CHINA

China was engrossed in a civil war between the communist and nationalist until Japan invaded China in 1937. The ruler of nationalist China; Chiang Kai-shek ended the civil war with the communist, and form an alliance with them to fight Japan. After Japan was defeated the communist took over continental China in 1949, and the nationalist forces fled toTaiwan. China stamps were issued as one country until 1949. When China was split into two countries. The Republic of China (Taiwan), and People's Republic of China. Some examples of stamps of China is as follows:

CHINESE IMPERIAL POST
CHINESE EMPIRE
EXPED. SCIENT.
REPUBLIC OF CHINA POSTAGE
No China Markings
Or

China was engrossed in a civil war between the communist and nationalist until Japan invaded China in 1937. The ruler of nationalist China; Chiang Kai-shek ended the civil war with the communist, and form an alliance with them to fight Japan. After Japan was defeated the communist took over continental China in 1949, and the nationalist forces fled toTaiwan. China stamps were issued as one country until 1949. When China was split into two countries. The Republic of China (Taiwan), and People's Republic of China. Some examples of stamps of China is as follows: CHINESE IMPERIAL POST
CHINESE EMPIRE
EXPED. SCIENT.
REPUBLIC OF CHINA POSTAGE
No China Markings
Or