sentences:  In addition the stamps are overprinted with new values and characters which mean ‘limited for use in the North East.’ Normally such stamps would be classed in the overprinted issues but as the unoverprinted stamps were never issued these stamps may be treated as a separate issue.The stamps are mono-coloured and have values of 50c, 50c, $1.00, $2.00, $4.00.A new issue was produced for the North Eastern Provinces (mostly the former puppet republic of Manchukuo) by the Central Printing Works in Beijing in July 1946.