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1945 Japanese Occupation of North China $50 colour proofs

Australian stamp dealer Glen Stephens offered these for sale at the beginning of 2018 for 250 AUD. Presumably now sold, perhaps at that price.

Chan lists 12 different colours for these proofs (Chan JNP1a-k), but not a green one as far as I can tell, so that may be additional to Chan's list.

Interesting to notice that they are on a variety of papers, perhaps deliberately or perhaps just due to low stocks of paper at the printers at that time.

Chan listed these at $20 or $30 USD each in 1992, so they might have been a good buy at not too much more.

Personally I don't really want to get involved in collecting proofs - with China it's hard enough just collecting issued stamps!