Hong Kong continued...
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Cat No. |
Lot Description |
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| 461 |
CVR |
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 1941 (Dec.2) Airmail
Cover from Canada to Hong Kong, Returned, a lovely illustrated "Oakbay Beach Hotel / Victoria's Only Seaside Hotel" cover mailed from Victoria BC on DEC.2.1941 (machine cancel dated 6 days before the Japanese bombed Hong Kong) to Hong Kong,
endorsed "Air mail to San Francisco only, then by first vessel". It received an "EXAMINED BY 1530" censorship re-sealing tape and two strikes of the purple "RETURNED TO SENDER / SERVICE SUSPENDED." handstamp. It passed through the "Enquiry Dept. /
Post Office / Victoria, B.C." boxed handstamp dated MAR.24.1942 then on to the Ottawa Dead Letter Office where it arrived on APR.7.1942 (boxed handstamp in blue). Opened on three sides for display, else very fine.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 462 |
CVR |
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 1941 (Dec.3) F.E.C.B.
Cover from Canada to Hong Kong, Returned, a Royal Bank of Canada blue cover mailed from Montréal on DEC.3.1941 (3c postal meter stamp) to the Bank of Hong Kong, with blue two-line "Authorized for Export by / Foreign Exchange Control Board"
handstamp, an "EXAMINED BY C. 282" censor re-sealing tape and a "MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED" handstamp in blue, as well as a "RETURN TO WRITER" pointing finger in blue. Back of the cover shows an Ottawa Dead Letter Office boxed handstamp in blue dated
JAN.7.1942. Very fine. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 150
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 463 |
CVR |
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 1941 (Dec.4) Cover
Hong Kong to Canada, Returned, a large "The East Asiatic Company, Limited" cover mailed from Victoria / Hong Kong on DEC.4.1941 (two double circle c.d.s.) to Vancouver, British Columbia, franked with two 15c KGVI issues. The cover received a
boxed "RETOUR" handstamp in black, a boxed "NO SERVICE" handstamp in purple and a boxed "DETAINED IN HONG KONG / BY JAPANESE / FROM DECEMBER 1941 to SEPTEMER 1945" handstamp in black. Edge faults due to size and probably weight of cover, still a fine
example of a cover that was mailed just before service was suspended. It is estimated that only 200 covers bear the "Detained..." handstamp.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 464 |
CVR |
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 1941 (Dec.6) Cover
from United States to Hong Kong, Returned, mailed from Mount Vernon, New York on DEC.6.1941 (machine cancel ties stamps) to Hong Kong, with "EXAMINED BY 1635" censor re-sealing tape (San Francisco) and two strikes (front and back) of the purple
"RETURNED TO SENDER / SERVICE SUSPENDED." in purple, very fine. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 50
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 465 |
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 1941 (Dec.26)
Canadian Postmaster General Letter Explaining Suspension of Mail Delivery to the Far East and Hong Kong, the letter, with official letterhead, reads "Due to the suspension of mail service to the Far East and later military developments in Hong
Kong, I regret to inform you that the enclosed parcel cannot be sent to its destination. It is, therefore, being returned to you. As soon as contacts can be established information will be published. Signed by the Postmaster General William Mullock.
Very fine and very rare, as not only very few of these were sent, but even fewer were retained.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 466 |
PC |
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 1942 (Dec.8) First
Anniversary of Great East Asia War Propaganda Postcard, franked with a Japanese 2s crimson General Maresuke Nogi, tied by a large purple pictorial commemorative datestamp. Picture side shows the sinking of the H.M.S. Tamar, plus some propaganda
text, very fine. Accompanied by a 2-page article on how to tell forged commemorative cancels and genuine ones.
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Estimate $ 50
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 467 |
CVR |
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 1945 (Sep.28) Cover
Mailed on the "First Day of British Re-Occupation", mailed to and from Victoria / Hong Kong on SEP.28.1945 (double circle c.d.s. ties stamp), franked with a 5c green KGVI Pictorial. Bottom left shows a return address of "Navy, Army and Air Force
Institutes" and there is a manuscript ink description of the event, very fine.
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Estimate $ 50
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 468 |
CVR |
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 1945 Octagonal "HONG
KONG 1945 POST PAID" Octagonal Franking Handstamp, on a cover addressed locally, with a return address of "The Union Insurance Society of Canton", Opening tear at left, still fine. This franking handstamp was used in the short period after HK had
resumed mail services on AUG.25.1945 and SEP.25.1945 when postage stamp use resumed. It was mainly reserved for the use of Stanley internment camp prisoners and military personnel.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 469 |
O |
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 1897-1899 Group of 9
Queen Victoria Hong Kong Stamps with Canton Dollar Chop Postmarks, displayed on a page, with values from the 2c to the 10c, each postmarked with easily identifiable c.d.s. cancels, fine and scarce.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 470 |
O |
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 1899-1904 Group of 15
Queen Victoria Hong Kong Stamps with Boxed "I.P.O." Cancels, the stamps range from the 2c to the 10 values and are for the most part singles, except for a lovely strip of three 2c on piece with dated Shanghai cancels. Several stamps are dated,
and we note a variety of I.P.O. cancels, in size, font, one is in red, etc. a fine and rarely encountered group.
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Estimate $ 150
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 471 |
O |
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 1899-1910 Group of
Hong Kong Stamps with Canton Transit or Receiver Cancels, we counted 7 Queen Victoria stamps (2c to 10c) and 9 KEVII stamps (1c to 5c), each with a Canton c.d.s. cancel. Overall fine and scarce.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 472 |
O |
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 1935-1938 Group of
Hong Kong Stamps with Swatow Transit or Receiver Cancels, including two 20c KGV singles, a 5c KGV block of four and 5c, 10c and 20c KGV Silver jubilee issues, each with a Swatow c.d.s. cancel. A second page shows a pair of 5c Silver Jubilee
stamps with a different type (dotted) of Swatow c.d.s. cancel. Overall fine and scarce. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 473 |
O |
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 1864-1891 Group of
Queen Victoria Hong Kong Stamps with "62B" Cancels, we counted 21 stamps in all from the 2c to 50c values, including two $2 Stamp Duty issues, each with a fine to very fine strike of the 62B cancel, which was used on supplementary mail. Overall
fine to very fine.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 474 |
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 Group of 7 Queen
Victoria Hong Kong Stamps with Miscellaneous Cancels - 1, with a Japanese ship marking on 10c, "264" Woolwich U.K. duplex on 2c, British Consulate cancel on 2c, San Francisco c.d.s. on 30c, London Evening Duty Paid on 6c and 24c and Singapore
dotted cork on 30c. A fine to very fine and scarce group.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 475 |
O |
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 Group of 12 Queen
Victoria Hong Kong Stamps with Miscellaneous Cancels - 2, with a B67 Winsford U.K. cancel on 10c, a nice Liverpool Packet c.d.s. on 10c, Singapore Marine sorter cancels on three 4c, Hong Kong / Too Late on 10c, squared circle receiver on a 4c,
Japanese SHIP handstamp on 10c, oval of squares corks on two 10c and a 5c and a Haiphong (Indo China) receiver on a 10c. A fine to very fine and scarce group.
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Estimate $ 150
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 476 |
O |
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 Group of 22 Queen
Victoria Hong Kong Stamps with Miscellaneous Cancels - 3, with a Loose Ship Letter (Brisbane Australia) on 10c, a cork on a 10c, Singapore c.d.s. on a 2c and two 10c, Late Fee P... on a pair of 5c, a small Hong Kong c.d.s. with no index letter on
a 10c, a partial Sharakpur (Lahore) c.d.s. on a 5c, Shanghai c.d.s. on a 4c, a small Hong Kong c.d.s. with index letter C reversed, Yorno squared circle on a 10c, Vancouver BC c.d.s. on a 5c and a 10c and San Francisco double ovals on 8 stamps
including a 20c surcharge and a 50c surcharge. A fine to very fine and scarce group.
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 477 |
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 Group of 7 Queen
Victoria Hong Kong Stamps with Miscellaneous Cancels - 4, with a London UK c.d.s. on a 10c, a "A / NPB" newspaper branch London on a 2c, a bull's eye cancel on a 10c, a Sydney Australia c.d.s. on a 10c, a San Francisco oval on a pair of 2c and a
Punyu Canton c.d.s. on a 10c. A fine to very fine and scarce group.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 478 |
O |
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 Group of 8 KEVII Hong
Kong Stamps with Miscellaneous Cancels - 5, with a Penang c.d.s. on a 4c, Singapore squared circle plus a Shanghai c.d.s. both on a 4c, a Colombo c.d.s. on a 5c, a Honolulu Hawaii c.d.s. on a 10c (nice stamp), a Manila Philippines on a pair of 5c
and a 10c and a San Francisco double oval on a 20c. A fine to very fine and scarce group.
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Estimate $ 100
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 479 |
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 Group of 19 KEVII
Hong Kong Stamps with Miscellaneous Cancels - 6, with a Late Fee Paid on a 2c, Ningpo Balham on a 4c, Penang on a 2c, Vancouver BC on two diff. 4c and a 10c, Siam Mail Steamer oval of diamonds on a 10c, World Panama Pacific Exposition slogan
machine on a 4c, Japanese receivers on a 5c and a private perfined 8c, Canton c.d.s. on a 4c, Tiensin B.P.O. c.d.s. on a 10c, Customs handstamp on a 10c, boxed Hong Kong registration on a 10c "...ENBU..." partial c.d.s. on a 2c, Singapore c.d.s. on a
pair of 4c and another Canton c.d.s. on a 6c. A fine to very fine and scarce group.
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Group of 26 KEVII
Hong Kong Stamps with Miscellaneous Cancels - 7, with a Manila Philippines (#1-4) cancel on 21 various issues, a squared circle cancel on a 4c, a Paquebot cancel on a 2c, a St John's Wood (UK) c.d.s. on a 1c and a lovely and rare (in use for only
6 days) Hong Kong University / Post Office c.d.s. on a 20c and 30c on piece, accompanied by a picture postcard of said university. A fine to very fine and scarce group. (Scan 1)
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Estimate $ 200
Currently...C$10.00
Will close during Public Auction |
