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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".
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.
Initially letters were simply bagged in these cities and carried to Hong Kong, where they were cancelled "B62"; later (1860s/70s) each office received its own postmarking devices. Postage stamps of Hong Kong were used from 1862 on, but after 1 January 1917 the Hong Kong stamps were overprinted "CHINA". The initial overprinting including 16 ...
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:
In the period between 1862 and 1935, Hong Kong published only definitive stamps and issued new stamps every time there was a new British monarch who presided over Hong Kong. [4] The stamps featured images of the monarchs such as King Edward VII in 1903, King George V in 1912, and King George VI in 1938. [ 4 ]
Yang's Postage Stamp Catalogue of the People's Republic of China Part II Nai-Chiang Yang (15th ed 2009) To correlate Wang catalog numbers and Scott catalogue numbers for Hong Kong consult Hong Kong Scott-Yang Catalog Correlation by Ralph Weil with Michael Rogers. 2006, second 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.
Great Britain and Ireland, 1853-1856 - Revenue stamps of the United Kingdom; Hong Kong, c.1946-1948 - Revenue stamps of Hong Kong; India, 1860-1861 - Revenue stamps of India. including various states; Sarawak, 1875-1885 - Revenue stamps of Sarawak; Straits Settlements, 1863-c.1880 - Revenue stamps of Malaysia; West Pakistan, 1947 - Revenue ...
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