International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/China (mainland, ROC & PRC)
China (mainland, ROC & PRC)
[edit | edit source]- Republic to 1949, People's Republic since 1949.
- The first postage meter was placed into use in 1936.
- The stamps are grouped according to appearance of the frank:
- A – frank with columns at sides
- B – large frank with faux-perforation outer frame
- C – frameless horizontal design with flying goose
- D – vertical design with flying goose above value box
- E – horizontal frank with straight line outer frame incorporating town mark
- F – small frank with faux-perforation outer frame
- G – upright frank with straight line outer frame
- H – horizontal frank with straight line outer frame, with separate circular town mark
- I – octagonal frank
- J – frank of horizontal lines only
- PO – Digital stamps from Post Office counter (window) machines, printed on self-adhesive labels
- PV – Digital stamps from self-service vending machines, printed on self-adhesive labels
NOTE: Dates on Chinese meter stamps can be confusing. The founding of the Republic of China in 1911 was officially designated Year One in political and business affairs. About half the meter stamps found from 1947 through 1949 show the year of the Republic (36, 37, or 38) instead of Western year date 47, 48 or 49. Since no stamp except Type A1 was issued in the 1930s, any year date starting with a 3 can be assumed safely to be a year of the Republic. Use of the Year of the Republic in meter stamps was abandoned after the ascendancy of the Peoples Republic of China in late 1949.
For specialized information about the meter stamps of China, see The Postage Meter and Postpaid Machine Stamps of China, by Richard Stambaugh, China Stamp Society, USA, 2001.
GROUP A: Early experimental meter stamps with columns at sides
[edit | edit source]- All franks have frames with columns at the sides and a sun emblem at top center. This frame design resembles the Martyrs issue adhesive stamps of 1932–1934.
A1. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), June 1936. [$5000]
- Upright frank. Value figures within inner frame line.
- M# U1 only used for about one month in a post office in Shanghai.
- TM: BIC
- V/F: 00(½)
NOTE: This stamp was sometimes used with a "USE PARCEL POST" slogan.
A2. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), September 1947. [$3000]
- Similar to Type A1 but the frank is wider.
- No inner frame line around the value figures.
- A small double lined box containing two Chinese characters is below and to the right of the value figures.
- A. Characters in small box: 元 百
- B. Characters in small box: 元 仠
- C. Characters in small box: 元 萬
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0000
A3. Universal "Teltax" (MV), 1947. [Extremely rare, value unknown]
- Similar to Type A2 but with dollar sign instead of small box below the value figures.
- A fixed zero is incised into the frame at right.
- Meter number T1 with "T" at lower left and "1" at lower right.
- TM: BIC lowered with 4-digit serial number above
- Angular V/F:
0000+0
NOTES:
- See explanation of Year of the Republic dates in the NOTE in the introduction above.
- The town mark in the illustration for Type A3 is a tracing over a weak original.
GROUP B: Large horizontal frank with faux-perforation outer border and single straight-line inner border
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Sub-group BA: Republic of China inscription at top left: 
政 郵 華 中
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BA1. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), July 1948. [$2000]
- Meter number with "U" prefix reading up at lower left.
- Machine ID number (assigned starting from 1 in each city) horizontal at lower left with "NO." prefix.
- Two machines known: Nanking 6 (U10) and Shanghai 4 (U2).
- TM: DC
- V/F: $000+00
- a. With slogan in Chinese (for fast fast fast service use airmail) picturing two airplane silhouettes
NOTES:
- The leftmost digit of the value figures prints an asterisk () when in the "zero" position. This applies to all stamps in Group B.
- Forgeries of Type BA1 exist.
BA2. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), November 1948.
- Similar to Type BA1 but without meter number.
- Machine number is present but in Chinese characters only in parenthesis in lower left corner.
- A. V/F: 000 + 分 (fen, or cent character, gold currency) [$1250]
- B. V/F: 000 +圓 (yuan, or dollar character) [$1250]
- C. V/F: 000 + 0圓 [$1750]
- D. V/F: 000 + 00 /圓 [$750]
- E. V/F: $ 000 + 00 [$1500]
- F. V/F: 000 + 仠/圓 [$1750]
- G. V/F: $ 000 + 000 [$1750]
- H. V/F: 000 + 萬/圓 [$600]
- I. V/F: $ 000 + 0000 [$1500]
- J. V/F: 000 + 分/
(fen with dot below, silver currency) [$500] - K. V/F: 000 + 分 (small fen character, silver currency) [$500]
- L. V/F: 000 + 厘 (large li character, 1/10 cent) [$1500]
- M. V/F: 000 + 厘 (small li) [$1500]
- A. V/F:
- a. As B but with overprint showing the characters for silver and fen above and below the yuan character [$1750]
- b. As B but with fen character overprinted on top of the yuan character [$2000]
- c. As B, with slogan reading from right to left 採用郵件遞區號 / 是細必周密的表現 (Using the postal code is good to do) [$2000]
NOTES:
- During a short period when regular adhesive stamps were not available in Canton meter stamps on tape were sold over the counter to fill the shortage. The postage values found on these provisional stamps are common values such as 1, 10, 25. The town marks either do not contain a date or they show only the month. Varieties I, J, K, L and M are known used this way. (See images J, K and L above.)
- Forgeries of variety a exist. Forgeries of other BA2 stamps may also exist.
BA3. Universal "Teltax" (MV), 1949. [Extremely rare, value in excess of $1000]
- As type BA2 but with Angular value figures and with lowered town mark with small date figures.
- One machine only, Shanghai 5 (五)
- A. V/F: $ 000 + 圓
- B. V/F: $ 000 + 仠/ 圓
- C. V/F: $ 000 + 萬/ 圓
- A. V/F: $
NOTE: The image is a tracing rather than a scan of the actual stamp.
Sub-group BB: East China inscription at top left: 政 郵 東 華
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BB1. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), July 1949.
- As Type BA2 but with East China inscription.
- A. V/F: 000+ 元 [$600]
- B. V/F: 000+ 0元 [$800]
- C. V/F: 000+ 00 / 元 [$600]
- D. V/F: 000+ 00 / 圓 [$1000]
- A. V/F:
Sub-group BC: Peoples Postal Service (4 characters) or Chinese Peoples Postal Service (6 characters) inscription at top: 政 郵 民 人 ,政 郵 民 人 國 中 , 
中 國 人 民 郵 政
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BC1. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), 1950.
- With 4 character inscription (Peoples Postal Service) at top left, flying goose at upper right.
- A. V/F: 000 + 00 / 圓 [$1500]
- B. V/F: 000 + 00 / 元 [$1000]
- A. V/F:
BC2. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), 1950. [$800]
- As Type BC1 but with 6 character inscription ( 政 郵 民 人 國 中 ) (Chinese Peoples Postal Service) at top left.
- With flying goose at upper right.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 000 + 00 / 圓
BC3. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), 1950.
- As Type BC2 but flying goose removed, and Chinese inscription enlarged across top.
- A. V/F: 000 + 00 / 元 [$250]
- B. V/F: 000 + 百 元 [$1000]
- C. V/F: 000 + 00 / 圓 [$300]
- D. V/F: 000 + 分 [$1000]
- E. V/F: $000 + 00 [$500]
- A. V/F:
- a. Portion of goose’s wing remains in upper right corner (shown at right) [$350]
- b. TM inverted. One seen, as A, dated 24.1.51 [Extremely rare, value unknown]
BC4. Universal "Teltax" (MV), 1951. [$1000]
- As Type BC3 but the town mark is lowered, and the date figures are smaller.
- V/F: 000 + 00 / 元
BC5. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), 1951.
- As Type BC3 but with star added at upper right.
- A. Solid star. V/F: 000 + 00 / 圓 [$200]
- B. Hollow star. V/F: 000 + 分 [$700]
- C. Hollow star. V/F: 000 without suffix [$500]
- A. Solid star. V/F:
BC6. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), 1955.
- Similar to Type BC3 but frank has characters for Postage Paid ( 郵 資 已 付 ) stacked at right rather than horizontal at bottom.
- The characters across the top are reversed with “中” at left rather than right.
- At bottom are the characters for dollar and cent (元 分 ).
- A. Hollow star at left [$100]
- B. Without star. Character for 10¢ piece (角) inserted between 元 and 分 at bottom [$150]
- V/F: 000
BC7. Universal "Teltax" (MV). [$50]
- Similar to Type BC6 but the town mark is lowered and the value figures are angular.
- Solid star at left of the value figures.
- V/F: 000 (angular)
BC8. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), 1960. [Very rare, value unknown]
- As Type BC6 but top inscription reversed with “中” at right rather than left.
- Asterisk at left of value figures.
- V/F: 000
BC9. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV). [$500]
- Similar to Type BC6 but with full inner box added around value figures and 元 and 分 characters at bottom.
- A. With star in left margin (shown)
- B. With asterisk in left margin
- TM: DC, SC
- V/F: 000
- V/F:
BC10. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV). [$500]
- Similar to Type BC6 but with partial inner box (lines at right and bottom) added around value figures.
- The characters 元 and 分 are below the value figures but above the inner box line.
- With asterisk in left margin.
- One meter used in Swatow between 24 February 1961 and 10 December 1965.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 000
Sub-group BD: Characters for DOMESTIC POSTAGE PAID at top: 国 内 邮 资 已 付
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BD1. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), 1958. [Extremely rare, value unknown]
- Characters for REGISTERED, 挂 / 号, at left of V/F.
- Characters for Wu Han region at bottom: 武 汉 营 申 .
- One cover known.
- V/F: 000
GROUP C: Frameless horizontal design with flying goose between town mark and value
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Sub-group CA: Republic of China inscription across top: 政 郵 華 中
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CA1. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), March 1949. [$1200]
- Value figures have a dollar sign prefix and the characters for gold yuan as a suffix.
- M# "No. 1" only.
- V/F: $000+ 金 / 圓
CA2. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), April 1949. [$500]
- Very similar to Type CA1 but the value figures have an asterisk prefix and the characters for 100 yuan as a suffix.
- M# "No. 3" only.
- A. Value figures with large asterisk prefix. Meter number '3' has flat top.
- B. Value figures with small asterisk prefix. Meter number '3' has round top. (pictured)
- V/F: 000+ 百 / 圓
CA3. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV). [$300]
- As Type CA2 but the meter number and prefix are in Chinese characters.
- A. V/F: 000+ 百 / 圓
- B. V/F: 000+ 萬 / 圓
- A. V/F:
Sub-group CB: East China inscription across top: 政 郵 東 華
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CB1. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), June 1949. [$300]
- Value figures with asterisk prefix and informal yuan character as suffix.
- M# in Chinese.
- V/F: 000+ 元
CB2. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), September 1949.
- Similar to Type CB1 but zero over informal yuan suffix.
- A. M# "No. 3" [$400]
- B. M# in Chinese [$200]
- V/F: 000+0 / 元
CB3. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), March 1950. [$250]
- As Type CB1 but suffix is characters for 100 over informal yuan.
- V/F: 000 + 百 / 元
Sub-group CC: Chinese Peoples Postal Service (6 characters) inscription at top: 政 郵 民 人 國 中 or 中 國 人 民 郵 政
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CC1. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), April 1950.
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CC2. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), July 1954. [$500]
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GROUP D: Vertical design with large flying goose above framed value box
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Sub-group DA: Republic of China inscription across top: 政 郵 華 中
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DA1. Hasler "F88" (MV), 1948 or 1949. [Extremely rare, value unknown]
- One meter installed in late 1948 or early 1949.
- M# "NO. 6" at right of goose.
- One example known.
- V/F: $0.000.000
NOTES:
- At least four (and possibly five) proofs are known to exist. One dated 30 July 1948 has a Roman numeral month and Western year in the date. The others are dated 30 August 1948 and have a Western numeral month and year (30.8.48). [Value for proof approximately $2000]
- The used example is a partial imprint on a parcel post document. It shows the year of the Republic rather than a Western year figure (18.2.38 = 18 February 1949).
Sub-group DB: East China inscription across top: 政 郵 東 華
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DB1. Hasler "F88" (MV). [Extremely rare, value unknown]
- As Type DA1 except for inscription.
- Known from proof only. Examples used on mail remain to be found.
- V/F: $0.000.000
Sub-group DC: Chinese Peoples Postal Service (6 characters) inscription at top: 政 郵 民 人 國 中
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DC1. Hasler "F88" (MV), 1950. [$1000]
- As Type DA1 except for inscription.
TM: SC
- V/F: $0.000.000
DC2. Hasler "F88" (MV), 1951. [$1000]
- As Type DC1 but M# in Chinese.
- With yuan symbol (¥) replacing dollar sign prefix.
- TM: SC
- V/F: ¥0.000.000
DC3. Hasler "F88" (MV), 1957. [$1000]
- Similar to Type DC2 but single straight frame line around value box.
- Characters for ‘dollar' | 'dime cent’ ( 元 | 角 分 ) added above value box at right.
- TM: SC
- V/F: ¥00000.00
GROUP E: Horizontal frank with straight line outer border incorporating the town mark
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E1. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), 1955. [$100]
- Four machines in Shanghai printed these stamps.
- V/F: 0 00
GROUP F: Small horizontal frank with faux-perforation outer border and separate circular town mark
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F1. Pitney Bowes "R" (MV), 1957. [$200]
- One meter used in the Beijing International Post Office printed these stamps.
V/F: 000
GROUP G: Upright to nearly square frank with straight line outer frame
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G1. Hasler "F88" (MV), 1961.
- Two machines in Shanghai produced these stamps.
- A. Frank 29 x 31 mm. Inner frame around value figures is complete [$125]
- B. Frank 27 x 31 mm. Inner frame around value figures is open at the sides [$175]
- TM: SC
- V/F:
000.00
G2. Neopost "205" (MV). [$2000]
- Small square frank with 6-character inscription at top and 4-character inscription at bottom.
- Tall date figures.
- TM: SC
- V/F:
00
NOTE: This stamp is known only by two examples on covers mailed from Shanghai to Singapore in 1980.
GROUP H: Horizontal frank with straight-line outer border and separate town mark
[edit | edit source]Sub-group HA: 6-character inscription across top, and 4-character inscription across bottom: 中 国 人 民 邮 政 / 邮 资 已 付
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HA1. Hasler "Mailmaster" (MV), 1978. [$10]
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HA2. Hasler "Mailmaster" (MV).
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HA3. Hasler "Mailmaster" (MV). [$150]
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HA4. Hasler “Mailmaster” (MV). [$300]
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HA5. 1984, Pitney Bowes-GB "5300" (MV). [$150]
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HA6. Pitney Bowes-GB "5300" (MV).
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HA7. Pitney Bowes-GB "6300” (MV).
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HA8. Pitney Bowes-GB “6300” (MV). [$600]
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HA9. Pitney Bowes-GB “6300” (MV).
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HA10. Pitney Bowes-GB “A900” (MV), 1996.
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HA11. Neopost "Electronic" (MV).
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HA12. Francotyp-Postalia “T1000" (digital).
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HA13. Neopost “SM78/94” (MV).
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Sub-group HB: 4-character inscription across top, and 4-character inscription across bottom or at right: 中 国 邮 政 / 邮 资 已 付
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HB1. Hasler “Mailmaster” (MV).
- Frank 30 x 27 mm. “¥” at left, location code at right.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
- a. Characters at top close together
- b. Value figures close to left side of frank
HB2. Hasler “Mailmaster” (MV).
- As Type HB1B but frank wider at 32 mm.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HB3. Pitney Bowes-GB “6300” (MV). [$20]
- Very wide frank at 38 mm. With “¥”at left and “中” at right of the value figures.
- TM: DC
- V/F:
0.00
HB4. Pitney Bowes-GB “6900” (MV).
- Frank 30-31 x 23 mm, much narrower than Type HB3.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 0.00
HB5. Pitney Bowes “Paragon” (MV).
- Frank 31 x 24 mm. Panels at top and bottom thin with small characters.
- Value figures with “¥” at left and location code at right.
- TM: SC, nil
- V/F: 000.00
HB6. Pitney Bowes-GB “A900” (MV).
- Similar in size to Type HB5.
- Top and bottom panels not as thin, and characters in panels are larger.
- Value figures are large with “¥” at left and location code at right.
- TM: SC, DC
- V/F: 00.00
- V/F:
HB7. Neopost “Electronic” (MV).
- Very similar to Type HB1 but with large “¥” at left and without location code.
- Date figures are widely spread.
- A. Empty at right of value figures
- B. With notched unengraved block at right
- C. With location code above and right of the right-most digit in the value figures
- TM: SC, DC
- V/F: ≋0.00 00.00
HB8. Neopost “SM78/94” (MV).
- Small frank 26-27 x 23-24 mm.
- Date figures have stops centered between D and M and after M. “¥” at left, location code at right.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 0.00 00.0+0
HB9. Guilin Putian Telecommunication Equipment Factory "YG02” (digital).
- Printed in cherry-red color through a mylar ribbon.
- Date figures include hour as ‘YYYY.MM.DD.HH’.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HB10. Institute of Postal Science "YFM99" , Hangzhou (MV).
- Date figures very small as ‘YY.M/MM.DD’. Stops low between Y and M and M and D.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 00.00 0000
HB11. Unidentified (MV).
- Very large date figures, larger than value figures.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 0.00
HB12. Unidentified (MV).
- Both date and value figures large and somewhat narrow.
- Top and bottom panels tall with relatively narrow center panel.
- With “¥” character at left and single location character at right.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0.00
HB13. Unidentified (MV).
- Large value figures of variable thickness.
- Date figures small as ‘YY.M(MM).DD’.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0.00
HB14. Unidentified (MV).
- Thin value figures close to the yuan (¥) character.
- TM: DC with date vertical in panel
- V/F: 000.00
HB15. Unidentified (MV).
- Panels at top and sides with four characters for Postage Paid vertical at right above town identification character (within parenthesis at bottom right).
- “¥” in left panel. Date figures slightly higher in relation to value figures.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0.00
- V/F:
HB16. Unidentified (MV).
- Same format as Type HB15 but frank is wider and value figures are italicized.
- Date figures slightly taller and thinner.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0.00
Sub-group HC: 4-character inscription across top, "中 国 邮 政" (China Post), location code at bottom
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HC1. Hasler “Mailmaster” (MV).
- Nearly square frank 29-30 x 27 mm. “¥” at left, blank at right.
- TM: SC, DC
- V/F: 000.00
- a. With date field as yyyy.mm.dd.hh (The identity of this stamp is not certain. Possibly it is not a Hasler "Mailmaster" stamp.)
HC2. Pitney Bowes “Paragon” (MV).
- Frank 31-32 x 24-26 mm. “¥” at left of value figures, blank at right.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 00.00
HC3. Pitney Bowes “A900” (MV).
- Frank 29-30 x 24 mm. Value figures large and widely spaced.
- “¥” at left, blank at right.
- A. Frank 29-30 mm wide
- B. Frank 32-33 mm wide
- TM: SC
- V/F: 00.00
HC4. Neopost “SM78/94” (MV).
- Small frank, 26-27 x 23-24 mm.
- Date figures with stops centered.
- “¥” at left, blank at right.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 0.00
HC5. Shanghai Institute, National Post Bureau "YSZ301" (MV).
- Small frank, 27 x 22-23 mm. “¥” at left, blank at right.
- Date with hour as ‘YYY.MM.DD.HH’.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HC6. Hunan Post-Telecommunication Equipment Factory "YZ03" (MV).
- Frank 31-32 x 24-25 mm. “¥” at left, blank at right.
- Date as ‘YY YY. MM. DD’.
- All seen are crude impressions printed in black.
- A. Black impression, TM at left
- B. Black impression, TM at right
- C. Red impression, TM at left
- D. Red impression, TM at right
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
- a. TM sideways with date vertical
- b. As B, used as surcharge on postal cards
- c. Hour figure at right of date
HC7. Shanghai Institute, National Post Bureau "YSZ301" (MV).
- Frank 30 x 27 mm. Value figures widely spaced.
- “¥” at left, blank at right. Date as ‘YY.MM.DD’.
- All seen are crude impressions printed in red.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 0 0. 0 0
HC8. Francotyp-Postalia “EFS3000” (digital).
- Value figures narrow. Yuan (¥) character thick.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HC9. Francotyp-Postalia “JetMail” (digital).
- With 8-digit number vertical between TM and frank.
- Date as ‘YYYY.MM.DD.HH’.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HC10. Pitney Bowes “DM300” (digital).
- With three columns of numbers stacked between TM and frank.
- Date as ‘YYYY.MM.DD’.
- A. Line above ID number at bottom
- B. Without line above ID number at bottom
- TM: SC
- V/F: 00.00
HC11. Neopost “Electronic” (MV).
- Frank very similar to Type HC1 but date figures are widely
- spaced especially between month and year figures.
- TM: SC
- V/F: ≋0.00 ≋00.00
HC12. Neopost “IJ75” (digital).
- Inscription in top panel is large nearly touching the frame and panel lines.
- Value figures lowered, not centered, closer to the bottom panel line.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HC13. Pitney Bowes “DM100” (digital).
- Narrow spacing between TM and frank.
- Inscriptions in lower panel quite large.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HC14. Pitney Bowes “DM800” and any other DM product 500 and above (digital).
- Frank nearly identical to Type HC13.
- Differs only in the value figures which are more
- tightly spaced and appear heavier and the province
- and alphanumeric font are also different.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HC15. Francotyp-Postalia “EFS3000” (MV).
- Frank does not have bottom panel.
- The ID number is below the frank.
- One seen with ID number without prefix.
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
- HC16. 浙邮 (Zhejiang Post) "YFM118 Label Printing" (digital).
- Printed thermally onto self-adhesive labels.
- The lower panel is taller than the top panel.
- Very narrow spacing, about 1 mm, between TM and frank.
- Yuan sign (¥) is much smaller than the value figures.
- A. Frank with complete outer frame
- B. Frank open at the sides (This may be a printing error rather than a true sub-type.)
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
- a. With mail class added above the frank, seen in both Chinese and English with other languages assumed to exist
HC17. 浙邮 (Zhejiang Post) "YFM118" (MV).
- This stamp has characteristics found with both Neopost and Hasler non-digital models. It may be from a Chinese-built machine.
- Value figures as with type HC1.
- Date figures as yyyy.mm.dd-hh
- TM: SC
- V/F: 00.00
HC18. 浙邮 (Zhejiang Post) "YFM118E" (digital).
- Similar to Type HC10 (three columns of code between the TM and frank) but the value figures are smoother and more oval, similar to Type HC13.
- Date figures without stops, as yyyy mm dd hh
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
HC19. 浙工大 (Zhegong University) / 浙邮 (Zhejiang Post) "CX51" (digital).
- The four characters in the top panel are closely spaced, and the value figures are larger than with any previous HC type.
- Capable of printing slogans in a color different from the stamp.
- Date figures with stops, as yyyy.mm.dd.hh
- TM: SC
- V/F: 000.00
Sub-group HD: “TAXEPERCUE” across top
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HD1. Hasler “F88” (MV). [$10]
- As Type HA1 but inscriptions in French instead of Chinese.
- “TAXPERCUE” in top panel, and town name “CHENGDU” in bottom panel.
- With "¥" at left and a large "2" at right of the value figures.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 00.00
HD2. Hasler “F88” (MV), 1995. [Appears to be scarce. Value uncertain]
- Sometime between 23 April and 21 July 1995 the die on this machine was altered.
- Pieces of the frank at the sides of the value figures (yen sign and large "2" plus frame line) were removed.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 00.00
Sub-group HE: 4-character inscription across top: 中 国 邮 政 (China Post), 5-character inscription at bottom
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HE1. Hasler "F88" (MV).
- As Type HB1 but with 5-character inscription at bottom.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 000.00
GROUP I: Octagonal frank with straight-line outer border
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I1. Hasler "Mailmaster" (MV), 1988. [$100]
- Found used only in the town of Chang Chun.
- Two machines are known to have used this stamp.
- V/F: 00.00
GROUP J: Frank made up of horizontal lines only
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J1. Pitney Bowes-GB “6300" (MV). [Extremely rare, value unknown]
- Apparently this was a test die that somehow found its way onto a commercially used postage meter.
- One example seen.
- TM: DC
- V/F: 0.00
GROUP PO: Digital stamps from Post Office counter (window) machines, printed on self-adhesive labels
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PO1. 1999, Sino Science and Technology (digital). [$10]
- TM at right with postage and other data at left.
- Printed in black on plain white labels with rounded corners.
- TM: SC
- V/F: ¥0000.00
- a. Printed in on label with pre-printed green Postal logo (error)
PO2. Sino Science and Technology (digital).
- As Type PO1 but the sides of the die cut label spell out “CHINA POST”.
- V/F: ¥0000.00
- a. Postal logo applied in black on top of pre-printed green logo (error, shown below)
PO3. Sino Science and Technology (digital).
- As Type PO2 but the postal logo and "CHINA POST" are pre-printed on the label and are not part of the stamp as printed at point-of-sale.
- A. With value figures: ¥0000.00
- B. With numeric code instead of value figures (used on international parcels)
- Label A:
- Label with a nearly invisible underprint that can only be seen under certain light conditions (the example has had this underprint exaggerated for illustrative purposes).
- Label B:
- Label with a different underprint, again only visible from certain angles, but with the underprint used in Label A becoming visible under UV light.
GROUP PV: Digital stamps from self-service vending machines, printed on self-adhesive labels
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PV1. Beijing Institute of Postal Science “YJY-99” (digital), 1997.
- Very similar in appearance to Type PO1 but the corners of the label are square, not rounded.
- Printed in black on plain white labels.
- Other small differences exist.
- A. Stamp for routine mail [$20]
- B. Stamp for registered mail, with bar code and data added at bottom [$50]
- TM: SC
- V/F: ¥000.00
NOTE: The stamps below appear to be press-printed rather than applied by a postage meter. Several stamps like these have been used for special commemorative purposes.
