Shanghai China (K)

#K1 – Much Scarcer Than Price IndicatesOnly 105,003 Issued! Shanghai Overprints were issued for sale at the U.S. Postal Agency in the Chinese port city between 1919 and 1922.  The stamps were created ...

The 18 Shanghai Overprint stamps are a big challenge for collectors.  Very few were issued over 80 years ago and they were only sold in three Chinese cities!  Today these sought-after stamps are treas...

Issued for Americans living and working in Shanghai, #K2 is U.S. #499 overprinted and surcharged.  Less than 350,000 created more than 90 years ago – scarce today in any condition. U.S. Postal Agency ...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opium Wa...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opium Wa...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opium Wa...

    U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opiu...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opiu...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opium Wa...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First O...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opiu...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opium Wa...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opium Wa...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opium Wa...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opiu...

U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai U.S. merchants began trading directly with China after the Revolutionary War, with much of the business conducted in the port city of Shanghai.  After the First Opium Wa...

Never Sold in U.S. Post Offices In 1919, 14,000 U.S. #517 stamps were overprinted for sale at the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai, China.  When the agency closed three years later, the remaining stamps...

Expand Your Collection With Shanghai Stamps   In 1839, the Chinese government seized 20,000 chests of opium from the British.  Thus began the Opium Wars.  Great Britain had been smuggling opium into C...

Expand Your Collection With Shanghai Stamps U.S. Issues Shanghai Stamps  On May 24, 1919, the U.S. issued stamps for use in Shanghai, China. U.S. merchants began trading with China after the Revolutio...

Expand Your Collection With Shanghai Stamps   In 1839, the Chinese government seized 20,000 chests of opium from the British.  Thus began the Opium Wars.  Great Britain had been smuggling opium into C...