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Rough Perf., Deep Violet Thin Paper, Purple Diamond Cancel These China Stamps always stump me! Thanks! Richard  |
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Pillar Of The Community
France, Metropolitan
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It looks like an Issue from Taiwan.Not sure of what type of stamp it is.Local,fiscal,tax or something else... |
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United States
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I think that's a good start! I looked at Ebay and there is only one Taiwan revenue. It's a totally different stamp but has the same "Sun" pattern at the top center of the stamp. |
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Pillar Of The Community
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I tried identifying the building.I thought it could be Shanghai but it is not exactly the same. The main old building in Taipei does not look like that either.Then there is Nanking no. The palm trees on the side are found on certain stamps of Formosa(Taiwan) example:  Some other examples of Taiwan overprinted stamps of China.: https://www.post.gov.tw/post/intern....jsp?type_=1 |
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I think we are in the right area. I am going to change direction and see if I can research the purple diamond cancel. This pair looks like it was part of a larger block, so maybe some type of parcel or railroad stamp.I can just see the first symbol in the cancel. |
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Pillar Of The Community
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Found this on the net Under Formosa(No other info). So it is part of a serie.The purple handstamps would mean revenue usage of some type.Documents,passports ...ect  |
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That's very helpful! I will try to translate the characters on the stamp and cancel to figure out what this stamp is. |
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Found this :TAIWAN ROC CHINA Stamps:1954 Some type of Document.The pic is very poor quality..  |
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United States
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Well Mystery solved! It is a revenue stamp from Taiwan.
Thanks everyone! That was fun and interesting!
I am still going to figure out that diamond purple cancel. I think it maybe a passport cancel. |
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I am still going to figure out that diamond purple cancel. I think it maybe a passport cancel. My thought bubble..... perhaps the purple cancel is the receipt of entrance to the Taiwan Museum? |
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Posted 02/23/2019 11:58 am
