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American
Philatelic Research Library Catalog
- As an example, a simple search using "Hong Kong" in the ONLINE
CATALOG will yield over 900 hits which include: articles,
books, auction
catalogues, exhibits etc. [Thanks to Lee
Scamp for the suggestion.]
Fakes
& Forgeries
CAVEAT EMPTOR: A
series of concise guides dealing with Hong Kong
stamp by amtc911 on eBay's Reviews & Guides.
See all of his reviews & guides here:
China covers
Fake INVERTED watermark!
Bleached postmarks China and Hong Kong
Fake Sunburst postmarks
1891 Hong Kong Jubilee stamps eBay buying
guide
Hong Kong 1948 $10 Wedding buying guide
Fake China / Foreign PO combo covers
Beware of fake China Red Revenues
Album weeds; or, How to detect forged stamps
By Robert Brisco Earée (1882)

Photographs & Images of China
Wattis
Fine Art
- In the Hong Kong section of the Gallery page, there are over 150
items including photos (dating as early as 1862), paintings, maps and
prints. There are other section to explore such as China, Macau,
Singapore, Philippines, Canton, Shanghai, Eastern Maritime, Peking etc.
[Thanks to Lee Scamp for the suggestion.]
Historical
Photographs of China - "A
collaboration between scholars at the University of Bristol, University
of Lincoln, and the Institut d'Asie Orientale, this project aims to
locate, archive, and disseminate photographs from the substantial
holdings of images of modern China held mostly in private hands
overseas." [Thanks to Frank Drake
for the suggestion.]
"A Tour of Old Canton"
by the Presbyterian Church Archives - "Using a late 19th century map as
well as old photographs and coloured postcards, many taken over a
century ago, our Spring gallery takes a nostalgic look at the old
Chinese city of Canton, now known as Guangzhou."
Virtual
Shanghai
- "Virtual Shanghai is a research and resource platform on the history
of Shanghai from the mid-nineteenth century to nowadays."
The Streets and People of Shanghai
- The way we remember them by Ralph Harpuder
Hong Kong, Gateway To China, 1938
- The Screen Traveler - On YouTube, is an 11 minute
black and white film of Hong Kong shot around 1938. [First
brought to my attention by Dr. Andrew Cheung.]
China Through the Eyes of CIM Missionaries
- "This database contains 225 lantern slide and glass plate negative
images of portraits, landscapes, scenery and architecture in China as
well as shots documenting the socio-economic activities of the Chinese
from the 1900s to the 1930s." [CIM = China Inland Mission]
Hong Kong in the 1930’s
- An uncommon video of life in Hong Kong during those early days. [Brought
to my attention by Lee Scamp & Axel Olssen]
Hong Kong 1941 - 1945
- A collage of rare and relatively common wartime video footage of Hong
Kong's darkest years. Includes the arrival of the ill-fated
Canadian Grenadiers, the invasion by the superior Imperial Japanese
Forces, the Liberation and formal Surrender of the Japanese top brass. [Brought to my attention by Lee Scamp
& Axel Olssen]
FUI - There are numerous videos on YouTube dealing
with historic Hong Kong & China.

Philatelic
Words and Phrases: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and
Spanish
On-line
Exhibits
The
Frederick Mayer Collection - The
Postal History of Macao: 1796 to 1900.
EXPONET
- Virtual
International Philatelic Exhibition.
China
Philatelic Association - Queen
Victoria definitive postcard exhibit [on
the website, click the blue dots with page numbers, to move from page
to page]

How It Was
The
German
Speaking
Community in Hong Kong 1846-1918 by Carl T. Smith [PDF
format, may be slow to load]
Hong Kong Hongs with Long
Histories and
British Connections by Dan Waters [PDF
format, may be slow to load]
Fourteen Months in Canton:
by Mrs. Gray. Published by Macmillan and Co., 1880 - the visit started
in mid-1877 – how it was: lifestyle, people, businesses, etc.
Treaty Ports & Extraterritoriality
in 1920s China by Philip R. Abbey. Treaty
Ports, Settlements & Concessions, Extraterritoriality,
Gazetteer of
Some Treaty Ports, Foreign Forces in China, Americans in China, Links
to Related Pages, Bibliography & Book list, etc.
Hong
Kong War Diary by
Tony Banham - "a project that documents the 1941 defense of Hong Kong,
the Garrison, and their fates until liberation." The website "is
updated with a monthly record of research and related activities."
There are pages that "cover the books that have spun off from this
project, and a listing of each and every member of the Garrison."

Nip & Tuck: First Aid for
Postcards
- "In a perfect world, all postcards would be pristine, in mint
condition. In the real world, postcards suffer the slings and arrows of
age and outrageous handling."
Preservation
& Care of
Philatelic Materials - "The objective of the
PCPM
Website is to present, at least in summary form, the major issues
relating to the care and preservation of philatelic materials and to
identify additional sources of information providing even more depth of
coverage than is possible here. In addition, we are presenting a list
of archival suppliers and a bibliography of references germane to the
subject."

World
Statesmen.org
- "is an encyclopedia of the leaders of nations, dependencies,
international and religious organizations. Included are detailed
chronologies, maps, national anthems, flags and indexes which will
guide your historical research."
See
Hong Kong
before 1 July 1997.
This includes the names and dates of appointment of the various:
- Administrators
- Commanders-in-chief
- Governors
For
such
information since 1 July 1997, see Hong Kong (Xianggang).
See
Foreign Concessions and
Colonies,
for:
-
Chinese
Eastern Railroad Zone
-
Kiaochow
(Qingdao)
-
Kwangchowan
(Kwangchowwan)
-
Kwantung
(Port Arthur)
-
Macau
(Macao)
-
Shanghai
International Settlement
-
French
Concession
-
Tientsin
(Tianjin)
-
Weihaiwei

Hong
Kong Government Reports Online (HKGRO) 1853-1941 -
is a
full-text image database providing online access to pre-World War II
issues of four major government publications, namely, Administrative
Report, Hong Kong Sessional Papers, Hong Kong Hansard and Hong Kong
Government Gazette. It contains a wide range of information, such as
official notifications, proceedings of the Legislative Council,
statistics, and reports of government departments and special
committees, which are essential to students and scholars in conducting
research on Hong Kong.
Selections from the link
above:
REPORT ON THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG
FOR THE
YEAR 1922 by S. B. C. Ross, Postmaster General. Of
particular
interest is the section titled: "Note on the British Postal
Agencies"
(pages R7-R13). "While much of this is well known, there are
some
interesting
observations, and it is nice to have it all in one place."
Lee
Scamp, Nov. 2007.

Electronic
Hong Kong Collection for links to:
-
Hong
Kong Journals Online
-
Hong Kong Listed
Company Papers Online
-
Hong Kong Newspaper
Clippings Online
-
Hong Kong Tourism
Board Collection
-
The Hong Kong
University Theses Online
-
Hong
Kong Table of
Contents
Database - "This database provides access to the table of contents
(TOC) of books and pamphlets housed in the Hong Kong Collection, the
University of Hong Kong Libraries. It enables users to identify
individual papers presented at conferences held in Hong Kong and book
chapters of Hong Kong-related publications, regardless of their
publishing place and subject area."

Global
Gazetteer Version 2.1 - This page is a new
prototype. Find
locations by name. Gives the location's: Latitude, Longitude, Altitude,
related links on other websites, etc. In particular see Hong
Kong
historical and China.

Maps
David Rumsey Map Collection
[Use the search box in the upper right corner of the screen.]
Historical
Maps of China [University of Texas at Austin]

Time
and Calendars - Calendars,
Chronologies, Eras,
Calendar units, etc.
Perpetual
Calendar - A helpful tool for the Postal Historian

Stamp
Forgery Guide - Sources for
information on
forged stamps and on stamp expertizing.
PHILATELIC
EXPERTS - "This list contains the names and areas
of about
1,750 individual stamp experts and dealers, past and present, who have
back stamped or hand signed stamps or issued philatelic certificates.
Many scans included for the deciphering of marks."

SIZES
- "Sizes, grades, units, scales, calendars, chronologies; all things
quantifiable quantified"

Postal
History
and Markings of the Forwarding Agents by Kenneth
Rowe - You
can search the agents by city listing on line.
