Alert collectors also found that one in two hundred of the stamps are marked with five Chinese characters, the order of two of which are inverted stating that the use of the stamp is limited to new provinces (hsien hsin-sheng tieyung to hsien sheng hsin tie-yung). Soon after the mistake was noticed by the postal authorities, the issue was cancelled, but not before a limited number reached the public.
北京一版闢雍壹圓郵票是民國四年發行，上面加蓋「限新省貼用」五字，後來被集郵人士發現每二百枚中，有一枚誤蓋「限省新貼用」大異體，爭相去函指購這一枚異體票，郵局查覺後，全部銷毀，所以流出極少，成為民國五寶之一。