珍邮鉴赏：中国：红印花 小字“當壹圓”（旧票）

 

China:Red Revenue Small One Dollar Surcharge (Used)

 

With the official inauguration of the Imperial Post of the Qing Dynasty in 1896, the tael system of postage rates was replaced by the silver dollar system. Because of urgent demand for the new denominations, the Customs Statistical Department surcharged the unused 3-cents Red Revenue Stamps of 3-cents with various denominations to meet the demand. They were issued on February 2, 1897.

 

The Red Revenue Small One Dollar Surcharge is the first surcharged stamp among the red revenue stamps surcharged for postal use. The postal authorities thought the typeface of the characters surcharged were too small for use, so they changed them into large figures after only a small number of the first surcharges were produced.

 

There exist 30 pieces of Red Revenue Small One Dollar Surcharge, and most of them are unused. Now only one used stamp cancelled with PaKua Cancellation was found. This is a unique rarity internationally renowned and the top treasure of China National Post and Postage Stamp Museum.

 

 

 

中国：红印花 小字“當壹圓”（旧票）

 

1896年大清邮政正式开办，邮资的计费单位由关平银改为银元，由于迫切需要新币面值的邮票，造册处将未使用的3分海关印花票（俗称“红印花”票），加盖各种面值以应急需并于1897年2月2日发行。

 

红印花小字“當壹圆”邮票在红印花加盖票中是最先加盖的。因邮政当局嫌加盖字体过小，不便使用，只加盖了少量就改用大号字加盖。

 

小字“當壹圆”加盖票存世30余枚，大多数都是新票，而销有八卦邮戳的旧票，目前仅发现一枚，是一件享誉国际的传世孤品。为中国邮政邮票博物馆的镇馆之宝。