March 4, 2026To guard against this, the Tientsin postmaster ordered that these stamps be overprinted with the word “China” before being sold…
March 4, 2026Soon after opening the Futschau post office on 19 June 1900, the post office ran out of 5-Pfennig stamps. To…
March 3, 2026In December 1898, a second set of overprints was issued. The "China" overprint is at a 56° angle, as opposed…
March 3, 2026In March 1898, Germany issued the first set of overprints for use in China. The underlying stamps are German Krone…
March 2, 2026Germany opened its first post office in China on 16 August 1886, in Shanghai, and would eventually open a total…