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China, Central and South Map (1935)
Postal Beginnings in China: Early Rates & Arrangements (1911)
William Cochrane. There is an extraordinary interest in all things philatelic, related to China. In this account taken from The Postage Stamp…...
The Ichang Post-Office (1895)
The following article comes from The Stamp News (February and March, 1895) and should be of interest to collectors of China. For the following cutting we are indebted to the Chairman of…...
Probable Issue of stamps for Tibet: A Chinese Foreign Post Office? (1909)
Given the worldwide media attention given to Tibet at present, I thought this very curious philatelic article on Tibet (originally published in The Postage Stamp October 9, 1909) might be of…...
Evidence of China’s Oldest Post Office Unearthed
A letter written about 2000 years ago and never delivered has provided evidence of China’s oldest post office at an historic site near the famous Dun-huang Mogao Grottoes along the ancient…...
Turbulent Tibet: Viewed from a Philatelic Standpoint (1910)
William Cochrane. This fascinating article by D.B. Armstrong originally appeared in the British journal, The Postage Stamp (August 20, 1910). It is all the more fascinating, given that it is written&...
Direction Markings: Re-Direction Markings Reconsidered
Charles A. Jones. First published in the Journal of the Hong Kong Study Circle, April 2007 No. 341 Introduction Names of ports, such as Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore, are occasionally…...