French Post Offices in China: Navigation and Commerce Issue for Pak-Hoi

France · 1903 · 1 centime to 5 francs

A set of French 'Navigation and Commerce' stamps, featuring allegorical figures of navigation and commerce, overprinted with 'CHINE' and 'PAKHOI' for use in the French post office in Beihai, China.

These stamps illustrate the extensive network of foreign post offices maintained by colonial powers in China during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reflecting their extraterritorial rights and commercial interests in treaty ports like Pak-Hoi.