China's troubles during the Boxer rebellion were reflected in the stamp album by the "C.E.F." stamps of India and by the use of the stamps of several of the Powers co-operating in the defence of the Legations.
The revolution of 1912 made its mark in the overprinting of the Imperial stamps with various republican overprints.
When completed, the revolution was commemorated by two sets of stamps issued in November 1912; one set bears the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat Sen in a frame in which are unripe ears of wheat, and inscribed "in commemoration of the revolution"; the second set bears the portrait of President Yuan Shi Kai, and in this set the ears of wheat are ripe, and the inscription reads "in commemoration of the republic".
Includes edited
excerpts from The Project Gutenberg e-Book of The Postage Stamp in
War, by Fred. J. Melville
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