Since these stamps were Ching Dynasty issues, they could not be used by the Republic after the Dynasty was toppled. Some stamps, however, were over-printed with Chinese characters to celebrate the new Republic. This idea soon met with criticism, and the coiled dragon stamp was withdrawn.
那是民國剛建立時，不再用前清郵票，乃將庫存倫敦版蟠龍無水印郵票十五種，上面加蓋「臨時中立」四字，備過渡時期售用，售出不久卻遭批評而停售。