Last Updated: 30 July 2009
The
Hong Kong Study Circle is pleased to offer two books on the history of
the airmails of Hong Kong.
| HONG
KONG AIRMAILS 1924-41
By Duncan Crewe
| HONG
KONG AIRMAILS 1945-95
By Nick Halewood
| | Spiral bound, clear
heavy plastic covers, A4, 144 pages. 98 pages of text, 87 b/w
illustrations, 4 maps, 6 tables, covering postal markings, as well as
air mail etiquettes. |
Stapled
with card
covers, A4, 61 pages. Fully detailed, with 45 illustrations.
| Both books contain
detailed information on rates, crash covers, and Jusqu'à markings. They
are sold as a set, price £25. NOTE:
Postage is free to members but is additional for non-members.
Non-members should contact Mr Goldsmith concerning a purchase before
sending him any payment. Inquiries may be made of
the Journal Editor and copies may be obtained through:
M. Goldsmith
Argyll Etkin Ltd. | | 27 Regent Street |
| London SW1Y 4UA |
| UNITED KINGDOM |
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| email:
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| Also still available
from time to time are copies of a publication on the colonial
adhesives:
| A STUDY OF HONG
KONG DEFINITIVES:
KING EDWARD VII AND KING GEORGE V
By Nick Halewood and David Antscherl
| | Stapled with card
covers, 86 pages. |
These
studies cover the manufacture of the definitive issues of the two
reigns, including watermarks, papers, requisitions and orders, shades,
and plate flaws. A feature of the work of these two authors is the
cross-referencing of shades to the Pantone ® Colour System.
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