Chingkiang, Foochow, Hangchow, Kiukiang, Newchang (now Yingkow), Mingoo, Shansi, Soochow and Tientsin. All offices closed in 1922. Dates 1900 – 1922 Currency 10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen Refer Japanese Post Offices Abroad China (Russian Post Offices) The Russian offices were at Peking (opened 1870), Kalgan (1870), Tientsin (1870), Urga (Mongolia, 1870), Shanghai (1897), Chefoo (1897), Hankow (1897), Port Arthur (1899–1904) and Dairen (1899–1904). All were closed in 1920. Russian stamps without overprint were used from 1870. From 1899, Russian stamps were overprinted with Cyrillic KHTAH (i.e., China). All stamps were inscribed in Russian currency but the offices accepted Chinese payment for them at the rate of 1 Chinese cent to 1 Russian kopeck. Dates 1899 – 1920 Currency (1899) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble (1917) 100 cents = 1 dollar Refer Russian Post Offices Abroad Chinese Empire Dates 1878 – 1912 Capital Peking (Beijing) Currency (1878) 100 candarins = 1 tael (1897) 100 cents = 1 dollar Includes Tibet (Chinese Post Offices) See also Shanghai Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan) Stamps are inscribed REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Dates 1949 – 2007 Capital Taipei Currency 100 sen = 1 dollar See also Taiwan Main Article Chinese People's Republic General issues were concurrent with regional issues 1949 – 1951 and then superseded them. Dates 1949 – Capital Beijing (Peking) Currency (1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar (1955) 100 feu = 1 yuan See also CPR Regional Issues Chinese Post Offices Refer Tibet (Chinese Post Offices) Chinese Provinces Main Article Includes Kirin & Heilungkiang; North Eastern Provinces; Sinkiang; Szechwan; Yunnan See also CPR Regional Issues; Manchukuo Chinese Republic Dates 1912 – 1949 Capital Peking (Beijing) Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar Chios Refer Khios Christmas Island Christmas Island was discovered by Captain William Mynors on Christmas Day 1643 and annexed by Britain in 1888. It was transferred to Australia in 1958 and is now part of Northern Territory. Dates 1958 – Capital Flying Fish Cove Currency (1958) 100 cents = 1 Malaysian dollar (1968) 100 cents = 1 Australian dollar Main article Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island Chungking Refer Tchongking (Indochinese Post Office) References Bibliography Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969 Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989 XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960 External links AskPhil