RIZAL DAY - Japanese Occupation MINT sheet of Jose Rizal Stamps

RIZAL DAY - 1936 MINT sheets of Jose Rizal Stamps

2 centavos - Mint Sheet of 25 stamps

6 centavos -Mint Sheet of 25 stamps

36-centavos Mint Sheet of 25 stamps


Stamps Issued to commemorate the 75th Birthday Jubilee of JOSE RIZAL

EMPEROR HSUAN T’UNG STAMPS COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE

EMPEROR HSUAN T’UNG COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE

After Emperor Kuang Hsu died in 14 November 1908, Henry Pu Yi, son of Prince Chung, which had been picked by Empress Dowager, was enthroned on 22 January 1909 as Emperor and his reign was named HSUAN T’UNG.
On 15 May 1909 after the funeral of Emperor Kuang Hsu earlier in the month, the Statistical Customs Department in Peking ordered the issuing of a set of commemorative stamps to honor the first year of Hsuan T’ung’s reign.
These commemorative stamps were first issued in Shanghai on 8 September 1909 and were on sale until 1 October 1910.
As Emperor Hsuang T’ung is only 4 years old, the ruling and operation of the country was in the hand of Empress Lung Yu, wife of Emperor Kuang Hsu and Prince Chung ; which have been titled “She Cheng Wang” to signify his power in the Imperial government.


The set of 3 stamps was designed and engraved by Mr. Lorenzo J. Hatch and Mr. William A. Grant from the U.S.A. The center design of the stamps is The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in The Temple of Heaven in Peking and the vignettes is a pair of Dragons; the value; ‘Chinese Emperor Hsuan T’ung First Year’ and the printer’s name ‘Waterlow and Sons Limited, London’.
Sheets contained 100 stamps, ten high by ten wide printed on unwatermarked paper.

This is the second set of commemorative stamps issued for China, the first being the Dowager issue. The stamp designs are carefully illustrated with the orange yellow colour and the 5 claws dragon that represent the Emperor and the Hall of Prayer which only the Emperor could enter. (Notes: No one at the time could use the orange yellow colour and the 5 claws dragon design except for the Emperor)

In October 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen overthrew the Ching Dynasty and establishes the REPUBLIC of CHINA. Emperor Hsuan T’ung was edited, but the Imperial Chinese stamps remain in use until 31 March 1914.
Later in 1914 after the expiration of these stamps for postal use, unsold stamps were put up for auction in London and the explanation to why the large quantities of mint stamps existed today.

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