Height x Width (album page): 12 x 11 1/4 in. (30.48 x 28.58 cm)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
China (early republic)
Date:
1886
Description:
L.W. Christenson's Collection of Taiwan and the Treaty Ports, Album 1, Page 17. Title printed in fancy script in black and red ink by collector in upper right corner, "TAIWAN." This page features one imperforate handstamped black and red single and notes by collector. The one single on this page has two red handstamps. Labeled above, "Official / issue of 1886." Labeled to the left, "The 6 characters / under control / character read: / No 67." Labeled below, "Native horizontal laid paper / ungummed / handstamped impressions from / wood dies in sheets of 5 stamps." This single has one individual red arrow attached and labeled below, "Control character reads 'Yuen' meaning / round. / Red chop is personal chor."
Topic:
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