New stamps for the Far East

The new stamps only appeared between September and November 1917. They were devised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for staff in the Legation and at the Consulate, for military personnel and the crews of Italian ships. There were ten of them overall, overprinted, and designed by Nestore Leoni and Francesco Paolo Michetti. They were intended for use at the Post Offices of Peking and Tientsin.
After the Boxer Rising in 1900, Italy obtained territorial concessions in the Far East.

This was the upshot of the crisis which began in March 1899 when the Chinese government refused to accept the orders coming from abroad and refused to cede territories to Rome. (more…)