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<h4>SHANGHAI CHINA</h4>
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<h4>4TH MARINE REGIMENT, SHANGHAI CHINA</h4>
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1927 to 1941
1927 to 1941
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"West Coast Expeditionary Force"
"West Coast Expeditionary Force"
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From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection. 
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19320407_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19320407_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1932-04-07<br/>Locy Type 6
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.   
From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.   
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390704_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390704_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1939-07-04<br/>Locy Type 3t (BBT)<br/>"SEMPER / FIDELIS"<br/>"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. SHANGHAI, CHINA"
c 1936<br/>Colonel Charles F. B. Price<br/>"No Postage Available" Free Frank<br/><br/>
On th Back -<br/>1936-12-23<br/>USPO Machine Cancel<br/>Mansfield Mass
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Independence Day
Collectors request
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Cacheted. From the Bob Lamb collection.  
Army & Navy YMCA Christmas Cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
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N/A
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19400810_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19400810_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_3_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1940-08-10<br/>Locy Type 3<br/>"SEMPER / FIDELIS"<br/>"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
c 1936
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
Newspaper clippings found inside the 1936 Army & Navy YMCA cover. They explain why there are no stamps and who created this special cancel.
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_F_Hebert_| Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)]]. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.   
From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.   
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19320407_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_1937_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19320407_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_1937_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1932-04-07<br/>Locy Type 6<br/>"4TH.REG.U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"  
c 1937<br/>Colonel Charles F. B. Price<br/>"No Postage Available" Free Frank
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
Collectors request
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N/A
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390430_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390101_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390430_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390101_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1939-04-30<br/>Locy Type 9v
1939-01-01<br/>Locy Type PPB
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
New Year's Day
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From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.  
Gold seal cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.  
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N/A
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390430_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390430_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390430_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390430_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
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1939-04-30<br/>Locy Type 9x
1939-04-30<br/>Locy Type 9v
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
Collectors request
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390101_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390430_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390101_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390430_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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</td><td valign="center">
1939-01-01<br/>Locy Type PPB
1939-04-30<br/>Locy Type 9x
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
New Year's Day
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Gold seal cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
c 1936<br/>Colonel Charles F. B. Price<br/>"No Postage Available" Free Frank<br/><br/>On th Back -<br/>1936-12-23<br/>USPO Machine Cancel<br/>Mansfield Mass
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
Collectors request
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Army & Navy YMCA Christmas Cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.  
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N/A
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390704_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_3_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390704_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
c 1936
1939-07-04<br/>Locy Type 3t (BBT)<br/>"SEMPER / FIDELIS"<br/>"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. SHANGHAI, CHINA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Newspaper clippings found inside the 1936 Army & Navy YMCA cover. They explain why there are no stamps and who created this special cancel.
Independence Day
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
Cacheted. From the Bob Lamb collection.  
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_1937_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19400810_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_1937_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19400810_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
c 1937<br/>Colonel Charles F. B. Price<br/>"No Postage Available" Free Frank
1940-08-10<br/>Locy Type 3<br/>"SEMPER / FIDELIS"<br/>"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
Collectors request
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.   
Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_F_Hebert_| Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)]]. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.   
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<h4>SECOND MARINE BRIGADE, SHANGHAI CHINA</h4>
<h4>SECOND MARINE BRIGADE, SHANGHAI CHINA</h4>
19 September 1937 to 18 February 1938
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<h4>TIENTSIN CHINA</h4>
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<h4>THIRD MARINE BRIGADE, TIENTSIN CHINA</h4>
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28 March 1927 to 19 January 1929
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tientsin_China_19290118_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tientsin_China_19290118_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1929-01-18<br/>Locy Type 3<br/>"THIRD BRIG U S MARINES / CHINA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Official Mail
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From the Gregory Finnegan collection.
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<h4>MARINE DETACHMENT, TIENTSIN CHINA</h4>
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1937 to 1941
1937 to 1941
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From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tientsin_China_19410412_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-04-12<br/>Locy Type 3<br/>"Marine Detachment / Tientsin China"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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<h4>PEIPING CHINA</h4>
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<h4>AMERICAN LEGATION / AMERICAN EMBASSY, PEIPING CHINA</h4>
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1937 to 1941
1937 to 1941
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From the Rich Hoffner collection.
From the Rich Hoffner collection.
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19400911_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19400911_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1940-08-02<br/>Locy Type 9x<br/>"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
</td></tr></table>
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19400911_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19400911_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1940-09-11<br/>Locy Type 9v<br/>"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
</td></tr></table>
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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<h4>TSINGTAO CHINA</h4>
<h4>TSINGTAO CHINA</h4>
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1 April 1946 to 13 May 1946
1 April 1946 to 13 May 1946
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Latest revision as of 01:05, 16 July 2024


Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.


 

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Category


4TH MARINE REGIMENT, SHANGHAI CHINA

1927 to 1941


 

N/A

1928-07-24
Locy Type 3
"4TH.REG.U.S.M.C. / West Coast Expeditionary Force"

"West Coast Expeditionary Force"

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1928-09-24
Locy Type F

"West Coast Expeditionary Force"

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1932-04-07
Locy Type 6

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1936-05-30
Locy Type 3 (TBT)
"U.S. MARINES / IN CHINA"
"4TH REG. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"

Decoration Day

Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1936-11-10
Locy Type 3 (TBT)
"DEVIL DOGS / OF THE SEA"
"4TH REG. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"

161st Anniversary of the US Marine Corps

From the Rich Hoffner collection.


 

N/A

1936-11-23
Locy Type 3 (TBT)
"DEVIL DOGS / OF THE SEA"
"4TH REG. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"

Marine's mail

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

c 1936
Colonel Charles F. B. Price
"No Postage Available" Free Frank

On th Back -
1936-12-23
USPO Machine Cancel
Mansfield Mass

Collectors request

Army & Navy YMCA Christmas Cachet. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

c 1936

Newspaper clippings found inside the 1936 Army & Navy YMCA cover. They explain why there are no stamps and who created this special cancel.

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

c 1937
Colonel Charles F. B. Price
"No Postage Available" Free Frank

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1939-01-01
Locy Type PPB

New Year's Day

Gold seal cachet. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1939-04-30
Locy Type 9v

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1939-04-30
Locy Type 9x

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1939-07-04
Locy Type 3t (BBT)
"SEMPER / FIDELIS"
"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. SHANGHAI, CHINA"

Independence Day

Cacheted. From the Bob Lamb collection.


 

N/A

1940-08-10
Locy Type 3
"SEMPER / FIDELIS"
"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"

Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets). From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


SECOND MARINE BRIGADE, SHANGHAI CHINA

19 September 1937 to 19 February 1938


 

N/A

1937-12-09
Locy Type 3
"SHANGHAI / CHINA"
"SECOND MAR. BRIG. / FLEET M. FORCE"

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1937-12-09
Captain Glenn E. Hayes
"No Postage Available" Free Frank

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


THIRD MARINE BRIGADE, TIENTSIN CHINA

28 March 1927 to 19 January 1929


 

N/A

1929-01-18
Locy Type 3
"THIRD BRIG U S MARINES / CHINA"

Official Mail

From the Gregory Finnegan collection.


MARINE DETACHMENT, TIENTSIN CHINA

1937 to 1941


 

N/A

1939-02-07
Locy Type 3
"Marine Detachment / Tientsin China"

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-12
Locy Type 3
"Marine Detachment / Tientsin China"

Collectors request

Note:


 

N/A

1946-08-09
Locy Type 3# (12867)

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


AMERICAN LEGATION / AMERICAN EMBASSY, PEIPING CHINA

1937 to 1941


 

N/A

1932-06-29
Locy Type 2
"MARINE DET. AM. LEGATION / Peiping (Pekin) China"

Collector request

Note:


 

N/A

1936-05-04
Locy Type 3
"Marine Det. American Leg. / Peiping, China."

Marines mail

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

1938-06-10
Locy Type 3
"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY: / Peiping, China"

Port Visit
USS MARBLEHEAD CL-12

Cachet by G. E. Judkins.


 

N/A

N/A

1940-06-07
Locy Type 3 (BBT)
"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."

Collectors request

From the Rich Hoffner collection.


 

N/A

1940-08-02
Locy Type 9x
"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1940-09-11
Locy Type 9v
"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

N/A

1941-08-28
Locy Type 3 (BBT)
"SEMPER/ FIDELIS"
"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


TSINGTAO CHINA

1 April 1946 to 13 May 1946


 

N/A

1946-06-14
Locy Type 3# (12922)

Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

 

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