China Postage Stamps - S3E14

Why is Chinese philately complicated? It's because it is very closely tied to the complicated history of China in the 19th and 20th centuries. Watch me try make sense of Imperial China, the Republic of #China, Taiwan and The Peoples Republic of China.
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[@ancienthebreworg]

Another excellent presentation, thank you. Two of my favorite subjects; stamps and history. You can't beat these videos. BTW, love your subtle sense of humor.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Jeff, history and stamps make for a perfect marriage :) Glad you are enjoying the videos! Thanks for watching.

[@antoniolen-rios8482]

Once again, great research and presentation. You are a credit to our philatelic community.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Antonio :D

[@ZoranRadakovic84]

Really excellent episode. I really love Asian stamps. I am collecting stamps with various topics such as a red cross, runnings, bicycles and the most imporatntly - agriculture. And in western stamps, it's rare to see stamps dedicated to agriculture. There are a bit more in eastern Europe and much more in Asia. I find beauty in the fact that Asian countries appreciate much more food and agriculture rather than kings and politicians.

[@ExploringStamps]

You know what, I never thought of that. That’s a really interesting perspective, there does seem to be a larger emphasis of agriculture on Asian stamps versus Europe and US. 🤔 definitely keep a look out for the reaping rice stamp for your collection! Thanks for watching 😃

[@jamesdarnell8568]

There's nothing like going to bed hungry to make one appreciate agriculture. Certain parts of the world have more people who are hungry, and thus do not take food production for granted. We tend to celebrate those things we are proud of on postage stamps.

[@goanbingo]

well-said ... love from Goa, India

[@siam1883]

The absolute best and most concise history of Chinese philately period. Great work. Also super to see a partnership with APS as I'm both an Exploring Stamps fan and an APS member. Rock on!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Chai! I am very excited about the partnership. The APS has been encouraging my videos since the earlier days.... so I was super happy to get the opportunity to work with them.:)

[@sauravkumar5589]

Superb bro.. Waiting in anticipation for the follow up video on chinese, hong kong, macau, tibet and taiwan postage stamps.Thanks once again👍👍

[@garyholdener2470]

I knew China's history is complicated, but I had no idea; yet, you managed to illustrate and explain in a way that makes their history understandable and interesting. The icing on the cake is the beauty of their stamps! Very well done as always. Thank you.

[@ExploringStamps]

The beauty of China's stamps really do stand out and as you say, they are the icing on the cake! Glad you enjoyed the video Gary, thanks as always for watching :)

[@fishfry7645]

I LOVE the Junk definitives. I have 2 pages of them in an album, keep adding to my collection. Thanks for another interesting episode!

[@ExploringStamps]

Excellent! Don’t stop there, fill the album!!

[@ericalynn8929]

I'm starting a junk collection after watching this. Lovely!

[@marcusgorayeb4741]

@@ExploringStamps j u n k

[@flyguyinmotion]

Great video ! I've been collecting for over 50 years and still learn from your video posts. Well done !

[@ExploringStamps]

That’s one of the best things about the hobby, I’m always learning each time I pick up a stamp. 😄 thanks for watching!

[@stevenpatterson5802]

I have hundreds of stamps from the 20s how do I seek them my great great grand mother's collection

[@stevenpatterson5802]

How do I see my stamps.hundreds from to 20s some even earlier newest 30s need buyers

[@DuluthTW]

I just love the history and culture lessons that come in each video and I get to see beautiful stamps too. Each episode is so very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@ExploringStamps]

:D Thanks Teresa, glad you are liking the videos!

[@craigcline5717]

Another great episode! I have very few Chinese stamps in my collection (I do have one Junk definitive), but this video has inspired me to look for more. Thanks for the history lesson. That's definitely going to help me with organizing them as I get them.

[@ExploringStamps]

Great! Glad this could help Craig, as I mentioned I am also on the hunt for more Junk definitives. thanks for watching :D

[@billsweeney4785]

Excellent, coverage of China stamps, I loved the informative way you handled your instruction.

[@sarahgoodman6279]

Wow another video full of rich history and so much interesting information. Thank you for all the work and research you put into these!! It shows a lot and is not unnoticed!!

[@ExploringStamps]

😊 Thank you Sarah! That really means a lot, glad you enjoyed it!

[@thisguy9400]

Thank you so much ES! Watch this on the bus. Very interesting! Keep up the great work!

[@ExploringStamps]

You are very welcome, glad I could keep you company on your bus commute :) Thanks for watching!

[@Krikri112233]

It's really cool seeing Chinese modern history through the lens of philately. My father and aunt used to subscribe to stamp packets from the Taiwanese government in the 70's, makes me want to peruse through their collections.

[@MyLion74]

Very interesting video! As usual, great job! Thank you!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 🙂

[@rbullmb]

AMAZING VIDEO, LOVE IT! Learned so much and will get into collecting Chinese stamps now that I know what to look for.

[@ExploringStamps]

Great! Glad you enjoyed the video and also now have an interest in Chinese stamps. I loved researching about them. Thanks for watching :)

[@henrydemonfreid1985]

really digging all your videos - would love to see you should how a stamp is made, start to finish, design, stamping block and all!

[@rgathergood2467]

Very interesting video and I really enjoyed the explanation of the history of the stamp issues. Thank you.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it Robert, thank you for watching :)

[@vonJezierski]

Post stamps encapsulate history. Thank you for sharing!

[@ExploringStamps]

They sure do Margarete :) Thank you for watching!

[@byronsbrain]

Another great video, I've just recently started to collect Chinese, Japanese and Korean stamps, and you've just answered a ton of questions I was looking into with the Chinese stamps so a big THANK YOU from me... looking forward to the Zodiac episode :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Great timing Karen, glad I could help 😄. Now that I have learned a bit about China’s postal and political history, I’m eager to find more Chinese and Taiwan stamps to learn from and add to the collection. Zodiac is next, thanks for watching 🙂

[@thekingofmojacar5333]

Very nice introducing to the Chinese stamps market, thanks :) !!

[@lauras6633]

Love your videos! Thank you for such a well presented video. Helped me out a ton to get my China stamps organized properly!!

[@ExploringStamps]

Great! Glad the video helped out... I found it incredibly fascinating to research China's stamps and history.

[@nickgoede7678]

Very interesting and informative. Can't wait for the Zodiac animals episode. It is always hard waiting for the next episode in general.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Nick, I hope you will like the Zodiac video when it comes out, it was a fun one to research and film.

[@ryrylamby]

The US Chinese New Year zodiac stamps are my favorite to collect. Great video!

[@ExploringStamps]

The US has issued some really great ones

[@ryrylamby]

@@ExploringStamps I know it's a long shot, but maybe if you can, you could interview Kam Mak (the artist of the Chinese Zodiac stamps).

[@barrydrees3617]

The Canadian ones are really cool as well!

[@raulmenjivar6584]

Another Awesome episode!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Raul, glad you liked it :)

[@tabbs1664]

Love these stamps

[@robinpaull6272]

Thank you very much for this valuable information!

[@ExploringStamps]

You are very welcome, thank you for watching Robin! :)

[@indigonils]

Excellent episode!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😬

[@aaronbock9160]

another awesome show cant wait to see what is next i have many chinese stamps in my collection along with coins and paper money it is a very interesting place.

[@ExploringStamps]

Yes it is! To be honest I didn’t know much about China’s history or stamps, researching for this video really educated me about how fascinating the country is.

[@jimmyg.]

Another awesome video. They are a Saturday morning treat with a cup of yummy Melbourne coffee. :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Ah yes, I'm also told that the videos aren't too bad with a cup of tea in Belgium on Friday. So that is two scenarios where I know that the videos work! Haha, thanks James for watching and your support of the channel. :)

[@jimmyg.]

@@ExploringStamps Oooh an afternoon episode with tea and scones? Mmm...yes, please. :P

[@zaro6348]

Really enjoy your utube channel, learn much about stamp history!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Ken! Glad you are enjoying it 😁

[@dragon-xi5ln]

I have collect a lot of Chinese stamp before 1949 . It was an amazing and sad period during that time with so many kinds of war and chaos which makes so many different type of stamps like 法幣,金圓券 and 銀圓券 .

[@dragon-xi5ln]

by the way,Taiwan also has the Zodiac stamp but just not as famous as PRC'S

[@johngreen3543]

Nice intro to a very complicated area of stamp collecting. I was familiar with most of it having collected for 50 years. You could go into more detail covering multiple printings by different printers, provincial overprints, treaty post series (US had one) and (serious money on) covers in the 30's between the Japanese part and the Chinese part. The entire area of collecting is a WOW. But you did the right thing and concentrated on the history illustrated by the stamps. China today contains the worlds most active collecting group of collectors. Prices for their stamps have skyrocketed in recent years.

[@IIoveasl10]

Graham, thanks a lot for this episode. As you know I collect China and Hong-Kong. They are very beautiful, very rare and some are very expansive (the ones I don't have), but it was a great show. Thanks, David

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks David, I also remember that you collect Sun Yat-Sen stamps 🙂

[@IIoveasl10]

Super. You have a great memory. Til next time, David

[@ernestogonzalez9883]

Real wonderful vidio now I have a good idea what I has from china stamps thank you great video keeping doing more videos like that from other countries.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Ernesto, glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@imtiazahamed7959]

Great video boss. Thanks to you, finally iam able to sort my Chinese stamps now.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad I could help :) Thanks for watching as always!

[@marathomy]

:-) Again an interesting video with a lot of information!

[@SerenePhotographyptd]

Wow, have been cataloguing my stamps for a while now but stuck in Chinese stamps. Video made a real load of sense. Additionally, I was born and live in Portadown. My primary school was the Robert Hart Memorial. I know he went to China, but never knew he started the postal service. Great to know that information too.

[@ExploringStamps]

Hi Mark, glad this video could help! Honestly I was confused until I began drawing out the timeline... then everything began to make sense. I guess you will never forget the name of the man who started China's postal service ;)

[@my171]

~ Another great one! I’ll try to remember that those others are not “junk”!! 😅🤣😂⛴⛴⛴

[@fredflintstone3757]

just got interested in collecting, I'm going to be getting a few basic supplies soon, probably next month, at least a little at a time

[@ExploringStamps]

Excellent!! A little at a time is how most collectors start, get a feel for what you need. Thanks for watching :)

[@alex5308]

Incredible as always. I really appreciate all the work you put into making these videos. You should be on PBS here in the US

[@ExploringStamps]

I would love to have the show on PBS ;) Thanks for watching Alex, glad that you like the videos.

[@alex5308]

@@ExploringStamps Should I ever meet a PBS executive I'll be sure to let him know hahaha

[@LouisGedo]

I thumbed up even before the video started......I'm that confident the video will be at least as excellent as previous videos from this channel.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Louis! Every thumb up helps 👍

[@Scriptorsilentum]

no kidding. did the same. his vids on home-made obliterators and cancels was a real education for me. that's why the one no-kidding-for-real Confederate States of America cover I have looks the way it does. excellent channel - it educates gently and piques interest.

[@comichound]

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH> TAIWAN!!! That's what this stamp is. I literally spent hours looking through catalogues for one stamp.

[@ExploringStamps]

I hear you!!! Ive been in that situation myself, now after researching for this video it makes so much sense 😅

[@comichound]

Exploring Stamps I really should have studied the history of the Far East better in my undergrad, but that’s the fun of philately and numismatics, the geography, history, and sociology.

[@Ultimavoz]

Latinos coleccionamos estampas de correo y amamos el hobby! Me suscribí y me encantó el canal!

[@michaelsmo5669]

Very interesting video. In recent years, the price of Chinese stamps has risen in view of a strong interest in these stamps. I sold my collection of Chinese stamps to Chinese and yet I live in France ...

[@ExploringStamps]

That is interesting, it definitely speaks to the growing interest of philately in China. Buying stamps for this episode was very much on the pricier side 😬

[@mkg96]

Wow! Just wow

[@IIoveasl10]

Graham, I re-checked the 3000 green plane. It is the right one...not only that, but I have the entire suite. David Barban

[@ExploringStamps]

Excellent!! I like the set, thats a good one to have :)

[@LouisGedo]

Looking forward to your Lunar Animals video!

[@ExploringStamps]

That’s the next video, hope to not disappoint 😅👍

[@TheGhostQuarter]

As mentioned in other videos in no specific order. I am studying Egyptian stamps Pre-1945 but I've come across a junk ship already. It's a fun surprise because you see it and your just like "wait what IS THAT?!" then you realize what it is and it goes into a album page :D

[@Phlegethon]

The Qing Dynasty “agreed” to open to foreign trade so casually. Africans “agreed” to come to America in the 1700s with the Europeans

[@joyseng]

A very clear and concise explanation about the history of China as a nation and also on its postal development. There are too many people worldwide who have mixed up China with Taiwan stamps, Republic of China with People's Republic of China, China Airlines with Air China etc. I was even a little worried when I started to watch that you may get confused or will confuse others, so I am glad to see that the information is clearly & accurately presented. I think the complicated history does makes China & Taiwan stamps interesting though :)

[@lostrelics4169]

Great Video .. Very informative ..

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it :) thanks for watching!

[@wxman2]

Junks are great. Good show.

[@ExploringStamps]

They sure are! Glad you enjoyed it Gary, thanks for watching :)

[@josephwolfe1833]

Just a comment - never give up on finding a treasure. I don't know if you've ever mentioned this stamp, Canada #32 - the large Queen on laid paper. Only three have ever been found and a collector found it with a lot of bulk Canadian stamps he paid a total of $60 for (I think!). It sold for $250 000 at auction, not a bad return. You never know, the next lot of stamps you buy might contain something very rare. Moral of the story? Always fully check every stamp you buy. If that person had not checked that Canadian stamp fully that story may have never happened. The difference in value between Canada #32 (laid paper) and Canada #24 (wove paper) is only is $249 750! And to the untrained eye they look the same. There are many people now who are starting to collect differently, they only collect the different stamp faces totally ignoring watermarks, perforations, paper types, etc. and there is a catalog that caters to this. It is a toned down version of the Stanley Gibbons catalog called (I think) Stamps of the World. It doesn't appeal to people like me who like the minute differences but it is catching on. I know this has nothing to do with Chinese stamps, I just tuned in to what you said about the rare stamp with Taiwan not coloured in.

[@ExploringStamps]

Great comment! While it is rare to come across a gem or valuable stamp, it is definitely not impossible. I am always reading about the amazing attic finds, or how someone suddenly paid attention to a stamp in their album or bought a lot with incredible stamp hidden in it. It hasn't happened to me yet, but you never know!!

[@dmytrodoncov5996]

Very intresting video :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@kuri5271]

Oh W0W! I have the small blue one above the red one, but it's postmarked with red ink Chinese letter w/5 red stars. Cool. 6:45

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :)

[@STScott-qo4pw]

I got bit by the eBay monster... you know this is gonna be bad. I have my junks and some imperial penny posts but most interesting to me are all the oveprints from the 20s and 30s. I took them to a friend who can read the script and found many of them were Post Office provisionals for use in occupied areas and military units. it wasn't till (I think) the 1960s the communists simplified the characters used in present-day chinese writing. history, geography, linguistics all on one little piece of paper.

[@IIoveasl10]

Graham, I have a lot of Su-Ya-Tsen and a lot of Mao. The 3000 green airplane, I don't know if it is the same, but if it is I have a serie of 4. David Barban

[@UtiliTerran]

Hey man, I just saw that you got a mention on the BBC! Congratulations!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :D

[@briant670]

I like the Imperial Chinese Dragon 1 cent stamp

[@vjman2518]

Nice stamps

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :)

[@kellyouim6227]

Good job

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :)

[@Ty_The_Bonsai_Guy]

Love your videos. I've got about a dozen stamps now. I've got some odd size stamps and they don't fit in my stamp album. Do they make albums with bigger compartments for the odd size stamps? Some of my stamps are four and six stamps still attached to each other. Probably a stupid question but I've been looking on Amazon and can't find anything with a bigger sleeve to put my bigger stamps. Thanks for any info or advice. Tracy ☺

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you. There are some albums with larger compartments, another thing to consider is doing separate stockbook pages and using a binder or folder to store them, such as how I store mine at the end of the video. You can get pages with different size compartments. Large and small.

[@Ty_The_Bonsai_Guy]

@@ExploringStamps thanks very much for the advice. I'll look for them. ☺👍

[@catherinetan6226]

I have old stamps from China since 1973

[@suthat7021]

ขอบคุณครับ

[@JulianCollects]

My classmate says that Sun Yat Sen was the grandfather of her grandfather

[@TsukiCondor]

Sen did have kids

[@PowerTrader11]

Post card- Pronunciation of quay is 'ki' or 'kee' 10:30; the world first largest postal stamp was King Edward VII $500, you can send an elephant from S'pore to London ,lol happy hunting ! oh yes, don't forget look into British Post Office in Siam ( Bangkok). Amazing postal history stamps passing thro' Singapore 1882 to 1885 by using 'B' and before and after without 'B' ! Watch out forgery and counterfeit !

[@TsukiCondor]

Ah yes the country where the hobby is thriving

[@TsukiCondor]

Also whats your Zodiac animal? Im a Horse 🐴

[@ExploringStamps]

You will find out in the next video 😆!!

[@watermelon6907]

Nice job keep working and I’m one of Mrs.Crums students

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you, I'm glad Mrs. Crum showed you the channel, thanks for watching :)

[@IIoveasl10]

Are you going to do a a Hong-Kong stamps eisode? Anyway, thanks for this one.

[@ExploringStamps]

I hope to do Hong Kong at some point, probably not this season, but next video will be about Chinese Zodiac stamps.

[@IIoveasl10]

Super. I was just asking

[@scottshao3517]

That is really solid video！！！！and it have more variety for Chinese Stamp and it have the stamps from liberation zone from 1931-1949 the Communist occupied zone

[@luissamson1904]

All country doing chinese new year stamp. Do you can speak of them?

[@JulianCollects]

Here in Philippines, we release a limited edition from 4000 stamps were printed every zodiac and we release two of them. One for 200 Pesos Stamp (For Local and The most expensive stamp in the Philippines by its denomination [Local Postage and International Postage mail and famous for collectors]) and a 100 Pesos (For Local and China Stamp Exhibition [For Local and International Postage for mailing and famous for collectors])

[@GULFRAZMAJEEDseye8eyes]

Hey dude love your channel of history Silence of Stamps it is one of the best one Alone one standout Al one lA Alone

[@yvonnemccutchen6612]

Stamps are markers in history. Has anyone ever put together a timeline which could be printed out to help organize stamps from that country according to their history?

[@grahamkane2993]

I have two of the cover pic stamps. And the bigger red ones, never used, still gum.. And lots more. They are just sitting in a box, for the last 50 years. I don't know how to sell them. Got any ideas. Do you want them. G.

[@biplabaurpita5320]

complicated but interesting history

[@mrb6144]

I put together about 50 pages of all those, where can I sell?

[@jonasthiel6420]

I never see the Train :)

[@ExploringStamps]

I didn't either!... Until I really magnified and looked carefully :)

[@billylau3138]

I've been collecting China for years, today I see the train for the first time haha.

[@barrydrees3617]

Me too!

[@wiselypeng1566]

How much the price for china stamp now?

[@danacannon3899]

I have stamps from the china republic

[@fatenalhasan8486]

👍🌷

[@aravind5259]

Hello, buddy please make video of some unusual stamps of world.

[@ExploringStamps]

Hello, I made a video just for that :) Watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJKWdnl_oMl3qpo

[@stanukeman5117]

I have red 30 with Chinese cancellation, same in green 15 with red "Bomb" cancellation, same in orange 25 with green "Bomb" cancellation, red 500 mint un-cancelled, brown 200 Chinese cancellation, green 100 un-cancelled but in ok condition and to top it off i have a blue plane 10000.00 mint un-cancelled condition.

[@hasibuzzaman2123]

😍

[@ExploringStamps]

😄

[@stanukeman5117]

I have orange junk boat (1ct?) with train very fine to excellent condition. make offer.

[@stanukeman5117]

Whoa! Me got green 5 stamp with Chinese cancellation! m

[@Ggg496]

I have them all

[@ExploringStamps]

Nice 🙌

[@josevaldacruzsantosgobber6530]

Boa noite eu tenho alguns selos raros da China com filé grana sou filatelista!

[@seye8eyes]

It's a bit like Karate & Kung Fu Panda Postages ip Man 4 wing chun Kung Fu

[@jeffs9530]

I have junk stamps green and blue

[@alvinscavellajr4932]

How it go bro

[@mkg96]

Philippine stamp next please

[@nicolayencko]

Yo tengo unas estampillas de china 😁

[@javiervelascomarquez3225]

Elda ✍️🐞.

[@wendydavenport9418]

Why is it worth more when their is a mistake on it?

[@ExploringStamps]

Hi Wendy, good question. Its mainly about supply and demand. If a mistake is made, and the stamp is quickly pulled from market because of the mistake, there will be very few of them out there. A collector who gets one of the stamps will have a rare stamp that other collectors would want to get their hands on, so the price goes up. It must be rare though, the statue of liberty stamps in the US that accidentally featured the wrong statue (see my episode on it) have millions of them out there.... so they are worth face value regardless of the mistake.

[@joresbaghoomian3136]

Is this a history channel?

[@ProfileHubRO]

I have CANDARIN 1, 3 and 5 for sell!

[@wendydavenport9418]

I got some stamp's if anyone wants to buy them?

[@alisontech222]

Mr Jeff I have good rare old collection of Stamps if u want reply back so that I send you the stamps picture