CHINA
| Updates. Steve Hiscocks had no page for China. Indeed until recently, the only telegraph seals I had. seen used in China were those of foreign companies. No pricing as yet. |
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Imperial Chinese Telegraph Administration (from 1881)
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| #1 Date? This is very similar to a couple of Japanese seals. |
| Image courtesy KC of bayphilatelics on eBay. |
| RH # | Type. | Description | Mint | Used | On telegram |
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| RH1 | 1 | Date? Imperf. Green on white | - | - | - |
This was used on the telegram from Shanghai (上海) to Chefoo (烟, now Yantai, Shandong) - My Form Ref. CN-Del-IMP-Chefoo-1
Image courtesy KC of bayphilatelics on ebay. (click image to see listing)
Chinese Eastern Railway
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| #M1 1926, 45mm |
КИТАйСКОй ОСТОЧНОй means 'Chinese Source'. Under that ЖЕЛѢЗНОй ДОРОГИ means 'Railroad'.
I have seen this on a telegram to Paveliev, Manchuria printed in Russian and Chinese dated 1926
This one is from a telegram to Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China from Manchuria printed in Russian and Chinese dated 1926
Both telegrams are of the Chinese Eastern Railway, or Китайская восточная железная дорога (КВЖД), which crossed Manchuria.
The Manchurian Telegraph and Telephone Company (满洲电信电话株式会社) 1933-45
I have this listed under Japan at the moment because of the similarity with Japanese seals
and the fact that Japan was occupying China at the time of use.
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| 1938? 30mm. M.T.T.Co. I have only seen this on one telegram used in Tientsin (Tianjin, 天津) on the coast west of Manchuria and south-east of Beijing in July 1938 during the Japanese invasion of the Second Sino-Japanese War. |
M.T.T.Co. Logo. |
If anyone can provide scans to help with this, I am happy to give appropriate credit.
Chinese Telegram Forms.
These have now been moved to "HK / China"
