1862-82: Group of 9 used stamps, cancelled by numeral "B62" in black or blue, or with pen-cancellation, few (perf) faults and/or lightly stained/toned but still an interesting group. (SG about £600) (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1876, 28 c. on 30 c. mauve, fresh colour, unused, slight crease, otherwise fine, signed Scheller ÷ 1876, 28 c. auf 30 C. violett, farbfrisches, ungebrauchtes Exemplar, leichter Bug, geprüft Scheller. (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1877: 16 C. yellow, mint with large part original gum, signed Pascal Scheller. (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1879, Postcards stamps, 3c. on 16c. yellow and 5c. on 18c. lilac, unused no gum, some irregular perfs. SG £725 (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1882, 5 C pale-blue QV, two vertical pairs, each stamp with perfin "M C" (Melchers & Co.), on registered cover (amll opening fault) from HONGKONG, JA 3 98, to Paris in France. F/VF (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1882/96, QV 2 C. rosine, 4 C. grey, 5 C. ultra and 10 C. lilac on red, a four colour franking tied "HONG.KONG F FE 12 96" to registered OHMS cover as 21 C. rate to Budapest/Hungary w. Mar 15 backstamps. Postal service covers to non-official addressees were always due to postage.
Dater "F" here appears over a year later than recorded by Webb (and even 21 months later than recorded by Proud, type D31, 2nd ed. p. 307). (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1891, $ 1 on 96 c. purple on red, unused, fresh colour, very fine, signed Scheller and Fotoattest Raybaudi, ÷ 1891, 1 $ auf 96 C. lila/rot, Type I, farbfrisches, ungebrauchtes Luxusstück, Fotoattest Raybaudi, geprüft Scheller. (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1891, 50th Anniversary of Colony 2 c. rose, unused, fresh colour, very fine, signed Dr. Knopke
1891, 2 C. "1841 Hong Kong JUBILEE 1891" rosa, ungebraucht mit vollem Originalgummi, farbfrisches Kabinettstück, signiert Dr. Knopke (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1901. Envelope (small faults) addressed to London bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 110, 2c red (5) tied by Swatow date stamp, routed via Hong Kong bearing SG 59, 10c blue tied by boxed 'Swatow' I.P.O. tie print in red (Webb Type 3) and Victoria HongKong double ring with hooded London arrival on reverse. Very fine and attractive. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1901. Japan 4s brown postal stationery card cancelled by 'Shanghai/I. J.P.O.' date stamp '4/1' addressed to India routed via Hong Kong with instructional 'Hong Kong/Too Late' date stamp '8/1' on reverse (Webb Type BB) with Tuticorn transit '20/1' andWellesley Street/Calcutta receiver. Fine example of this scarce instructional. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1902. Registered envelope written from the French Consulate at Hong Kong addressed to the 'French Legation, Peking' bearing Hong Kong SG 58, 5c yellow and SG 59, 10c ultramarine tied by 'Registered/G.P.O. Hong Kong' double ring with 'R/Hong Kong/China' registered label, routed via the Imperial Post Office Shanghai with oval Peking and French Post Office Peking arrival. Lovely item of registered inter-port mail. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1912, 10 $ purple and black on red, unused, fresh colour, fine, signed Scheller and Bolaffi. ÷ 1912, 10 $ schwarz/lila auf rot, ungebraucht, farbfrisch, geprüft Scheller, Bolaffi. (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1915. Censored envelope (roughly opened) addressed to Shanghai bearing Hong Kong SG 102, 4c carmine tied by Hong Kong date stamp with 'Opened by Censor/G.R.' censor label in blue and Shanghai/B.P.O. arrival on reverse. Nice item of WWI censor mail paying the inter-port rate. H. Ramsey was Vice-Consu/ to Norway in Hankow. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1935. Printed Matter rate envelope (toned) written from the Shanghai Defence Force addressed to Jersey bearing Great Britain SG 439, ½d green tied by 'Army Post Office' double ring endorsed 'via Siberia'. Fine item paying the unsealed letter rate from Shanghai. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1937, KGV $3 tied "HONG KONG 29 AP 37 AIR (R) MAIL" to registered air mail cover FFC Clipper first flight HK-TExas, printed return of R.C.A. Communications HK branch. SF transit, Fort Worth arrival on reverse. (M) (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1938, KGVI $10, $2 and 20 C. tied two strikes "REGISTERED G.P.O. HONG-KONG 14 NO 38“ to registerered air mail cover (248x181 mm) at $12.20 rate endorsed "By Imperial Airways“ to Berlin/Germany w. 23 Nov. backstamp. Pre-WWII usages of the $10 are unusual. (M) (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)