Hong Kong Study Circle

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Notice Board

May 2023

Questions & Answers

Question #18

Unidentified Marking on 1897 QV Postcard to France

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May 2023

Next On-line Meeting Monday 15 May 2023

Topic:
Hong Kong Postage Due (Part 2)

This is a joint Hong Kong Study Circle and Hong Kong Philatelic Society meeting, sponsored by Federation of Inter-Asian Philately and hosted by Dr Andrew Cheung FRPSL. If you have something to show please inform Andrew beforehand. Joining Instructions are on Meetings Page.

April 2023

Journal Index and Archives - Update

Journals from 2017 to 2020 have now been added

Available online now are the contents from back issues of Bulletin/Journal numbers 136 to 395 from the years 1967 to 2020.

They can be accessed through the Journal Archives page.

March 2023

Hong Kong Small Broken-Ring Datestamp
Webb Type 12 Census - Update

by Dr Andrew Cheung FRPSL

This latest version updates the previous articles that appeared in HKSC Journal 403 October 2022 and Hong Kong Philatelic Society Journal 27 (2023). It is available for download from the Papers section.

March 2023

Questions & Answers

Question #17

Hong Kong & Treaty Ports
Stamp Dealers' Mail

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March 2023

Hong Kong and
The British Consulate’s Post Office
at Bangkok from 1855 to 1885

by Michel Houde

A presentation given by Michel Houde at the Toronto meeting on 12th February 2023. It is based on his book "The British Consulate's Post Office at Bangkok from 1855 to 1885" and looks at the Hong Kong stamps, covers & postal stationery cards used at Bangkok during this period. The presentation is available for download from the Papers section.

February 2023

Study Circle Meeting
at Hong Kong Stampex

Hong Kong Study Circle will be hosting a meeting at Hong Kong Stampex

Date and Time	Sunday, 26 February 2023 Time 1pm

Venue	6 Floor, Exhibition Hall Sheungwan Civic Centre 345 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong

Meeting Theme	Show and Tell

Hong Kong Philatelic Society, Royal Philatelic Society and other local stamp society members are cordially invited to attend. For more information please contact Dr Andrew Cheung.

January 2023

Questions & Answers

Question #16

KEVII 1904 $2 Slate and Scarlet
Used in Tientsin
(Stanley Gibbons Z1011)

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December 2022

Directional Marking Census

Hong Kong Medan Deli Directional Marking

Sarah Harvey has kindly contributed an example of a MEDAN DELI 里日 directional marking for our census. See census page for further details.

November 2022

Study Circle Publication For Sale

A Study of Hong Kong Definitives:
King Edward VII and King George V

By Nick Halewood and David Antscherl

Members' Price £10 incl. surface postage
Contents pages and sample pages available here
Please contact Nick Burrell rnbuhotmail.co.uk
if you wish to make a purchase

August 2022

The United States Post Offices
in China and Japan
1867 to 1874

Richard C. Frajola
Michael O. Perlman
Lee C. Scamp

Mr. Richard Frajola has kindly made this book available for collectors to freely download. See Papers section. This book won the Webb cup in 2006.

June 2022

Directional Marking Census

Hong Kong Directional Marking

William Lack has kindly contributed this example of a HONG KONG directional marking for our census page.

March 2022 New Monograph - Version 8 Update 09-Mar-2022

The Definitive Adhesives of Queen Elizabeth II 1954-62

By Nick Halewood and David Antscherl

Version 8 of this literary composition now comprises 81 pages.

New sections and updates will be uploaded when available.

Version 8 available for download in Papers section.

Many thanks to Nick Halewood and David Antscherl.

January 2022 New Monograph

The "da Luz Covers"

By Philippe Orsetti

Table of Contents

Introduction
Exhibits
Cancels
	Post Office Cancels
	Commemorative Cancels
Covers
	Covers and Address Formats
	Postage Combination
	High Value Stamps
	First Day Covers
	Last Day Covers
	Code
Problems
	Post Office Visit Associations
	Cancel Dates Preceding Stamp Issue
	Sunday Cancels
	Public Holiday Cancels
Conclusions
Bibliography: da Luz Related Articles

Available for download in Papers section.

Many thanks to Phillipe Orsetti.

February 2021

Directional Marking Census

	SOURABAYA	西贡 SAIGON
	(Left) 光仰 RANGOON

William Lack has kindly contributed three further examples of directional marking for our census page.

October 2020

Directional Marking Census

William Lack has kindly contributed an example of a CHOLON 堤岸 directional marking for our census page.

September 2020

Questions & Answers - Item Updated

Question #15

KGV 1933 12c Purple on Yellow Overprinted 10 Cents Stamp Duty

Update - Further examples have been included.

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April 2020

A new monograph is now available

Messageries Maritimes Ships
Having Served on Far East Lines (1867 to 1932)

by Philippe Orsetti

See members' Papers section

March 2020

Hong Kong Branch Post Offices

Ingo Nessel has kindly provided us with a list of the branch offices. It is in Excel spreadsheet format and can be downloaded from the Papers section.

April 2019

Questions & Answers - New Item

Question #14

KEVII Adhesive with Security Marking of Greek Letters

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March 2019 (Q.12 Updated with Answer, April 2019)

Questions & Answers - Two New Items

Question #12

Unidentified marking
on 1900 QV 2c issue

Question #13

C30 Valparaiso, Chile obliterator
on QV 1c. Postal Stationery Card

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August 2018

Hong Kong Treaty Ports Tientsin B.P.O. Type 2i

A new paper is now available

Tientsin British Post Office Datestamps
by Chris Norton

This paper updates the available information and classification of the Tientsin B.P.O. date stamps. Varieties and forgery are shown and a scarcity guide is also provided.

See members' Papers section

May 2018

New Publication

Hong Kong Franked Covers of the Queen Victoria Period
by Air Commodore Richard Gurevitch

		Hong Kong Study Circle's esteemed member Air Commodore Richard Gurevitch has published his new book titled 'Hong Kong Franked Covers of the Queen Victoria Period'. This excellent 400-page hardback book, in A4 format, is a major extension of the annex in Volume 2 of Richard's book 'Hong Kong Queen Victoria Postal Adhesives' published in 2001, which was updated in various annual journals of the Hong Kong Philatelic Society. Almost 4,800 covers are listed, with detailed information, in chronological order and there are more than 225 pages of selected illustrations, with further information on applicable postal rates, included in this comprehensive study of the covers of the Queen Victoria era. The annexes to the book contain summaries of the earliest recorded dates of usage of individual QV adhesives and the number of covers bearing a particular value (thus giving an idea of rarity) as well as a bibliography.
The book is available directly from Richard; the costs are AU$ 80 or HK$ 500 + postage (approximately £45 + postage) payable in either AU$ or HK$. Postage from Australia is quite high as it is a heavy book, weighing 1.65kg, but it may be possible for members to club together thus reducing this cost. Please contact Richard by email at rgurevitchhotmail.com if you would like to purchase a copy of this major addition to the references for Hong Kong and Treaty Port philately and postal history. Many thanks and congratulations to Richard for his tremendous effort and his kind donation of a copy of his book to the Hong Kong Study Circle library.

January 2018 - Updated April 2018

Questions & Answers - New Item

Question #11

Large rubber Hong Kong handstamp

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