ARTICLES, RATES AND MAPS

The series of articles on "Exhibiting Chinese Philately" are on the page titled "Exhibits and Exhibiting."

China Added Charge Labels (also known as Postal Surcharge Labels), by Lars Palmer, Version 5.0 contains detailed information in five free downloadable documents

Rates During the Post-War Chinese National Currency Era
by H. James Maxwell, The China Clipper, Vol. 70, No. 6, Sept. 2006

Rate Table for 1924 to 1945
by H. James Maxwell, The China Clipper, Vol. 74, No. 4, May 2010

Rate Table for 1910 to 1945
by H. James Maxwell, The China Clipper, Vol. 78, No. 2, Jan. 2014

Rate Table for Post-War CNC Rates 1945-1948
by H. James Maxwell, The China Clipper, Vol. 74, No. 5, July 2010

Rate Table for the Gold Yuan Rates 1948-1949
by H. James Maxwell, The China Clipper, Vol. 74, No. 5, September 2010

Rate Table for the Silver Yuan period 1949
by H. James Maxwell, The China Clipper, Vol. 75, No. 4, May 2011

Rate Table PRC 1949-1999

Bernard Sharp, a member of the China Philatelic Society of London (CPSL), originally prepared rate tables that appeared in No. 376 (June 2008) Journal of Chinese Philately (JCP) pages 16-25.  E. Keith Lloyd, another member of the CPSL, revised Table 1 and it appeared in No. 399 (April 2013) JCP page 82. We have the permission of Mr. Lloyd and the CPSL to reproduce it.
It appeared in The China Clipper, Vol. 78, No. 2, January 2014

Pre-World War II Postal Zone Map of Shanghai

Hainan Island Map

South China & Hainan Island Map

Glossery of Philatelic Terms

Revenue Stamps of China

Quantities of PRC Stamps Printed

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GLOSSERY OF THE PRINCIPAL CHINESE EXPRESSIONS OCCURRING IN POSTAL DOCUMENTS—1906, compiled by Jan W. H. Ferguson (10-20 seconds)

The Consul General’s Shanghai Postal Agency 1867-1907, by Peter L. Koffsky (15-30 seconds)

Postal Communication in China and its Modernization 1860-1896, by Ying-wan Cheng (20-30 seconds)