These are my only 2 Manchukuo stams. Had to do some research on the net to find out what year etc etc they are from.
If you read Chinese, you will realise the differences in the 2 stamps on the top corners. The purple one reads in Traditional Chinese and the yellow one reads in Simplified Chinese. Not sure why....
No cancellations too.. so probably unused stamps...
Found this website : http://www.manchukuostamps.com/
From the website...
Sino-Manchukuo Postal Agreement
The Sino-Manchukuo Postal Agreement in December 1934 resulted in the issue in 1935 of new "China Mail" stamps (below) which omitted the name Manchukuo, (the so called face-saving stamps) a compromise to placate the Chinese Government. Instead of the country name of Manchukuo these stamps simply carried the legend 郵政 (Yóuzhèng) meaning Postal Service.
From 10th January 1935 mail was exchanged at 山海關 Shan-hai-kuan (where both China and Manchukuo had a post office).
Special China Mail Stamps (First Issue)
This set was issued to Post Offices on 1st January 1935 for post between Manchukuo and China and is the first to feature the Manchukuo Imperial Crest (which appears on most subsequent Manchukuo stamps).
The stamps were released for sale to the public on 10th January 1935, an imprinted postcard was also made available at the same time. Prior to the launch of these stamps imperforate sets were issued to members of the press for publicity purposes, these are extremely rare due to the small number circulated....
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