Member Papers
The aim of the Hong Kong Study Circle is to
record and circulate information on the philatelic and postal
history of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports. Our main tool remains
the Journal which we publish quarterly and distribute to our
members. The Internet now affords us a means of circulating
information to a wider audience. We will occasionally publish, on
our website, papers that we think are of interest to a broad range
of postal historians and others. The aim being to encourage
contributions of information from beyond our membership and to
make more people aware of the interests of our members.
NOTE:
Most of the papers require the latest version of the
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P023
Hong Kong Small Broken-Ring Datestamp
Webb Type 12 Census - Update
by Dr Andrew Cheung FRPSL
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This latest version updates the previous articles that appeared
in HKSC Journal 403 October 2022 and Hong Kong Philatelic Society
Journal No. 27 (2023).
[Download Article]
(Filesize 5Mb).
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P023
Hong Kong and
The British Consulate’s Post Office
at Bangkok from 1855 to 1885
by Michel Houde
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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.
[Download Presentation]
(Filesize 7Mb).
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P022
The United States Post Offices
in China and Japan, 1867 to 1874
By Richard C. Frajola, Michael O. Perlman and Lee C. Scamp
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Chapters - |
1. Introduction |
2. China Mails to 1867 |
3. Japan Mails to 1867 |
4. Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
5. The 1867 Hong Kong Postal Convention |
6. U.S. Post Office in Shanghai, China |
7. U.S. Post Office in Yokohama, Japan |
8. U.S. Post Office in Hiogo, Japan |
9. U.S. Post Office in Nagasaki, Japan |
10. U.S. Post Office in Hakodate, Japan |
Appendices - |
A. Eastbound PMSS Trip List |
B. Westbound PMSS Trip List |
C. Branch Line PMSS Trip List |
D. 1868 U.S. - Hong Kong Treaty |
E. Postal Marking Summary |
This book won the Webb Cup in 2006.
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P021
The "da Luz Covers"
By Philippe Orsetti
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Table of Contents
Introduction |
Exhibits |
Cancels |
| Post Office Cancels |
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Commemorative Cancels |
Covers |
| Covers and Address Formats |
| Postage Combination |
| High Value Stamps |
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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 |
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P020
- Updated 09-Mar-2022
The Definitive Adhesives of Queen Elizabeth II 1954-62
By Nick Halewood and David Antscherl
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Version 8
of this literary composition now comprises 81 pages.
New versions containing additional sections
and updates will be uploaded when available.
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P019
Messageries Maritimes Ships Having Served on Far East Lines (1867 to 1932)
by Philippe Orsetti
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This document illustrates each of the 90 Messageries Maritimes ships that have operated on the Far East lines,
having often called on Hong Kong, in order to associate them to their corresponding postal markings.
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P018
Hong Kong Branch Offices List
compiled by Ingo Nessel
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List of branch offices in alphabetic order with opening/closure dates, code letters,
replacement/forerunner details etc. This list has been supplied as an Excel spreadsheet
so that you can expand it to suit your collecting interests. A read only version in PDF has
also been provided in case you don't have Excel.
HKSC Members Only - Please login to enable download
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P017
Tientsin British Post Office Datestamps
by Chris Norton
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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.
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P016
Hiogo - 'D30' Obliterator Survey
by Neill Granger and Andrew Cheung
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In view of the increasing number of fake/forged Hiogo D30 cancels, the authors have given
permission for this article to be made available to collectors to assist them in identifying
such forgeries. This article is not restricted to members
only.
This article was originally published in the Hong Kong Philatelic Society Journal No. 18 in 2014.
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P015
United States Naval Hong Kong Markings
by Philippe Orsetti
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A study of US naval postmarks struck in Hong Kong waters on mail posted onboard
US Navy warships.
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P014
Red Cross Envelopes during the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong
by Philippe Orsetti
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The object of this Monograph is to make available, for further research, all the data
concerning this subject that have been accumulated by the author over the years.
The scope of this document is limited to the outgoing Red Cross covers from Hong Kong
and excludes incoming covers.
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P011
Hong Kong
Airmails – 1924-1952
by Nick Halewood
21 November 2010
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In
September
1911 the first official British air mail service
operated between Hendon, London, and Windsor. It
was, technically, the first time air mail for Hong
Kong had been accepted, so this postcard was among
the first mail to arrive in Hong Kong that at some
stage had been carried by an official air mail
service
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This exhibit traces the development of
the airmail routes and rates out of Hong Kong; covering
the first mail accepted in Hong Kong for air
transmission at some stage in 1924, the despatches for
the Karachi United Kingdom and Shanghai-Manchouli routes
in 1929 and 1931, respectively, the first regular
despatches for the Saigon-Marseilles route in 1932,
through the disruption caused by World War 11, to the
introduction of four zones in 1952. Experimental,
private and incoming flights that contributed to the
expansion of airmail routes from Hong Kong and mail from
Hong Kong-related crashes are also represented. Much of
the detailed information is the result of ongoing
personal research by the exhibitor. |
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Frame 1, Frame 2, Frame 3, Frame 4,
Frame
5, Frame 6, Frame 7, Frame 8
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P010
NEW BOOK:
French Mail Paquebot Far East
Itineraries 1862 – 1880 (FEMSI
Volume 2)
© by
Lee Scamp
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This
book is Volume 2 of Far East Mail Ship Itineraries
(FEMSI), Vol. 1 of which concerned primarily the
P&O.
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FEMSI Volume 2 provides tabular
itineraries of the French mail ship lines to, from, and
within the Far East, 1862 – 1880. Comprehensive
Oriental French paquebot itineraries between Hong Kong,
Shanghai and Yokohama are detailed, and augmented by
eastward and westward dates at Marseille for these
voyages (many of the Marseille dates from Salles’ Tome
II). Some more limited information is included
concerning the rest of the French line port calls
between France and the Orient: Messina / Naples,
Alexandria / Port Said, Suez, Aden, Galle / Colombo,
Singapore, and Saigon.
Mr. Scamp's email address:
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Uploaded:
22 Dec. 2010 |
Description
pdf file [103 KB]
Order Form
pdf
file [95 KB] |

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P009
French
Messageries Imperiales / Maritimes Mail Paquebot
Itineraries to, from, and within the Far East
1862 – 1880 Far East Mail Ship Itineraries,
Volume 2
© by Lee C. Scamp
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Click on the links below to view
presentations Mr. Scamp gave on his newest book. Both
files are filled with many interesting examples.
Mr. Scamp's email address:
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This submission was published on
this website: May 2010
The book is to be published later in 2010. |
View Presentation 1
pdf file [1363 KB]
View Presentation 2
pdf file [2121 KB]
Order Form
pdf file [93 KB] |

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P008
Subject
Matter
Index for Journal 335-346 (inclusive)
by Timothy Webb
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This
index
commences with Journal No.335 (October 2005). A
degree of cross-referencing has been included where
the subject matter has lent itself to it.
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published: April 2010 |
View pdf file [103
KB]
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as a web page |

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P007
Author
Index, Bulletin/Journal Nos. 1-351
by Timothy Webb
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Timothy Webb
compiled the bulk, Journal Nos. 1-347, of this list;
Nick
J. Halewood added
entries for Journal Nos. 348-351.
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published: March 2010 |
View pdf file [153
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View
as a web page |

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P006
Caveat Emptor -
A New Breed of Fakers at Work!
by Michel Houde
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With the widespread use of scanners,
computer printers, philatelic reference works etc.
fakers have discovered how easily these are to produce. |
published: March 2009 |
View pdf file [169
KB] |

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P005
Hong Kong Postal
Stationery Finds and Updates
by Lee C. Scamp
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Postal
Stationery Monograph
HK QV PC Earliest
Uses Appendix:
View Table pdf [`7.2 Megs]
View Scans pdf [200 KB] |
"After I completed the
original HKPS [Hong Kong Philatelic Society]
registration envelope article, I thought I should expand
it beyond the constraints of that topic to encompass new
finds and to include updates to the earliest and
latest dates that Col. Webb and others have recorded for
the rest of the various types of Hong Kong postal
stationery."
updated: 31 July
2013
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P004
French Ship Mail by
Harmon Fine
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A presentation given by Harmon Fine
illustrating this subject using covers and stamps.
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published: January 2009 |
View pdf file [228 KB] |

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P003
French Far East Mail Ship
Itineraries by Lee C. Scamp
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A presentation given by Lee
Scamp in Washington, DC during the 2006 International
Stamp Show.
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published: January 2009 |
View pdf file [3,026
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P002
Hong Kong Officially
Sealed Labels Catalog by Philippe
Orsetti
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First color issue; March 15, 2008
Revised and augmented as of July 21, 2010
Revised and augmented as of November 7, 2016
Officially Sealed Labels are used to secure letters and
packages received in damaged condition or damaged at the
Post Office. In Hong Kong, during the First World War,
they were also used to reseal letters that were opened by
censors, before the introduction of a specific resealing
strip in the early part of 1915.
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published: November 2016 |
View pdf file [6.9 MB] |

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P001
Direction Markings:
Re-Direction Markings Reconsidered by
Charles A. Jones
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Names of ports, such as Hong Kong,
Bangkok, and Singapore, are occasionally found as
unframed, straight-line markings on loose stamps, post
cards, and covers of Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, and
one example so far from North Borneo.
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published: April 2007 |
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