Hong Kong. (Netherlands). 1869. stamp-less envelope written from Hong Kong dated 'Oct 19 1869' addressed to Holland with circular Hong Kong date stamp on reverse and 'Siemssen & Co/ Hong Kong' firms chop, endorsed 'via Marseille' with Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/ 1f66c' hand-stamp (Webb Type N) latest date known, French entry cachet on face and rated '60' in m/s with Rotterdam arrival '18th Nov 69' in red on reverse. Lovely cover paying the triple letter rate to Europe and very scarce accountancy.

Philippines. (Hong Kong). 1937. First Flight envelope addressed to 'Poste Restante, Hong Kong bearing Philippines SG 454, 24c violet, SG 462, 8c violet, SG 491, 6c grey, SG 496, 2c carmine and SG 514, 12c blue tied by Manila date stamp 'Ap 28th' with circular 'First Flight via P.A.A./ Manila-Macau-Hong Kong' with various instructional on reverse, boxed 'Unclaimed/ Non Reclame' and 'Retour' with 'Returned Letter Office/ Hong Kong' dated '5th July 37'. Nice item.

Hong Kong. (Air Mail). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Shanghai bearing Hong Kong SG 121, 5c violet tied by Hong Kong/Air Mail double ring '17th Feb 36' endorsed 'By Courtesy Air Flight/ Hong Kong China Japan/ Royal Air Force/ Feb 16th 1936' in violet on face with Shanghai arrival. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (China). 1940. Envelope written from Kowloon addressed to Tsingtau, North China bearing Hong Kong SG 143, 5c green tied by Hong Kong/00 date stamp '27 Ap 40' with triangular 'Passed Censor/ Hong Kong/ 9' in violet on face, routed via Victoria with Tsingtau arrival.

Hong Kong. (First Flight). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Canton bearing Hong Kong SG 127, 30c purple and chrome yellow and SG 133, 3c grey and blue (2) tied by Hong Kong/Air Mail double ring 'Nov 5th' endorsed '1st Hong Kong-Canton Flight' with Honglok and Canton arrival on reverse. Very fine.

Philippines. (Hong Kong). 1937. First Flight envelope addressed to 'Poste Restante, Hong Kong bearing Philippines SG 453, 20c yellow and SG 455, 32c sepia tied by Manila date stamp 'Ap 22nd' with circular 'Frist Flight via P.A.A./ Manila-Macau-Hong Kong' with various instructional on reverse, boxed 'Unclaimed/ Non Reclame' and 'Retour' with 'Returned Letter Office/ Hong Kong' date '5th July 37'. Nice item.

Hong Kong. (Air Mail). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Japan bearing Hong Kong SG 124, 10c ultramarine (2) tied by Hong Kong double ring '17th Feb 36' endorsed 'By Courtesy Air Flight' with framed 'By Courtesy Air Flight/ Hong Kong China Japan/ Royal Air Force/ Feb 16th 1936' in violet on face. The flight only reached Shanghai had to complete the journey by ship. Scarce.

Hong Kong. (First Flight). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Shanghai bearing Hong Kong SG 127, 30c purple and Chrome yellow and SG 133, 3c grey and blue (2) tied by Hong Kong/ Air Mail double ring 'Nov 5th' endorsed '1st Hong Kong-Shanghai Flight' with arrival on reverse. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (China). 1947. Registered GV1 postal stationery card 'two cents' grey upgraded with SG 114, 8c brown, SG 146, 15c red and SG 152, 30c blue tied by Registered/ Hong Kong double ring with Registration label on reverse addressed to 'Poste Restante, Shanghai, China with instructional 'Non Reclame/ Unclaimed' and 'Retour' on face in violet with Shanghai receiver. Scarce used registered Hong Kong stationery.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1888. Postal stationary card 3c brown written from Canton cancelled by 'Canton/A' date stamp (Webb Type B) addressed to the United States with Hong Kong transit and New York/Paid All receiver.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1889. Hong Kong postal stationery card 'one cent' green cancelled by Canton date stamp 'Dec 21 89' (Webb Type B) addressed to 'Monsieur Tanant, Lao-Kai', endorsed 'via Hanoi' routed via Hong Kong, Hai-Phong/ Tonkin 'Dec 26' , Ha-Noi 'Dec 28' and Ba-Hoa '5th Jan 90' with Lao-kai/ Tonkin arrival '8th Jan 90' on reverse. Very rare item into the Indo-China/Yunnan Border.

China. (Hong Kong). 1935. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to 'c/o Chinese Post Office, Nanning' bearing Hong Kong SG 121, 5c violet and SG 134, 5c green and indigo tied by Victoria/ Hong Kong double ring '6th May' endorsed 'By First Official Transmission 'Air Mail' Canton/ Nanning via The Canton-Kinngchow-Pakhoi-Nanning Air Line S/W/A/C.' forwarded from Canton bearing China SG 397, 4c green (2) and SG 422, 15c blue-green (2) tied by Canton date stamp with framed hand-struck 'R/ Canton (China) in red on face, routed via Shanghai, Paknoi and Linngshan '23/5' with Nanning receiver. Scarce item.

Philippines. (Hong Kong). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Hong Kong bearing Philippines SG 450, 2c green, SG 451,4c carmine and SG 488, 10c carmine tied by Manila date stamp '5th Aug 36' with hand-stamp 'British Royal Air Force/ Flying Boats' and boxed 'Via Flying Boat/ on the/ British Royal Air Force/ Feb 16 1936' cachet on face with Hong Kong arrival. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (Philippines). 1937. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing SG 109, 6c orange, SG 117, 1c brown, SG 118, 2c green, SG 118c, 2c grey SG 119, 3c grey, SG 120, 4c carmine (2), SG 121, 5c violet and SG 123, 8c orange tied by Hong Kong date stamp endorsed 'Hong Kong to Manila/ via Trans-Pacific Route' and 'By Airmail/ China Clipper' with circular 'First Flight via P.A.A./From-Macao-Hong-Kong' in violet on face and Manila transit on reverse 'Apr 29' . Attractive franking.

Hong Kong. (Great Britain). 1938. Envelope addressed to 'Poste Restante, Hong Kong bearing Great Britain SG 465, 1 1/2d brown tied by Derby slogan with various instructional on face and reverse, boxed 'Non Reclame/ Unclaimed' and framed 'Retour' with 'Returned Letter Office/Hong Kong' dated '14th Dec 38' on reverse.

Hong Kong. (United States). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing United States Air Mail 'Transporter' SG A906, 30c blue tied by Washington slogan 'Dec 13 1941' with London arrival '1st Jan 42' and forwarded to Hong Kong with framed 'No Service/ Return To Sender' and hand-stamp 'Return To Sender' with New York 'April 22' on reverse and 'Opened by Examiner/ 4519' censor label. Nice item of Service Suspended mail due to the Japanese attack on Pear Harbour.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1905. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing SG 83, 20c slate and chestnut tied by Canton/B date stamp (Webb Type Dv) with hand-struck 'R' in circle routed via Hong Kong with octagonal French paquebot 'Yokohama a Marseille L.N. No 8' date stamp on face sent on the steamer "Caledonien" with Lyon arrival on reverse. Very fine scarce single franking use of the KEV11 20c from Canton.

Hong Kong. 1940. Envelope addressed to Denmark bearing SG 149, 25c blue tied by Hong Kong double ring with circular 'Passed By/Censor/Hong Kong/ No 5' cachet on face in violet. Very fine.

Hong Kong. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to San Francisco bearing SG 153, 50c purple and SG 155, $1 purple and blue (3) tied by Victoria date stamp with boxed 'Not Opened by Censor' cachet in violet.

Hong Kong. 1940. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 143, 5c green (3) and SG 145, 10c violet tied by Victoria/Hong Kong double ring with circular 'Passed by/Censor/Hong Kong/No 5' cachet on face in violet. The Civil Censor Study Group records this censor only in use Dec/Jan 1940. Very fine.

French China. (Hong Kong). 1940. Censored envelope endorsed 'E. Grasset, Commissare de la Marine, Aviso Colonial 'Amiral Charner'/Poste Navale' addressed to France bearing French Type Paix Yvert 288, 1f50 blue (not valid) with adjacent Haiphong/Tonkin date stamp '3/7/40' with 'Marine Francaise/Service a la Mer' double ring and boxed instructional 'Trouve a la Boite' with Haiphong 'Controle Postal' label, oval 'Ouvert Par L' Autorit Militaire' and circular 'G/2' censor cachet, routed via Hong Kong with 'Opened by Censor/Hong Kong' label, Lisbon transit '18/1/41' and arrival in Herault '28/1/41' Very fine item of military mail.

Hong Kong. 1906. Picture post card of 'Sedan Chair and Rickahaw' addressed to Germany bearing SG 78, 4c purple/red tied by Victoria Hong Kong double ring, routed via Singapore with 'Paquebot' hand-stamp and Altona arrival. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (British Detachment In Siberia). 1918. Envelope written from Douglas, Isle of Man addressed to 'Drummer J. Morley, 25thh Middlesex Regiment, G.B./ Hong Kong, China' bearing Great Britain SG 360, 1d carmine tied by 'Douglas I.O.M. 11th Jan 18' double ring endorsed 'via Canada' and hand-stamped '25th Btn. Middlesex Regt./ Incoming/ Lt. Col. John Ward M.P/ Officer Commanding/ Hong Kong' with Hong Kong receiver 1st Mars on reverse. Nice item of incoming mail to Drummer Morley in transit in Hong Kong, later mail from this correspondence was forwarded to the British Detachment in Siberia. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to the Batavia, Netherlands East Indies bearing Hong Kong SG 166, 15c black and red and SG 168, $1 blue and orange tied by Victoria/Hong Kong double ring '8th Apr' with Hong Kong with 'Opened by Censor/Hong Kong' censor label tied by boxed '17' in violet routed via Singapore with censor tape tied by 'Passed by/Censor 41A' hand-stamp with circular 'B' and '26' on face with 'Diboeka Oleh Censuur/Door Censuur Geopend' Dutch Indies tape and circular 'Dev/18' in red with adjacent 'Ec. C' hand-stamp on face. Lovely item of triple censored mail from Hong Kong.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1907. Registered envelope addressed to Shameen, Canton bearing SG 62, 1c purple and brown (4) and SG 66, 8c purple and grey tied by Registered/G.P.O. Hong Kong double ring with framed 'R/Hong Kong/No' on reverse with Canton/A (Webb Type Div) arrival on reverse used later than recorded by Webb. From the new archive we have found I believe the 'A' index code (rare on stamps) was used at the Shameen Post Office.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1907. Pictorial balsa wood envelope addressed to England bearing Hong Kong SG 93, 4c carmine tied by Shanghai/B.P.O. date stamp (Webb Type J) with Teignmouth arrival on reverse. Attractive item.

Not much mail made from balsa paper/ wood has survived owing to the delicate nature of the paper.

Hong Kong. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to San Francisco bearing SG 143, 5c green (2), SG 146, 15c scarlet, SG 153, 50c purple, SG 155, $1 purple and blue and SG 157, $2 orange and green tied by Victoria Hong Kong double ring sent 'Clipper' mail via Hawaii with 'Opened by Censor/Hong Kong' label in blue. Attractive franking.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1909. Picture post card of 'The Widow's Gate, Wuchang' addressed to England bearing Hong Kong SG 62, 1c dull purple and brown (4) tied by Hankow/ C date stamp endorsed 'via Siberia'. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1889. Hong Kong postal stationery card 'one cent' green upgraded with SG 33, 2c carmine tied by Canton date stamp (Webb Type B) addressed to England with Hong Kong transit on reverse. Superb quality paying the UPU rate to England via Hong Kong.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1906. Canton Silk Circular addressed to Lyon, France bearing SG 77, 2c green tied by Victoria/Hong Kong double ring sent on the "S.S. Chusan". Very fine and scarce News-Band wrapper from Canton.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1904. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 81, 10c purple and blue tied by Canton/B date stamp (Webb Type Dv) routed via victoria/Hong Kong with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 8' date stamp sent on the steamer "Ern. Simons" with Lyon receiver on reverse. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (Great Britain). 1881. Envelope addressed to Hong Kong bearing Great Britain SG 142, 2 1/2d blue (pair) tied by Norwood squared circular 'Feb 11 81' with 'Singapore/ To Hong Kong' marine sorter on reverse dated 'Mr 12 81' sent on the packet "Thibet" arrival Hong Kong '19th March. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1909. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 77, 2c green tied by Canton/B date stamp (Webb Type Eii) endorsed 'per French Mail' with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 6' on face sent on the steamer "Polynesien" via Hong Kong, underpaid with hand-struck 'T' and bearing French postage dues Yvert 31, 20c olive (pair) applied and tied by Lyon arrival on face. Superb item of underpaid mail from Canton during the King Edward V11 reign.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1856. Stamp-less envelope written from Shanghai dated '25th June 1856' addressed to France cancelled by boxed 'Paid' in red (Webb Type 10), Charged '1s' in m/s with 'Indes Or. Amb. Marseille F' entry cachet in red and charged with hand-struck '20' on arrival with Lyons arrival. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (Japan). 1903. Envelope addressed to Yokohama bearing SG 56,2c dull green tied by Victoria/Hong Kong '22nd Dec' with Yokohama/Japan arrival '31st Dec 03' on reverse. Fine item of un-opened printed matter mail to Japan.

Hong Kong. (Kowloon Branch). 1901. Picture post card of 'The Harbour and Kowloon, Hong Kong' addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 57, 4c carmine tied by Victoria double ring with adjacent Hong Kong/ K.B.' (Webb Type A) date stamp 'Sept 27 01' and Arcachon arrival. Very fine early item with the Kowloon Branch Office first type.

Hong Kong. (Military Internment Camp Mail). 1945. Stamp-less envelope written from Shaftesbury, Dorset headed 'Prisoner of War Post./Service des Prisonniers de Guerre' addressed to 'Miss Bascombe, British Civilian Internee, Military Internment Camp, Hong Kong' cancelled Shaftesbury/Dorset '31st July 45' with 'Opened by Examiner 3211' label with hand-struck instructional 'Service/Suspended/Return To/Sender' in violet on face and returned. Rare item of mail into Stanley Internment Camp but never received.

Hong Kong. (Gibraltar). 1862. Stamp-less envelope addressed to 'Jose Matia. care of M. Power, Gibraltar' cancelled by Hong Kong date stamp 'Au 10/62' in blue-green and charged with hand-struck '1/-' on face with Gibraltar arrival adjacent 'Sp 27'. Very fine with scarce tax hand-stamp.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1859. Stamp-less envelope written from Shanghai dated '3rd Sept 1859' addressed to France routed via Hong Kong with Hong Kong/ C 'Sept 8' date stamp in blue, endorsed 'via Marseille' with 'Pays Etr. V. Suez Amb. B' French entry cachet in red and Vals arrival 'Oct 28' on reverse and rated with hand-struck '8' on face. Interesting item with Code 'C' reverse, not listed by Webb or Proud.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1852. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Woodcote, Henley' dated 'Mr 23 1852' addressed to Canton, China cancelled by Henley-On-Tames date stamp in blue with London/Paid, rated '2/3' in m/s and endorsed 'via Marseille' with Hong Kong arrival '9th May 52' on reverse. Nice item of mail into Canton with full text.

Hong Kong. (Shanghai Defence Force). 1933. Great Britain Postal stationery envelope GV 1 1/2d brown canceled by 'Field Post Office/ 1' double ring addressed to England endorsed 'via Canada'. Very fine.

China. (Boxer War). 1901. Envelope addressed to France endorsed 'Corps Expeditionnaire et Chine' bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 113, 10c green tied by Kiangking date stamp 'Mr 21st' routed via the Imperial and British Post Office Shanghai bearing Hong Kong SG 38, 10c purple/ red tied by Shanghai date stamp 'Mr 25th' with Macon arrival 'Avril 26' on reverse. Scarce item from the French Detachment at Kiangking in the Boxer Campaign.

Hong Kong. (Boxer Rebilion). 1900. Stamp-less picture post card written from Hong Kong dated '28th Sept 1900' addressed to Germany, endorsed 'Feldpostkard' and cancelled by 'Kais Deutsche/Marine-Schiffspost/No 6' date stamp,sent on the German steamer 'Gera' with Bethel arrival.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1903. Picture post card addressed to France bearing SG 57, 4c carmine tied by Canton date stamp (Webb Type Dii) routed via Victoria/Hong Kong with Craponne arrival in France. Lovely item.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1897. Envelope to London bearing SG 38, 10c purple/red tied by Canton/star date stamp (Webb Type C), routed via Hong Kong with transit, sent on French paquebot 'Sydney' with London arrival. Very fine.

Gibraltar Used In Great Britain. (Hong Kong). 1871. Envelope addressed to Hong Kong, China bearing Great Britain SG 117, 1s green tied by A/26 numeral with adjacent Gibraltar date stamp 'No 22' routed on the 'S.S. Pera' via Alexandria and the 'S.S. Pekin' to Singapore with 'Hong Kong/ Marine Sorter/ Singapore to Hong Kong' on reverse '7th Jan 72' . Lovely item of incoming mail to Hong Kong from Gibraltar.

China. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1945. Stamp-less envelope written by an internee 'Mr C.B. Longman, Civil Assembly Centre, Weihsien, Shantung, China' addressed to Boscombe, England cancelled by Framed 'Internee Mail Free/ of Postage/ Shanghai P.O.' in violet on face with adjacent Shanghai date stamp. In China the relieving American Forces introduced a hand-stamp to indicate that the mail enclosed was internee mail and therefore passed free of postage. All mail to Europe was routed via India. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (Canada Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies bearing Canada SG 363, 10c carmine and SG 365, 20c red-brown (4) tied by Ottawa date stamp 'June 16 40' endorsed 'Via Trans-Pacific Clipper' with Canada 'Examined by Censor/C 164' label routed via Hong Kong with Victoria transit '27 June' and triangular 'Passed Censor/9/ Hong Kong' on face in blue with Netherlands East Indies 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape and 'Censuur/Gepasseerd/2' hand-stamp in red on face. Superb item from Canada to Java via Pacific Clipper.

Hong Kong. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1915. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Prisoner of War' written from an Austrian P.O.W. (No 370), Hong Kong, addressed to Austria with boxed 'Passed by/Hong Kong/Censor' in violet and Wien censor applied on arrival in red Scarce WW1 P.O.W. Mail from Austrian Prisoner.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1906. Consignees Envelope addressed to Shameen, Canton bearing SG 62, 1c purple and brown (pair) tied by 'Paquebot' hand-stamp endorsed 'Consignees Cover' with French Post Office 'Canton-Chine' double ring '8th Dec 06' and endorsed in Chinese on reverse. Unique item from Hong Kong.