1850. Stampless envelope written from Canton 26th November addressed to London with Hong Kong transit Nov 29th on reverse, routed via Southampton and rated '1/4' on arrival with London receiver 'Jan 26' on reverse in red. | 1850. Stamp-less envelope written from Canton 26th November addressed to London with Hong Kong transit Nov 29th on reverse, routed via Marseille, charged '6' in m/s for the ship and rated '1/4' on arrival with London receiver 'Jan 29' on reverse in red. The mail via Marseille arrived three days later than mail sent via Southampton. | A fine pair of covers posted on the same duy in Canton with the mail via Southampton arriving three days earlier. (Image)

1862, 2c. brown, no Wmk, mint lightly hinged, slightly toned gum and two short perfs at top, but still a useful example of Hongkong's first stamp. (SG £550)
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1862/1900, QV mint and used on stockcards inc. 5 C./18 C. orange used, $1/96 C. brown mounted mint, 1841/91 jubilee used etc. (Michel cat. according vendor 2011 ca. 3500.-). (Image)

1862. Stampless envelope from well known Macau correspondence addressed 'Jose Matia, Cadiz ' cancelled by Hong Kong date stamp on reverse 'Mr 13' with Gibraltar transit 'Mr 26' on face and forwarded to Cadiz with San Roque and Cadiz receiver '28 Apr' on reverse and charged with hand-struck '4R' in black on face. Lovely item ex Lee Scamp. (Image)

1863-71 QV 30c. mauve, Wmk Crown CC, vertical strip of three, MINT NEVER HINGED, fresh and very fine. A MOST ATTRACTIVE, SUPERB AND SCARCE MULTIPLE. (SG for mounted mint from £825)
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1870, entire folded letter written from Hong Kong dated "OC12 70" addressed to New York cancelled by "HONG KONG / PAID ALL" in red endorsed "Per steamer 'China' via San Francisco, "SAN FRANCISCO PAID ALL" transit in red on reverse "NOV 8" and rated "4" in carmine ink for the ship letter.
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1880. Queen Victoria SG 27, 10c on 24c green, tied by British Post Office in Yokohama with very fine 'Y/1' obliterator in blue. Not recorded used in Yokohama. Ex Dr Towers. (Image)

1891 Set of three optd. stamps (20c on 30c, 50c on 48c and $1 on 96c) surcharged "SPECIMEN", mounted mint, fresh and fine. (SG £850) (Image)

1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, mint never hinged, traces of offset (carmine and black) on back, lightly toned, fine. (SG £475) (Image)

1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, mint never hinged, lightly toned, fine. (SG £475) (Image)

1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, 1st printing, Pos.8 with broken "o" in Kong and nicked "J", mounted mint, lightly toned and stained, good. (SG from £475) (Image)

1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, two used singles, one with almost complete strike of "HONG-KONG/C/JA 22/91" FIRST DAY cds, the other showing variety "short U" and was cancelled by part strike of Shanghai cds, fine. (SG from £330) (Image)

1898 QV $1 on 96c. grey-black, Wmk Crown CA, without Chinese characters, surcharge "SPECIMEN", mounted mint with large part original gum, fresh and fine. (SG £600) (Image)

1898, QV 5 C. ultra pair tied "SHANGHAI C AP 25 98" to cover via Hong Kong and Turicorin to Bombay/India and fwd. internal to "MAHABALESHWAR 18 MAY 98", toned.
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1899, registered letter with nice five-colour-franking of different QV issues sent from "HONG-KONG A NY 6 99" to Munich with arrival mark on reverse. (Image)

1903/04, KEVII, wmk. CA $1 resp. CA multiple $1-3, unused mounted mint (Michel cat. 980.-). (Image)

1904, KEVII 5c. dull green/brown-orange, vertical pair on attractive hotel card "KING EDWARD HOTEL HONGKONG" sent 17.8.04 to Shanghai via British P.O. 20.8. and German P.O. receiver 20.8. Most attractive! (Image)

1905. Registered envelope (small tear at right) to France bearing SG 65, 5c orange and dull green (pair) and SG 67, 10c purple and blue (pair) tied by Registered G.P.O. Hong Kong double ring with 'Registered/Hong Kong China' label on reverse, sent on the steamer 'S.S. Prinz Eitel Friederich' with Paris arrival on reverse. Nice item of double letter plus registered mail. (Image)

1907, KEVII $2 canc. "REGISTERED 29 JY 11...", signed Schlesinger (Michel cat. 480.-). (Image)

1912, KGV $1 unused mounted mint trace of mount VLH and$2 mint never hinged MNH (Michel cat. 315.-). (Image)

1912, KGV $5 white on reverse, used "21 DE 17", pulled perf. (Michel cat. 440.-). (Image)

1918. Picture post card of 'Tree Uprooted by Typhoon' addressed to England endorsed 'On Active Service' and cancelled by 'Official Paid/Hong Kong' date stamp in red. (Image)

1921/26, KGV wmk. CA script, $1, $2 mint never hinged MNH resp. $3 $5, unused mounted mint, very fresh appearance (Michel cat. 1185.-). (Image)

1932. Air Mail envelope addressed (vertical fold, roughly opened) to England bearing Hong Kong SG 101, 2c green, SG 121, 5c violet, SG 125, 20c sage green andpurple (pair) and SG 129, $1 purple/blue tied by Hong Kong double ring '25th Oct' endorsed 'via Saigon / Marseille Air Mail'. Nice item paying the $ 1.47 rate to England. Scarce cancel in red. (Image)

1936, Advice of Delivery bearing Hong Kong 10 C. ultramarine, tied "G. P. O. Hong Kong 5 FE 36" circular dater, "SINGAPORE" cancel on reverse.
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