Shanghai Local Post – varieties of postage stamps

 

A. Types

1893/97
Three Flags
China local post Shanghai stamp type
Letterpress		 Lithography:

  • no dot in the top left corner, right from the ornament (above letter S in SHANGHAI).

Values: ½c., 1c., 2c., 4c., 5c., 6c., 10c., 15c., 20c.

Letterpress:

  • a dot in the top left corner, right from the ornament (above letter S in SHANGHAI).

Values: ½c., 1c., 10c., 20c.

 

Bibliography

  1. Michel Mittel- und Ostasien 2003, Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-762-7.
  2. Scott 2007, Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Volume 2, Scott Publishing Co., Sidney, OH., ISBN 0-89487-376-8.