Allegory of Peace overprinted for use in Tchongking, 1902-1904, Michel Nr. IND 17V-32V; Tchongking was a French treaty port within China that was established after the Treaty of Whampoa was signed in 1844. This allowed the French to use five ports to French merchants, establish consulates there, provided certain special rights to French citizens and a fixed duty on French-Chinese trade. Sixteen stamps of the Allegory of Peace set were overprinted as follows: 1C, 2C, 4C, 5C, 10C, 15C, 20C, 25C (two stamps), 30C, 40C, 50C, 75C, 1F and 5F.

Here is the m.h. set minus the 5F value

Registration Nr. 090021

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