British Railway Administration Surcharge on Chinese Stamp

Great Britain · 1901 · 5c

A brown Chinese postage stamp, likely featuring an imperial design, overprinted in black with 'B.R.A.' and a new denomination of '5 CENTS' for use by the British Railway Administration.

Issued by the British Railway Administration for the China Expeditionary Force's traveling post office on the Peking-Tangku railway, this stamp illustrates the postal arrangements during the foreign military presence in China following the Boxer Rebellion.