page_title: British Weihaiwei
section_title: Postage and currency
hierarchical_section_title: British Weihaiwei / Postage and currency
caption_attribution_description: English: A British revenue stamp overprinted for use in Weihaiwei.
context_page_description: British Weihaiwei, on the north-east coast of China, was a leased territory of the United Kingdom from 1898 until 1930. The capital was Port Edward. The leased territory covered 288 square miles and included the walled city of Port Edward, bay of Wei-hai-wei, Liu-kung Tao and a mainland area of 72 miles of coastline running to a depth of 10 miles inland. Together with Lüshunkou it controlled the entrance to the Gulf of Zhili and, thus, the seaward approaches to Beijing.
context_section_description: No special postage stamps were ever issued for Weihaiwei. Just as in other treaty ports, Hong Kong stamps were used. From 1917, these were overprinted with the word "CHINA". Revenue stamps of Weihaiwei were issued from 1921. There were never any special coins or banknotes issued for circulation in Weihaiwei. The various currencies in circulation in China at the time were used; the Hong Kong dollar was also used.
caption: One of the revenue stamps of Weihaiwei issued in 1921
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