Worldwide Illustrated Stamp Identifier - Chinese Characters

The purpose of the Worldwide Illustrated Stamp Identifier is to provide a visual tool to assist in identifying the country of origin of particularly challenging stamps. On this page are stamps inscribed using Chinese characters. Chinese characters are among the most widely adopted writing systems in the world, used in the writing of Chinese, Japanese (kanji), Korean (hanja), and were historically adapted to other Asian languages.

Stamps With Chinese Inscriptions

China


1921
Post Office Anniversary


1931-37
Sun Yat-sen


1945
Victory Over Japan


1960
Tawain(ROC) - Sports


1964
Tawain(ROC) - Rancher and Cow


1941-41
Postage Due


1946
Northeastern Provinces


1969-72
PRC - Communist Party Building


1950
Northeast Liberated Area


1949
Central China Liberated Area



Korea - Democratic People's Republic


1959-62
Game Preservation - Sika Deer


1974
Amphibians - North American Bull Frog



Manchukuo


1932
Pagoda at Liaoyang


1936-37
State Council Building

See Also

The Worldwide Illustrated Identifier Start Page

Stamps with Cyrillic Writing

Stamps with Asian Scripts

Stamps with Arabic Scripts

Stamps Using Greek, Hebrew and Other Writing Systems

Stamps with No Country Name Inscription


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