Revenue stamps of China

Around 600,000 revenue stamps with a denomination of 3¢ were ordered from Waterlow and Sons in London, but they were not issued due to opposition from corrupt customs officials and political leaders.

It had denominations of 20, 100 and 1000 cash and it was printed by the American Bank Note Company, but once again local opposition prevented the stamps' issue.

In 1912, the Republic issued a new series of revenue stamps depicting the Great Wall of China with denominations of 1¢, 2¢, 10¢, 50¢ and $1.

[1] In 1940, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese government issued revenue stamps depicting the Temple of Heaven in Beijing for use in occupied areas.

Meanwhile, between 1938 and 1944 the Nationalist government issued stamps depicting H. H. Kung, Chiang Kai-shek, Lin Sen and Sun Yat-sen for use in its territory.