Post by dcstamps on May 23, 2015 11:53:20 GMT -5
Wow, I can't believe I have been so busy with stamps (probably because my wife is away for a few days visiting the Grandkids). When she is away, I realize how boring I really am. 
I have been working on finishing up some of my smaller Albums which were at various states of completion. I have now posted three more on DCStamps.
Korea, Japanese Offices (1876 - 1905) - I covered a short history of these stamps on the Dead Country thread.
Foochow, China Treaty Port (1895 - 1896) - Foochow (today Fuzhou) was a designated Treaty Port established by the 1946 Treaty of Nanking after the First Opium War. Due to its weakness, western countries forced China to give up some territorial rights and open up specific cities (usually along the seacoast or navigable waterways) to be regions for trade. The commerce through these cities were run by "foreign-run Chinese maritime customs offices and municipal councils." Many of these municipal councils (such as Foochow) issued their own stamps for local delivery as well as delivery between the various treaty ports.
Trans-Baikal Region under General Semyonov (1920) - General Gregory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, was a Japanese-supported leader of the White movement in Transbaikal during the Russian Civil War. After the fall of Admiral Kolchak in Siberia from Bolshevik forces, General Semyonov held a large part of the Trans-Baikal area with support from the Japanese. However, when the Japanese decided to withdraw from the region in July, 1920, Semyonov lost his support and was run out of the region in Oct, 1920. During Senyonov's occupation of the region, he surcharged 4 stamps from imperial Russia to be used for postage.
OK, now what I need to do is to begin writing real histories for full entries on DCStamps for all of the albums I have been completing and posting.
Enjoy
Michael
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