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Hong Kong's first revenues were issued in 1867. A set of nine stamps from 3c to $10 was issued portraying Queen Victoria. In 1873 a 2c value was added in a smaller format, and this is a very rare stamp. In January 1880, a stamp from the 1867 issue was surcharged, and this was valid for both postal and fiscal use.
In 1877, Hong Kong joined the Universal Postal Union. [2] In 1891, the first commemorative stamp was issued to celebrate the Hong Kong's 50th anniversary as a British colony. It was a limited edition of the 1883 two-cent carmine Queen's head, overprinted with "1841 HONG KONG JUBILEE 1891".
Yang's catalogue is one of the three stamp catalogues published by Yang's Philatelic Trading Co. Hong Kong: Yang's Postage Stamps and Postal History Catalogue of Hong Kong Ming Yang, Tak Yang (25th ed 2018) Yang's Postage Stamp Catalogue of The People's Republic of China (Liberated Area) Nai-Chiang Yang, 1998, 7th edition
There are several varieties of Red Revenue stamps, with the "Small One Dollar" being the rarest and most valuable. It has been called "China's rarest regularly issued stamp". In a 2013 Hong Kong auction, a single stamp was sold for HK$6.9 million. [3] Another was sold in a 2013 Beijing auction for 7.22 million yuan.
The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [note 1] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the item ...
Sold in Hong Kong and purchased in early 1960s; previous owner located in England but had lived in Hong Kong between 1962 and 1972, purchase price unknown: None: The English font and Chinese characters closely resemble the ones on the original edition. Without an index and Table of Contents. R5: Candy-red colour with black lettering
Hongkong Post Stamps was a division set up in 1974, charged with promoting and popularising stamp collecting, to meet the ever-increasing demand for Hong Kong stamps by collectors. The division conducts three main areas of work:
The new stamps, first released on 1938-11-11 were printed by the Chung Hwa Book Co., the Dah Tung Book Co. and the Commercial Press, all of Hong Kong. Certain high values were later printed by the Pacheng Printing Co. of Nanping in Fujian Province; these were first released in 1942.