Showing posts with label An Early Chinese Postage Stamp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label An Early Chinese Postage Stamp. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2011

An Early Chinese Stamp-2 Cent "Coiling Dragon"-Illustrated

An example of an early Chinese stamp. Printed in London and inscribed "Chinese Imperial Post" the emblem is a Coiling Dragon and were first produced in 1898. Many were in use till the beginning of the Republic in 1910