Kiaochow
Britishnoun
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The fall of Tsingtau renders obsolete the German colonial type of stamp for Kiaochow, although there may have been some interesting provisional issue here, and also possibly in the Marshall and Marianne Islands.
From The Postage Stamp in War by Melville, Fred. J.
Japan, although by the fortune of war Germany's heir to Kiaochow, did not purpose retaining it for the remaining term of the lease; she had, in fact, already promised to restore it to China.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
Her lease of the territory of Kiaochow Bay brings her into contact with us, and her ambition to exploit the coal-mines of Shantung lends her a community of interest with us.
From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop
Yes or no, was Kiaochow a German possession in the year 1914?
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
Tsingtao sits at the entrance of Kiaochow Bay.
From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)
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