1858, incoming mail, USA, entire folded letter dated "New York July 31st 1858" endorsed "Via England" and boxed "NOT PAID" of New York (Hubbard/Winter p. 371 No. 335) and manuscript "4". This cover probably left aboard the "North-Star" of the Vanderbilt Line July 31, arr. Southampton Aug. 13 and then perhaps by the long route via Cape as private captains letter. Arrival double arc type "HONG KONG 16 MR 1859", which means 226 or 239 days in transit. - Long description in german enclosed.
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1858, "HONG-KONG 12 OC 1858" on reverse of entire folded letter endorsed "via Suez" to Marseilles/France with red entry marking "MARSEILLE PAYS ETR. V. SUEZ 26 NOV 58", taxed "16". Hong Kong 29th Sept. dateline by Jardine&Matheson.
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1860 Incoming mail: Entire from Bombay to Hongkong by the "Madras", franked 1856 4a. black, with scarce circled h/s "BOMBAY/B.P.P./Paid" in red (Giles SD10), and on the reverse with "HONGKONG/C/MAY 20/60" arrival c.d.s. The stamps cut by scissors at right and bottom otherwise fine.
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Hong Kong, Military Mail: 1868, soldier's concessionary rate envelope from "Staff Sgt. J.F. Pegg, Local Brigade, RA Hong Kong" to his wife in England , countersigned by his commanding officer, bearing 1863, QV 2 C. brown cancelled "B62", with "Hong Kong C MY 14 68" despatch and U.K. "RUGBY" and "LUTTERWORTH JY 13 68"c.d.s. on reverse. Envelope flap torn and slight creases, file bend affecting adhesive at right. From the Sgt. Pegg soldier's concessionary rate correspondence.
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1863/71, QV definitives wmk. CC 4c, 6c, 8c, 12c (2 copies, one with wing margin), 24c and 48c, all with inverted wmk., used with various killers, partially with slight faults (SG £1130)
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1863/66, QV 96 C. blackish brown, 30 C. orange and 4 C. slate (perf. 14) tied "B62" to envelope to Hamburg/Germany w. "HONG-KONG C JU 9 71" on reverse, endorsed "via Brindisi", red french Marseilles entry mark 21 July, "...ETRANGER ..22" and "HAMBURG 24 7" on reverse. Also red "P.D." and vermillion/lilac crayon rating notes. Oval blue senders mark "BOURJAU, HÜBENER & Co. / HONGKONG" with "B. H. & Co." emboss on backflap. Two pinholes off stamps and bit reduced at left due to opening. - Not among the summarized census of 96 C. covers in Gurevitch 2017 p. 393. Scarce usage of the 96 C. on cover.
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1864, QV 8 C. pale dull orange, a vertical pair canc. two strikes "B62" to mourning cover with vermilion "HONG KONG PAID ALL A MY 10 70" alongside, endorsed "By Pacific Mail" to Stratham NH/USA. On reverse "HONG.KONG C JY 10 70" and "SAN FRANCISCO PAIDALL AUG 12", envelope tears and traces of backing in margin.
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1865/1901, five blocks including QV wmk. Crown CC 12c pale blue block of six with corner margins and plate number "1", QV 10c on wmk. Crown CA 30c grey-green block of four with interpanel margins, QV wmk. Crown CA 5c yellow block of ten with corner margins, QV wmk. Crown CA 12c blue and 30c brown blocks of eight, both with interpanel margins, MNH, partially seperated between stamps, otherwise fine (SG £2600).
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1863/1906, values used with "HONG KONG PAID ALL" cds, including higher values of QV $1, KEVII $2, $3, $5 and $10 (both wmk. Crown CA and Crown Multiple CA),
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1865, anglo-french accountancy marking "GB/1F 4/10" (Proud type A17) on small cover from "HONG KONG AU 11 65" (blue) via Marseilles to Altona near Hamburg/Germany, red french entry marking "poss. angl. via Suez", transits Hamburg city p.o., Hamburg T&T post office and arrival Altona. Embossed british crest on backflap, various tax marks, a.o. red crayon "24" and blue crayon "2". (Image)

Manila to Spain: 1869, two covers with QV 1865 24 C. resp. 48 C. single franks canc. B62 to Bilbao, endorsed "via Gibraltar", with senders hs. "RUSSELL&STURGIS / MANILA", HK transits of Feb. 7 and Feb. 22. The 48 C. cover additionally shows a large vermilion "12 R." (reales) rate mark. Both covers faults, cover sections with the stamps had been removed and were repositioned. Great cover pair, franked Hong Kong covers to Spain before 1880 are elusive. - Both unlisted in Gurevitch (2017).
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1871, QV 30 C. violet canc. "B62" on folded letter endorsed "via Brindisi" to RBS, Edinburgh. On reverse "HONG KONG C JA 11 72" and Edinburgh arrival of Feb. 19 72.
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1875 Marine-Sorther datestamp "HONG-KONG MARINE-SORTER/SINGAPORE-TO-HONGKONG/SP 19/27 75" in blue (this subtype (d) was the only sorter to use blue ink from July '74 to July '76), used on reverse of cover from Calcutta (28 Aug. 1875) to Hongkong via Bombay '6 Sep 1875', carried by the "Tibre" to Gallé and by the "Teheran" to Singapore (19 Sep.) and Hongkong (26 Sep.). The cover franked by India 1866 4a. blue-green tied "B/1", and with Calcutta and Bombay datestamps alongside. A superb strike of the Hong-Kong Marine-Sorter datestamp in blue.
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1880, QV 5 C./8 C. bright orange (top right corner crease) with 2 C. dull rose (3 inc. pair) canc. "B62" on small size cover with "HONG KONG A OC 27 80" alongside to London/England. Backflap with blue logo of "H.M.S. Pegasus".
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1877, 28c optd. on 30c mauve, wmk. Crown CC, MH with partial gum, signed a. o. Gebr. Senf Leipzig., cert. Brandon (1982) (SG Cat. £1600).
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1879, postcard stamps, 3c on 16c yellow, and three copies of 5c on 18c lilac, MNG, slightly stained.
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1879, 3/CENTS. on 16 C. yellow on red card form, resp. 5/CENTS. on 18 C. violet on blue card form, unused mint (Michel cat. 1000.-).
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1880, QV 10 C. mauve tied "B62" to reverse of red band cover with "HONG KONG C DE 7 81" alongside to Yokohama/Japan settlement #165 with "YOKOHAMA DEC 16 1881" (day slug turned upside down) transit and local delivery marking. Double weight letter per the 5 C. per 1/2 oz. tariff of March 1, 1880. Unusual.
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1885, QV definitives wmk. Crown CA, 20c surch. on 30c orange-red, 50c surch. on 48c yellowish brown and $1 surch. on 96c grey-olive, MH, fine (SG Cat. £1350).
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1891, 50th Anniv of Colony optd. "1841 Hong Kong JUBILEE 1891", MLH, fine (SG £950).
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1898, $1 on 96c. grey-black without Chinese characters overprint, MLH, fine (SG Cat. £2750).
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1898, $1 on 96c. grey-black without Chinese characters overprint, MH, fine (SG Cat. £2750).
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1903, KEVII definitives wmk. Crown CA short set of 14 up to $5, MNH and MH, fine (SG £1600).
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1903, KEVII definitives wmk. Crown CA opt. "SPECIMEN", complete set of 15, MH, fine (SG £2000).
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1903, KEVII definitives wmk. Mult Crown CA short set of 13 up to $5, MNH and MH, fine (SG £1350).
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