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- Harmon Fine |
“SHOP CLOSED" – Only known example of this size, 22 years earlier than
Proud's ERD |
ONLY KNOW EXAMPLE OF THE 64mm x 11mm 'SHOP CLOSED' INSTRUCTIONAL MARKING
Webb
did not report a “SHOP CLOSED” marking in his chapter on instructional
markings. Proud reported two different examples. His type
I160 used 26.7.26-1.8.26 is, according to the illustration in his book,
54mm x 8mm in size. His type I162 was used 10.6.27-23.3.33 and
was 47mm x 12mm in size. The cover illustrated below bears an
unrecorded 64mm x 11mm “SHOP CLOSED” marking, with a Hong Kong date of
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| 2009
- Harmon Fine |
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AN UNRECORDED TYPE
OF SHA TAU KOK BRANCH POST OFFICE CANCEL AND THE EARLIEST USE OF ANY
CANCEL FROM THAT OFFICE
Of
the Sha Tau Kok branch post office, Webb (page 114-115) wrote that
nothing was known about the opening of the sub-office and that it did
not apparently have any canceller to start with. Proud (page
859)
indicated that the office opened at the Police Station and showed a
date of 1912 as a possible opening date. Wellsted (page 19) wrote that
a postal agency existed in the Police Post in the village on the
Chinese border for some time in the 1920’s and continued for some years
after 1931. These authors including Schoenfeld all indicated
the
first known Sha Tau Kok branch post office cancel to have been of the
Intaglio Seal of which an example is known dated August 8,
1930.
There are examples at other offices with double line circular date
stamps with the branch name at the top, short and thick killer bars on
the side and “X” in the bottom center of the cancel between the double
circular lines. The use of these cancels precede the August
1930
use of the intaglio seal. Examples of these cancels include
Aberdeen Webb Type A (1912-1928), Au Tau Webb Type A (1918-1920) and
Tai O Webb Type A (1909-1914). These markings should not be
confused with similar cancels using a narrower killer bar in the early
1930’s such as Sheung Shui Webb Type B (June 1932 to July 1934) or Ping
Shan Webb Type B (May 1934 to September 1934). The Sha Tau
Kok
example shown dated May 14, 1918, has the same short and thick killer
bars as the earlier markings. It is an unrecorded type of Sha Tau Kok
branch post office cancel and is also the earliest recorded marking
from that office.
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| 2008
- Peter Richardson |
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LATE USE OF THE
14-CENT RATE TO THE UK
A cover
showing a relatively late example of the 7-cent rate to the UK with
matching 7-cent registration, rate period ending August 1, 1894.
Click here for
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| 2007
- Dr. Andrew Cheung FRPSL |
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EARLIEST
RECORDED SHANGHAE TYPE Bi ON POSTAL STATIONERY CARD
This 1c/4c postcard
was (partly) written on
26
December 1881 from Peking and carried privately to Shanghai and
re-mailed back to the Netherland Legation, Peking. 1c was the
local postcard rate at the time and was accepted by the British
Shanghai Post Office. The Shanghae cancel on the imprinted stamp also
dated 'JA 12 82' is Webb type Bi, it is believed to be the
earliest
recorded usage of this datestamp as a cancel on a postcard.
Click
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2006
- Brian Ackerman
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KGV 50c DEFINITIVE
INVERTED &
REVERSED WATERMARK VARIETY
This
item is supported by RPSL
certificate No.192552 dated 18 Jan 2006 and stating that, in
the
OPINION of The EXPERT COMMITTEE the item described as "Hong Kong
1912-21, S.G.No.111dw (var), 50c Black/Blue-Green - Watermark Mult
Crown CA - On Emerald back - but variety Watermark inverted and
reversed - Used is Genuine".
Mr Ackerman believes
that, from
other enquiries made as well, this item may be unique.
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2005
- None
of
entries submitted were judged to be eligible for the award.
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2004
- Philippe
Orsetti
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JAPANESE OCCUPATION
TAXED
POSTCARD: A DOUBLE WHAMMY
This
very inconspicuous 2 sen
postcard was sent from Hong Kong to Guang Zhou Post Office on 19-5-27
during the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong, i.e. 27th May 1944.
This
postcard seems to be the first reported piece of Hong Kong Japanese
Occupation mail bearing a British marking.
Click
here
for more details.
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2003
- Philippe
Orsetti
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Earliest
"F1" (Foochow)
Obliterators on cover - 13 June 1874
It
is recognized that these two
covers (both showing c.d.s. of 13 June 1874) are not new finds. The
'discovery' is that they now represent the earliest recorded "F1's" on
cover.
Click
here for more details.
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2002
- Philippe
Orsetti
(joint winner)
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Red
oval 2 sen Masashige Kusunoke
statue stamp imprinted postcard, up-rated by 1 sen orange-brown
rice-harvesting, used locally from Tai Po sub-office to Stanley
Military Internment Camp during Japanese occupation period of Hong
Kong, dated "19-4-8" (8 April 1944), first known non-philatelic mail
ever reported from this remote village in the New Territories of Tai Po.
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2002
- John L. M.
Rogers (joint winner)
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'ADMIRALTY'
naval
marking on KGVI
adhesives on cover dated '28 SEP 1945'.
Webb
illustrates this 31 mm single circle datestamp on pg. 203 of his book
and records it as being struck in blue and known on a 15c KGVI adhesive
also dated 28 SEP 1945. He writes (pg. 204) - "This was the first day
on which adhesives had been put on sale again in Hong Kong. This is,
according to Mr. Goldup, the datestamp used throughout the Navy for
their postal orders, and the postal use may have been at that
particular period."
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2001
- Philippe Orsetti
(joint winner)
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Unrecorded
postal stationery during Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong, 180 x 115mm
pre-printed "PRISONERS OF WAR MAIL" envelope with text almost identical
to pre-printed postcards issued for Stanley Civilian Internment Camp,
sent from Stanley Camp to England, probably in 1943.
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2001
- Charles Chan
(joint winner)
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QV 96c
brownish-grey off-cover stamp cancelled Nagasaki "N2" killer in blue,
over-struck with the first recorded boxed "MISSENT TO NAGASAKI" in
similar blue inking.
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2000
- Andrew Cheung
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Russian 4k
postal stationery card sent on 25 June 1898 from St. Peterburg to
Kiautschow of North China but missent to Hoihow, struck with the first
recorded boxed "MISSENT TO HOIHOW" in black; obverse transit markings
included Hong Kong (17 August), Shanghai (27 August) and Tsintau (5
September); reverse side also with Hoihow Webb Type E cds dated "AU 17
/ 98".
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1999
- Andrew Cheung
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February
1876 cover-front from the "Smith Correspondence" to England, franked QV
30c mauve and cancelled Amoy "A1" killer in washed-blue, being the
first known bluish inking on cover and the earliest recorded "A1"
cover; the front also had a red London arrival dated "MR 25 / 76" and a
partial offset of Amoy Webb Type Dii cds of "FE (?)2 / 76".
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1998
- Alfred Chu (joint winner)
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1898 QV
10c on 30c with Chinese, block of 36 (6 rows x 6) from north-east pane
with 3 sides margins and Plate No. 2, showing double overprint for all
6 stamps of the second row, being the largest multiples of double
overprint of all stamp issues in Hong Kong.
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1998
- J. L. M.
Rogers (joint winner)
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KVII postal
stationery
registered
envelope, reverse with Insurance Type A, used to England, franked KVII
4c purple/red and cancelled Ningpo Webb Type Eii cds "MR 9 / 05"
(earlier than Schonfeld's record), obverse with previously unrecorded
"R in Circle" (Webb Type R(1), Norton standard type B) registration
marking in black inking.
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1997
W. H. N. Scawin
(joint winner)
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Essay of
50c/48c yellow-brown specimen (with lower margin showing Current No.15)
supplied by De La Rue to the Crown Agent for transmission to Hong Kong
Government on 23 August 1890 with a note of no more was heard of the
matter; the specimen copy was with 4 Chinese characters hand-drawn in
the left column.
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1997
- Nick Halewood
(joint winner)
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Airmail
cover to UK rated $1.47 and cancelled Kowloon cds in red dated "9 DEC /
32", the latest record of red inking which confirmed the thought of
possible red airmail inking for mails leaving Hong Kong during 7-10
December 1932 (HKSC Jn. 295/10).
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1996
- W. H. N. Scawin
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Local cover
of Japanese Occupation period of Hong Kong, franked 2 sen overprinted
(issued on 16 April 1945) and late cancelled on 20 August 1945, an
unrecorded use well after Japanese surrender on 14 August 1945.
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1995
- Michael Goldsmith
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First
recorded use on receipt
dated "1/7/1926" of KGV fiscals overprinted "WEI HAI WEI" 1c on 10c/3d
x 3 copies and 2c on 10c/3d, all with Chinese surcharge; kiss-double
overprint to the word "Cents" of "Two Cents"; the "TEN CENTS" overprint
be effected in London whereas "One Cent" and "Two Cents" be local
Chinese overprintings.
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1994
- I. G. Nessel
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8 December
1941 airmail cover manuscript "VIA CNAC" addressed to Australia
(re-addressed to Canada) franked KGVI adhesives total $1.50 cancelled
Webb Type J Kowloon Hong Kong cds dated "8 DE / 47" (7 days later than
records of Proud and Schoenfeld); cover front struck with "DETAINED IN
HONGKONG / BY JAPANESE / FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1945", "NO
SERVICE" and "RETOUR" markings; cover back struck with Victoria Hong
Kong cds dated "8 DE / 41" and Japanese Occupation period datestamp of
Kowloon dated "17-2-11" (11 February 1942), previously not seen in
conjunction with the Detained in HK handstamp.
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1993
- A.
J. Cutner
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Unrecorded
type postal stationery
of registered envelope with "R in Oval Circle" at top left and without
the box for sender's name and address, KGVI 25c registration stamp on
flap and 25c acknowledgement printed on the reverse; forced mail use,
purchased and paid in HK currency at an Indian Army camp in Kowloon
after the Liberation and posted there to London, franked with two
Indian KGVI 3 Annas adhesives paying the airmail rate of 6 Annas and
cancelled Field Post Office Webb Service Type 2 "No.127" double-circle
cds of 27 April 1946 and with a registration label of F.P.O. Another
similar example of envelope dated 1947 was known to Mr. Baker but sent
through the GPO as civil mail.
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1992
- I.
Baker
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1918 Active
Mail to London struck
with unrecorded form of censorship marking "COMMANDER'S OFFICE * CHINA
STATION" oval datestamp (believed to be Wei Hai Wei) dated "20 SEP
1918", manuscript "censored" and initial signature above and below date
respectively; travelled by naval bag and struck with boxed "RECEIVED
FROM H.M. SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" in London upon arrival and
London arrival cds dated "16 NO / 18".
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1991
- R.
J. Newton
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13 September
1896 Transvall 1d
postal stationery postcard from Johannesburg to Kowloon Customs,
backstamp Hong Kong arrival cds of 7 November 1896, ppc front struck
with a previously unrecorded 34mm circular marking "RECEIVED / IN /
FORWARD / BAG" in four straight lines of 4mm letters. (A similar type
of 32mm with identical wordings was also known in 1904 on a Malta 1/2d
stationery wrapper uprated 1/2d to China Station but with the word
"RECEIVED" around the top rim instead of straight line.)
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1990
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I. Baker
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Cover from
India to Dairen, China,
on the reverse struck with a new type Marine Sorter double-circle
datestamp "SINGAPORE TO HONGKONG", letters around the top rim, curve
line at bottom, index M and date in two lines, dated "10 SP / 09". (A
further example was also illustrated in HKSC Jn.269 p.11, on a ppc from
England to HK also of same date.)
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1989
- R. J. Newton
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1c postal
stationery envelope
added with 4c adhesive sent from Hong Kong (23 May 1901) to Wei Hai Wei
struck with arrival Liu Kung Tau Oval Datestamp of 3 June 1901,
forwarded to F.P.O. No.13 (3 June, at Wei Hai Wei), back to Kowloon
Base Office (16 June), then to Jhansi (India, 4 July) and Abbottabad (7
July) where the addressee who was a soldier in the Royal Garrison
Artillery apparently found there. Opposed to previously recorded
"belted" type, this F.P.O. No.13 was in plain type, latest use beyond 6
months of previous record and the only known example showing the
combination of use of Liu Kung Tau Oval and F.P.O. No.13 datestamps.
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1988
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I. Baker (joint winner)
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18 April
1901 registered envelope to London with uncommon "INSURED" label of
black lettering on magenta paper; franked 4 copies QV 10c and struck
with uncommon Webb Type R(iv) boxed "R / HONG-KONG G.P.O." registration
handstamp with thick "R" variation, suggested to be used in branch
offices at Kowloon and Western (see HKSC Jn. 238 of July/Aug 1982,
Appendix III, p.4) and the "thin R" type was known use at Kowloon.
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1988
- P.
D. Richardson (joint winner)
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1905
registered envelope (uprated insurance fees overprinted) franked two
KEVII 4c cancelled Webb Type B Liu Kung Tau cds dated "JU 29 / 05" and
Type Ri "R in Circle" registration marking, two years later than the
latest date recorded by Messrs. Goldsmith and Goodwyn in The Crown
Colony of Wei Hai Wei.(published by RPSL, 1985).
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1987
- None
of
entries submitted were judged to be eligible for the award.
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1986
- F.
J. Rogers
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1945
N.A.A.F.I. On Active Service
Letter Form (used by British force members overseas) to London struck
with unrecorded double-circle FIELD POST OFFICE 365 cds with two thick
side bars dated "8 DE / 45" (where F.P.O.366 was widely known). Upon
Japanese surrendered at the end of August 1945. a Commando Brigade
disembarked at Kowloon on 12 September 1945 and had its F.P.O.366 in
operation from 16 September. Another military cancellator F.P.O.365 had
allocated to the Special Service Group 1 on 27 August 1943 and returned
to the Home Post Centre in December 1946 but no previous reports of its
use in Hong Kong, and this is the first recorded example.
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1985
- Andrew
Cheung
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1921
quadruple-rate registered
cover to England franked CHINA overprint 10c x 3 and 8c cancelled
Registered Shanghai B.P.O. Oval Datestamp dated "JA 17 21", struck with
the new found third type boxed "R/ SHANGHAI B.P.O." registration
marking in blue inking (all letters in upper case vs. the second type
rubber chop with upper and lower case letterings), clearly a rubber
made handstamp showing severe wear and wavy frame-line appearance.
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