China Republic stamps : 04 Dr Sun Yat-sen 2

In my previous post I started a topic on the first series of dr. Sun Yat-sen stamps that were issued to honour the new chinese gouvernment.

There was a  set of stamp in 1912, depicting Sun Yat-sen to commemorate the chinese revolution.
Although Sun Yat-sen died in 1925, it lasted till 1931 before the first new set of stamps of Sun Yat-sen were issued. 

The stamps were printed in London, and as soon as they were arrived, an error in the flag was noticed.
A new order was made, and the first print was kept in stock. In the end of 1931 the stamps were sold to the public.

The stamps were issued, but a new set of 'corrected' stamps were ordered in London (2nd. printing).

above 1st London printing (double circle)
below 2nd London printing (dark circle)

Since both issues were distributed at the same time, most catalogs mention them together.
But there are more things to discover in this set of 11 stamps!

All stamps were issued in sheets of 400 stamps - a left pane of 10 x 20 stamps and a right pane of 10 x 20 stamps.
Distriubuted per 200 for the cent values (one pane) and per 50 for the dollar values (1/8 pane).

In this 1931-1937 issue, all values come without decimals for the cent values.
The dollar values were extended with 5 stamps in 1945-46.

1 cent - orange

The one cent orange, comes with a double circle - not with the full circle.

Sun Yat-sen 1 cent 1931

Here there are two different types (probably left and right pane).
The difference is difficult to see, but a magnifier will do the work for you.

Type A and Type B

In one printing, the horizontal lines under the chinese characters is intact, all lines touch the left frame, and the squares forming this line are all complete.
In the other printing, one of the lines do not reach until the left frame, or, one of the squares is incomplete.

type A : closed frame
type B : open frame

Both stamps have the same value, but it is nice to search for two different types of course.

to be continued...