Hong Kong. (Belgium). 1902. Picture post card of 'Chinese Temple, Shanghai' addressed to Belgium bearing Hong Kong SG 57, 4c carmine tied by Victoria/ Hong Kong double ring 'My 31st', underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp routed via Bruxelles and bearing Belgian postage due Yvert 5, 10c carmine (3) applied and tied by Jodoigne '3rd Juillet' arrival on face. Unique item paying the triple rate postage due, card may have paid the packet rate.
Hong Kong. (German Seepost). 1899. Picture post card of the 'Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hong Kong' addressed to Friburg bearing German 'Reichpost' Yvert 46, 5pf green mixed with Hong Kong SG 35, 5c pale blue tied by 'Kais Deustche/ Marine Schiffspost/ No 40' date stamp '5th Dec' . Very scarce and attractive item.
Hong Kong. (French Indo-China). 1941. Envelope addressed to Hong Kong bearing French Indo-China SG 169, 2c green SG 170, 3c brown and SG 186, 20c carmine tied by Saigon Central/Cochinchine date stamp '30/6' with 'Opened by Censor/ Hong Kong' label tied by boxed '108' in violet. Nice item of incoming censored mail.
Hong Kong. (India). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Canada bearing India SG 260 2r brown, SG 267, 8p green (pair), SG 274, 6a turquoise and SG 275,8a violet tied by Jhumri-Tela double ring with 'Opened by Censor' tape endorsed 'Clipper Air Mail' , routed via Hong Kong with framed 'Not Opened/ by/ Censor' in violet with circular 'A.V./2' hand-stamp and Victoria/Hong Kong transit. Scarce item to Canada.
Hong Kong. (India). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing India SG 254, 3a6p blue,SG 255, 4a brown, SG 256, 6a turquoise and SG 59, 1r brown/ grey (2) tied by Raipur College double ring with 'Opened by Censor' tape tied by triangular 'Passed by Censor /A 11' , endorsed 'via Hong Kong' with framed 'Not Opened/ by/ Censor' in green with circular 'A.V./2' hand-stamp and Victoria/ Hong Kong transit. Very fine item of AV/2 mail via Hong Kong.
Hong Kong. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1917. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Prisoner of War' and endorsed 'F. Wirth, Prisoner of War No 370 at Hong Kong' with m/s date '17/15/17' in blue crayon addressed to Austria with framed 'Passed By/ Censor/ Hong Kong (Crown)' on face and boxed 'Zensur/ Wien' applied on arrival in red. Very fine.
Hong Kong. 1939. Envelope headed 'The Hong Kong Jockey cub' addressed to 'Kowloon Bowling Green Club' bearing SG 141, 2c grey tied by Victoria/ Hong Kong double ring '24th Oct 39' with framed 'Remember/The British War/ Organization Fund' on face and circular 'KE4' Postman's beat delivery chop for Kowloon. Superb quality item paying the local un-opened printed matter rate with very scarce hand-stamp so fine (Proud HS 5) recorded used between 22/10 and 2nd Jan. Ex Goldsmith.
Hong Kong. 1932. Registered envelope written from Canton bearing SG 124, 10c ultramarine (4) tied by 'Registered/ G.P.O. Hong Kong' double ring with registered label, underpaid with instructional 'Letter Package/Collect Ten Cents' in violet and bearing United States postage dues 5c red (pair) tied by 'Pittsburgh/PA' pre cancel. Very attractive combination.
Hong Kong. (Paquebot). 1936. Envelope addressed to Japan bearing Hong Kong SG 119, 3c grey, SG 124, 10c ultramarine and SG 124b, 12c purple/yellow tied by Nagasakia/ Nippon date stamp with framed 'paquebot' in carmine, endorsed 'Per R.M.S. "Russia". A very colourful item.
Hong Kong. (French Maroc). 1920. Stamp-less Official Mail envelope hand-stamped 'Le Resident General de France au Maroc/ Commandant en Chef' and cancelled Rabat Residence/ Maroc '6th Mars 1920' with boxed instructional 'Advertised/ Unclaimed' (struck twice on face) and Hong Kong receiver '27th April' on reverse. Nice item of instructional mail with scarce origin for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong. 1909. 'Zieher' picture post card 'Samoan stamp in relief on reverse' addressed to Scotland written from Kowloon with 'Hong Kong/K.B.' dispatch '10th Mr 09' on face and bearing Hong Kong SG 93, 4c red tied by Victoria/Hong Kong double ring with framed instructional 'Returned/ Not Transmissible' in black on face with boxed 'Hong Kong/D.L.O.' Exceedingly rare mark not recorded in Webb or Proud. See also Inter-Asia sale Dec 15 2012 lot 3306. (25,300 HK).
Hong Kong. 1901. picture post card of 'Hong Kong, Harbour' addressed to Germany bearing SG 49, 50c on 48c purple and SG 50, $1 on 96c grey tied by Hong Kong/D cds with Schoneberg receiver on front. Beautiful item. Rare stamps on card.
Hong Kong. (Russia- Ukraine). 1894. Envelope addressed to Russia bearing Hong Kong SG 33, 2c carmine and SG 35, 5c pale blue tied by Shanghai date stamp 'Mar 23' routed via Hong Kong 'Mr 27' , underpaid with Hong Kong circular 'T' hand-stamp with oval Russian tax hand-stamp on face with Odessa receiver on reverse '20th April' . Super Treaty Port cover taxed in Ukraine (Russia).
Switzerland. (Hong Kong- Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Batavia , Java, Netherlands East Indies bearing Switzerland Yvert 297, 40c grey and Air Mail Yvert 15, 2f brown tied by Sy Gallen date stamp '15th Aug 40' endorsed 'Par Clipper' with framed 'uber via Chiasso' with 'Opened by Censor/Hong Kong' label and Singapore 'C' and '8' circular hand-stamp with 'Censuur Batavia' censor tape tied by circular 'Dev/1' on face and reverse. Lovely item of Trans-pacific mail routed via U.S. Hong Kong and Singapore to Java.
Hong Kong. (Postal Stationery). 1892. Hong Kong postal stationery card '3 cents' brown cancelled by Hong Kong date stamp 'Oc 21 92' addressed to France with 'Modane a Paris' ambulant in red and St. Amandles-Eaux arrival on face '27th Nov' . Very fine.
China. (Hong Kong). 1903. Picture post card of the 'Hotel des Colonies, Shanghai' addressed to France bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 111, 4c brown tied by Woosung date stamp routed via the Imperial and British Post Office Shanghai bearing Hong Kong SG 56, 2c green (pair) tied by Shanghai date stamp with Toulon arrival. Nice Combination.
Hong Kong. 1900. Envelope addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 35, 5c blue (inter-Pannier pair) tied by Hong Kong/ F date stamp 'Mr 15' with Paris arrival and forwarded to Calvados '15 Avril' on reverse. A very scarce item from Hong Kong. The first inter-pannier stamps we have seen on cover from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1884. Postal stationery card one cent green upgraded with SG 33, 2c carmine tied by Shanghae date stamp 'Nov 20' (Webb Type Bi) addressed to Germany routed via Hong Kong 'No 23' with Dresdon arrival on face '31/12' . Attractive item.
Hong Kong. (British Post Office In Shanghai). 1904. Hong Kong postal stationery '4 cents in 3c' brown double reply card cancelled by Shanghai/ B.P.O. date stamp 'Dec 28 04' (Webb Type J) addressed to France. Scarce cancel on postal stationery.
Hong Kong. 1890. Envelope addressed to England bearing Hong Kong SG 37a, 10c green tied by 'B/62' obliterator with adjacent Hong Kong date stamp 'No 13 90' on face, endorsed 'per Roselta' with Colchester arrival.
Hong Kong. 1918. Censored envelope written from the 'Chief Officer, S.S. Hias' addressed to Holland bearing SG 105, 10c blue tied by Hong Kong
double ring with 'G Arms R/Opened by Censor' label in blue with boxed 'PBC' in violet and Elburg receiver on reverse. Nice item of 1st War censored mail.
Hong Kong. (German Sea Post Office). 1904. Picture post card of 'Park, Hotel and Signal station, Hong Kong' addressed to Germany bearing Hong Kong SG 64, 4c purple/red tied by 'Deutsche Seepost/ Ost/ Asiaatische/ Hauqtlinie' date stamp '28th Sept 04' (Webb Type A) with Munchen arrival '26 Oct' on face. Scarce use of the German Sea Post in Hong kong, Webb records Less than ten examples known.
Hong Kong. (Macau-Gibraltar). 1860. Stamp-less envelope written from Macau dated '27th Nov 1860' addressed 'Jose Matia care of Michael Power, Gibraltar' cancelled by Hong Kong transit on reverse 'Nov 28', rated '1s' in m/s with Gibraltar arrival 'Jan 12 61' on face and framed 'To/Pay' in black. The To Pay' in black. The To pay mark applied by the Gibraltar Post Office to be forwarded at the Spanish Inland rate. A very rare item from Macau.
Hong Kong. (Seychelles). 1947. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Government House, Seychelles' bearing SG 152, 30c blue (strip of three) tied by 'Kowloon/ Hong Kong' double ring with instructional 'By Air To Office of Exchange Only' routed via Hong Kong with Victoria/ Seychelles arrival on reverse. Lovely item of destination mail.
Hong Kong. 1912. Registered postal stationery card one cent brown upgraded with SG 82, 12c green and purple and SG 91, 1c brown tied by Registered/ Hong Kong double ring with framed 'R/ Hong Kong' hand-stamp addressed to Germany with Hannover arrival on face. Very scarce up-rated Registered postal stationery card.
Hong Kong. (Netherlands - Burma). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Shanghai ,China bearing Holland Yvert 140, 7 1/2c orange and Yvert 376, 20c violet-blue (3) tied by Rotterdam double ring '25th Avril 40', routed via Burma with triangular 'Passed Censor/ Rangoon/ 3' in green on face and 'Opened by Censor/ Hong Kong' label applied in transit with Shanghai arrival on reverse.
Mailed across the Atlantic and Pacific on P.A.A. and from Hong Kong on CNAC and BOAC to Shanghai.
Hong Kong. (Australia). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Sydney, Australia bearing SG 153, 50c purple and SG 155, $1 purple and blue tied by Victoria/Hong Kong double ring endorsed 'Via Rangoon/per C.N.A.C.' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by framed '2/Passed by Censor/ 853' on face. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (British Post Office In China). 1918. Registered envelope headed 'Netherlands Trading Society Shanghai' addressed to Holland bearing British Post Office in China SG 8, 20c purple and sage tied by oval Registered/Shanghai B.P.O. date stamp with framed 'R/Shanghai B.P.O./No' hand-stamp on face with 'Opened by Censor' label endorsed 'via America' with San Francisco and New York/Reg transits and Dordrecht arrival. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Egypt). 1920. Picture post card of 'The Light House, Port Said' written from the 'Suez Canal' dated '28th July 1920' addressed to Shanghai, China bearing Egypt SG 76, 4m vermilion tied by Port Said date stamp with framed 'B.P.O. To G.P.O./ Shanghai/11 Sep 20' on face with Shanghai Br. P.O. arrival. Lovely item of incoming mail.
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.
Its a real pleasure to add a magnificent selection of French Colonies from Africa, Asia, The Caribbean and Oceania. Very fine pre-stamp, British Post Office, Charged Mail, Advice of Receipt, Printed Matter and postage due mail. A lovely selection of censor mail, some with five or six censor cachets and labels, routed Trans-Africa, two Ocean or over the Atlantic with some unusual destinations.
A few items from the Dr. Edward Grabowski collection, this amazing sale sold in three parts by Spink. Also interesting Tahiti and New Caledonia from Tony Eastgate's life time work.
Over the next few months we hope to add many items to grace the finest collections.
A strong area of stock is our China from Imperial to WW2 with many fine censor covers and Air Transits. A good selection of the overseas Post Offices, Austrian, British, French, Japanese and Russian with offices in Manchuria. Many mixed combinations, I.P.O's .
Coming soon the John Marc Sitarek accumulation of China, French Post Office and Indo-China with magnificent French Detachment in the Boxer Campaign covers.
John Marc also had a fine selection of the Chinese Labour Force which are not often seen, he built this selection over thirty years. One of the darker aspects of World War One was the plight of 12,000 Chinese workers who were recruited by the British Army from the North of China in 1916 to serve on the battle front in France as labourers, trench diggers, munitions carriers, mine disarmers and corpse bearers under often inhumane conditions. A large number were also struck down by the devastating Spanish flue of 1918.