However, after the stamps had been printed but before they were is sued, events forced Dr. Sun to step down as the nation's leader, and Yuan Shikai was inaugurated as the first president of the ROC. The old stamps were thrown away, and the map of China was replaced by Yuan's visage.
原先是以國父和中國地圖為圖案，但在郵票印就未發行前，國父為時事所逼，被迫下台，改由袁世凱就任首任大總統。