The Old Stamps of Treaty Port, Shanghai, People Republic of China

Overview

Collecting China classic stamps are very exciting. Besides nationwide stamps many local stamps were issued. One of them is Treaty Ports Stamps of Shanghai, it was issued before 1900. These stamps were issued belongs to cities who have their owned ports at East Coast of Shanghai, China. The cities consists of Hankow, Chefoo, Chungking, Kewkiang, Chinkiang,  Ichang, Wuhu, Foochow, Amoy, Nanking and We-Hai-Wei, in total 11 cities.        

                                                                            

One of Port View in Shanghai, China

Most early stamps of Shanghai (1855 to 1877), depicting a symbol of “Dragon” but without watermarks. However, the lithographed stamps in 1889 was first time using with watermark paper to avoid forgery stamps.

    Myla Asian Collection

 1894 China Small Dragon, 3c
#18 Orange
'Pa Kua' signs in
Shanghai

Watermark Paper (Genuine-Used)
CV$37.50

Treaty Ports Stamps

The Treaty Ports stamps are really more specialist territories and also rather expensive. The particulars of China Treaty Ports stamps are as follows:-

City		Issued
Old Name	New Name	From	To
Hankow	Wuhan	1893	1897
Chefoo	Yantai	1893	1897
Chungking	Chongqing	1893	1897
Kewkiang	Kiukiang	1894	1897
Chinkiang	Zhenjiang	1894	1897
Ichang	Yichang	1894	1897
Wuhu	Wuhu	1894	1897
Foochow	Fuzhou	1895	1897
Amoy	Xiamen	1895	1897
Nanking	Nanjing	1896	1897
Wei-Hai-Wei	Weihai	1898	1899

Album

1893 Hankow 5c (Mint) , #20 Red Brown CV$14.00

1893 Chefoo  ½ c (Mint), #6 Dark Grey Green 'Yan' impressionShows of Chinese Characters on front CV$4.00

1893 Chefoo 5c (Mint), #12a, Brown Orange Shows very clear 'Yan' Inverted impression of the Chinese Character on front Superb gems, Gorgeous

1893 Chefoo 10c (Mint),  #13b? Brown 'Yan' impression on back  Not in the listing Rare EV$200

1893 Chungking 2c (Mint),  # 3  Rose             CV$3.00

1894 Ichang ½ c (Mint) #1, Brown CV$14.00

1894 Ichang 2c (Mint), #2 Olive Brown CV$14.00

1894 Ichang 3c (Mint),  #4   Grey            Shows Issued Date           CV$40.00

1894 Ichang 5c (Mint),  #5    Brown Rose   CV$ 20.00

1895 Amoy 4c (Mint), #5 Brown Perf. 11 1/2 CV$14.00

1896 Amoy 15c  (Mint), #11    Grey Black An Error Stamp * "AMOY" inking problem CV$22.50

                                                     

Myla Asian Collection
1893-1899 Treaty Ports Shanghai (Mint)