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Hongkong Post is a government department of Hong Kong responsible for postal services, though operated as a trading fund. Founded in 1841, it was known as Postal Department or Post Office [2] (Chinese: 郵政署) before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.
The postal system in the British colony of Hong Kong began in 1841 when the Royal Mail established the first General Post Office in the region. [1][2] Between 1841 and 1862, no stamps were issued, and postmarks were used to certify payment of the postage instead. [3][4] The earliest postmarks were used by military field offices, and read ...
The General Post Office (GPO) is the headquarters of Hongkong Post. Built in 1976, it is located at Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong. The office was adjacent to the former Star Ferry Pier, and it is adjacent to Jardine House and the International Finance Centre. The current building occupied a seafront location until 2007, since when ...
As of 2020, there are 30 post offices on Hong Kong Island, 35 in Kowloon, 48 in the New Territories and eight on the Outlying Islands. There are also three mobile post offices providing postal services in remote areas in the New Territories. A mobile post office serving the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Hongkong Post advised to leave the postcode field blank or try to fill in with "000", "0000", "000000" or "HKG" wherever required. [1] The People's Republic of China's national postal service, China Post , has allocated postal code 999077 to Hong Kong, although this is only sporadically used when sending mail from Mainland China. [ 2 ]
Qing dynasty. Although postal service in China goes back some 2,500 years, modern postal services were not established until 1877 by the Qing government. This 1-candareen stamp of 1885 has an unidentified seal cancellation and a postmark from the French post office in Shanghai. A 1/2-cent value of the 1897 issue, lithographed in Japan.
History. The building was erected between 1912 and 1913, and opened on 1 March 1915 as the Wan Chai Post Office. [1] It is not known whether the building was originally built and designed for such purpose. The post office ceased to operate in 1992, after having served the Wan Chai community continuously for 77 years. [citation needed]
Postal orders were issued in Hong Kong at various times when it was still a British colony. Hong Kong inland postal orders [ edit ] These are known to have been issued during the 1890s, but the dates of when they began to be issued and ceased to be issued is not yet known, as information about these issues are extremely sketchy.