published on June 30th 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »

Good ol’ time adventure and mystery

Several times I have wondered why some postage stamps appeal more than others. One of the explanations I have come up with is, that some stamps bring along a feeling of good ol’d time adventurers.

Published on March 20th 2009 | Read more.... | 3 Comments »

Hong Kong 1997 Skyline stamp issue high values

Good quality stamps with beautifull (hand) cancel are extremely hard to get from normal (real) mail - especially when it comes to high values. As an example I have chosen the 1997 Hong Kong Skyline issue, that has a total of 22 stamps from 10c to 50HK$ nominal value.

Published on March 19th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »

1945 China postage due stamp with double perf

Here’s an interesting finding I discovered lately from a mixed (very low price) worldwide lot: a chinese 1945 postage due (porto) stamp with a double perforation. Usually I don’t pick up mint stamps, but this really caught my eye.

Published on March 18th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »

British Post Offices in China

For a long time, these two stamps have bugged me. They are very common Hong Kong definitive stamps from the King George V era with single line overprint “CHINA”.

Published on March 16th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »

Contents for category China stamps

Taiwan and China covers

Good ol’ time adventure and mystery

Hong Kong 1997 Skyline stamp issue high values

1945 China postage due stamp with double perf

British Post Offices in China

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