China Stamp Society Forum

I don't know how much research went into Chan. Clearly some did but not nearly enough.

Does anyone remember when forgery of banknotes and stamps was illegal?

I think in some instances is was a document tax ie; not directly related to the value. I know the tax on a marriage was 40c for a very long time, deeds seemed to have a set fee also. Travel stamps in passports is another good example. Take a look at some example documents here http://manchukuostamps...

Hello Nobody,

Try posting your attachments again I have reset the quota so we have more space.

You will certainly find the help you need (not from me though its not my area).

Good luck!

What is this? Tom, what you have here is Very rare Very interesting Mentioned in a very good book I am sure you already know this as you wrote the book in question. It is of course your Notes on China Revenue Stamps by Tom Shea :D For anyone who is interested in Chinese Revenue stamps this is a mus...

As long as there have been Chinese Stamps there have been forgeries. We all get caught from time to time, it part of the challenge of collecting - and always has been.

What you need is a copy of "Notes on Chinese Revenue Stamps" by Tom Shea. All the stamps you show are there together with some of the background.

Every China collector should have a copy! If you have problems finding it try the CSS Library https://www.chinastampsociety.org/library

That is a great example and good pictures. I also like your avatar - very amusing

There is something very doubtful about these.....
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Happy Christmas

Here is something new - a forgery of a 1934 1½fen booklet by the eBay seller "wowblue". Sold as a copy. This seller seems to "copy" a wide range of material from different countries. See https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Manchukuo-1935-booklets-the-collection-booklet-panes-Cv-5000-Replica/282742460335?hash...