Junk Ship Surcharged

Face value: 5 on 6, red overprint ;
In 1919 there was a big flood in the Yellow River valley and thousands of people were rendered homeless. For the sake of relief and publicity, the Postal Admi.. Read more »nistration had the 2￠ , 4￠ , and 6￠ denominations of the Junk stamps of the First Peking Print overprinted as charity stamps. One cent from each stamp was set aside to be used as relief surtax. The stamps were overprinted by the Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Peking and the surtax collected by the Postal Administration was given to the Government as Relief Fund.
-- Goods train with attached wagons seen chugging along with smoke billowing in the distance.

Country:	China
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Charity Relief Surtax Issue 1920
Nominal:	5+1 Chinese cent
Year:	1920
Size:	23 x 25 mm
Perforation:	line 14