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1 March 2018 HKPS Monthly Newsletter

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Honorary President 榮譽會長 William Kwan 關卓然 President 會長 Malcolm Hammersley Vice President 副會長 Anna Lee 李安娜 Hon Secretary 秘書 Stephen Chan 陳贊殷 Hon Treasurer 司庫 Daniel Szeto 司徒福添 Auction Secretary 拍賣秘書 SIN Siu Kum 冼少琴 Committee Members 委員 Tony Cheung 張柷枰 KEI Kok Ying 紀覺英 Albert Lai 黎鴻健 Robert Schneider Danny Wong 王劍智 WONG Siu Po ⿈少波

Member of FIP & FIAP

Honorary Editor: Anna Lee [email protected]

The Hong Kong Philatelic Society Founded 1921

GPO Box 446 Hong Kong www.hkpsociety.com e-mail: [email protected]

March 2018 monthly members meeting will be held on the 15th (Thursday) at 6:30PM

at the Woo Kwan Lee & Lo office

located on the 25/F of Jardine House in Central.

Danny Wong 王劍智 will speak on Hong Kong Postal Censorship

WWI to WWII, details of talk can be found on pages 5-6 of the newsletter.

Editor’s Note

Stampex 2018 April 6-8, 2018 Sheung Wan Civic Centre Please contact Commissioner Mr KEI Kok Ying at 94803420 or e-mail [email protected] for application details.

All members are encouraged to share their philatelic experiences, please e-mail [email protected].

For those members who still have not yet collected their order of the 20th Anniversary of the HKSAR first day covers, please contact my assistant, Amy Yung at 25300100 to make arrangements.

訂了回歸祖國⼆⼗週年⾸⽇封的會員們，請於辦公時間致電25300100和容⼩姐聯繫，安排領取郵品。

歡迎投稿，來函煩請電郵 [email protected].

The following applications for HKPS membership were received and are being processed:

Hong Kong: CHEN Ling, CHUNG Man Chiu, CUI Xu Yang, Ada Fong, Claire LAM, LAM Man Kin, TAT An Bac, TSOI Tak Ching, TSOI Yin Sum, WONG Ching Wai

Reinstated Members: Ng Hon Ming, Lee Lai Lai, Ng Chi Man, Ramchandani Raju, Wendy Simpson, Aaron Cheng, Amy Yeung, Juliet Cheng, Mario Yeung, Cheng Koon Wing, Roger Ling, Fu Kwan, Wan Siu Kau, Chiu Pui Kong, Li Chun Sing, Gilbert Chan, Shirley Chang, Louis Leung, Chung Wai Kuen, Steve Wong, Lam Hon Shing, Kenny Lau, Ho Siu Kwong

Overseas: WANG Liang, YI Jan

S.B / & Co. Perfin page 2 Rod Sell

FIAP NEWS. Page 3 Malcolm Hammersley

STAMP EXHIBITION NEWS page 4 Stephen Chan, Kei Kok Ying, Danny Wong

Hong Kong Postal Censorship 香港郵件檢查 pages 5-6

Danny Wong 王劍智

1950 MACAU Views of Macau 2nd Series 50a page 6 LU Zhiwei 陸智偉 HKPO Members Edition of Lunar New Year Red Packets Varieties pages 7-8 SIN Siu Kum 冼少琴

Israel 2018 World Stamp Championship (FIP) 27-31 May 2018 Commissioner - Danny Wong

Praga 2018 World Stamp Exhibition (FIP) 15-18 August 2018 Commissioner - Daniel Szeto

Macao 2018 - Asian International Stamp Exhibition 21-24 September 2018 Commissioner - Albert Lai

Thailand 2018 World Stamp Exhibition (FIP) November 28 - December 3, 2018 Commissioner - Daniel Szeto

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S.B / & Co. Perfin Rod Sell

The next perfin in the series is III 55 S.B / & Co. and the company that used it is not yet known.

We initially though it was Sandilands, Buttery & Co. as a similar perfin used in the Straits Settlements was attributed to them. Now we think they both belongs to Smith, Bell & Co. an agricultural transport company in the Philippines, which traded throughout the region.

It has 56 holes with letter height of 4.5mm. It has been recorded with B62 cancels on the stamps of Queen Victoria.

Nigel Gooding’s website at http://www.nigelgooding.co.uk/Spanish/Perfins/perfin.htm also mentions S.B / & Co. being used on stamps of the Philippines from 1871 to 1886.

http://www.smithbell.com.ph gives a short history of the company with James Adam Smith sent to the Philippines in 1838 to look after the interests of Jardine Matheson & Company. The company quickly became a marine transport company, distributing rice, sugar, copra and hemp.

HKPS and Study group member Frank Drake has the following theory.

Quote The two sets of Spanish - Philippines perfins - S. B / & Co and the R. R / & CA - I think they both have connections with Jardine, Matheson & Co in the sugar business and the shipping of raw sugar from the Philippines to HK In 1878, Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd established the first sugar refinery in Hong Kong named China Sugar Refinery Company. It was located at East Point of Causeway Bay. At that time Gloucester Road was at the waterfront and Jardine Matheson built a company wharf to facilitate the import of raw materials and export of products. Jardines’s sugar business was unable to compete against Swire, who had set up the Taikoo Sugar Refinery, and Jardines closed their sugar trade business. Their closure matches the same time that the two set of perfins also stopped appearing on the HK QV issued stamps. Unquote.

We really do need more information on these markings.

The study group has many markings that we cannot attribute to any specific Company. We are always searching for covers that feature security marked stamps. If the cover also shows the company name and it corresponds with the security mark. We can safely assume the marking belongs to that Company. These are called proving covers.

If you have any proving covers, can you please email me a scan, and as much information as possible. My email is [email protected] , as readers know compiling the data is a slow process, however every bit of information is very useful.

Thank you, I hope you enjoy these bits of commercial history of Hong Kong.

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Information provided by Malcolm Hammersley, FIAP Committee Member !3


Message from Hon Secretary Stephen Chan regarding Australia participation in Stampex 2018:

“Russell Boylan is the Commissioner and Accord Judge for Hong Kong Stampex. He will bring along 25-30 frames of exhibits, details to be advised.”

Hong Kong Commissioner Mr KEI Kok Ying provided the following information:

The following application forms have been received, including four five-frame traditional exhibits, five five-frame postal history exhibits, one five-frame postal stationery exhibit, one youth class (three frames) and four one-framers.

Names of exhibitors - LU Zhiwei, Takeshi OMURA, Vincent LIAN, Francis AU, LI Hong, P C SHAW, MAK Kwok Pui, KEI Kok Ying, IP Cheung Ching, KWAN Kwong, WONG Siu Po and HUANG Yumin

Israel 2018 World Stamp Championship (FIP) 27-31 May 2018, Commissioner - Danny Wong

Accepted exhibits include Class 2C, Mr Tony To Wah KWAN - Empress Dowager Jubilees and its surcharged Issues - 8 frames and three Literature (Class 5A) entries including Mr MAK Kwok Pui, The Recovery of the Domestic Air Mail Service in China 1946, Mr Tony To Wah KWAN, Studies of Classic Stamps of Qing Dynasty Vol. 18, Yearly Publication of 2016, and Mr Danny Kin Chi WONG, The Postal History of Xinjiang (Sinkiang).

Commissioner Danny Wong is having a light load to Jerusalem, with four five-frame Class 3A (Postal History) exhibits rejected by the Organising Committee.

For all RPSL members, another important piece of news is that there will be a RPSL buffet dinner at the World Stamp Championship Israel 2018. It will be held on 29 May at 7.30 pm at Restaurant Terasa, S.A. Nachon 6, Jerusalem. The participation fee will be 60 GBP per person. If you wish to participate please send an e-mail to [email protected].

No additional information available for the remaining FIP (Praga and Bangkok) and FIAP (Macau) exhibitions this year, will let members know of any progress when available.

Praga 2018 World Stamp Exhibition (FIP) 15-18 August 2018, Commissioner - Daniel Szeto

Macao 2018 - Asian International Stamp Exhibition 21-24 September 2018, Commissioner - Albert Lai

Thailand 2018 World Stamp Exhibition (FIP) November 28 - December 3, 2018 Commissioner - Daniel Szeto

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HONG KONG POSTAL CENSORSHIP ⾹港郵件檢查Danny Wong FRPSL

While it is generally acknowledged that postal censorship were imposed in Hong Kong during WW1 & WW2, few took notice of postal censorship in 1925 in connection with the crisis arising from increasing anti-imperialist sentiment in China, as well as the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. The author pioneered the study of the 1925 censorship.

⾹港在⼀戰和⼆戰期間曾經實施郵件檢查，這是⼤家都⽿熟能詳的事情，但是，很少⼈認識到兩戰期間的1925年⾹港實施郵件檢查的歷史背景——省港⼤罷⼯，這是由筆者⾸先提出來的，還有⽇佔期間的檢查也難得⼀⾒。

My presentation on 15th March 2018 aims at expanding the sample basis of this on-going study, rather than just presenting you with results. You are most welcomed to bring items in your own collection to enrich this study and enhance its understandings. I would like to reach out for overseas collectors through e-mails as well. This study includes:

我在3⽉15⽇講演的⽬的，是因為個⼈收藏畢竟有限，希望⼤家都拿出⾃⼰的藏品，擴⼤研究物件，使對⾹港郵件檢查的研究更深入和全⾯，即使未能與會，也希望能和⼤家在電郵中交流。這包括如下領域：

1. WWI⼀戰: P.B.C. & O.F.I. cachets戳記, use of reseal label as censor label, censor labels標籤2. 1925 General Strike省港⼤罷⼯: P.B.C. cachet戳記3. WWII⼆戰: censor cachets, labels and wax seals檢查戳記、封條和蠟封4. Japanese Occupation⽇戰: censor label檢查條

The current study is restricted to censorship of civilian mails only. This might be expanded to censorship of military personnel or internees and POWs at a later stage.

當前的研究只限於針對平民的郵件檢查，對軍⼈、戰俘和集中營的郵件檢查⽇後也可以併入。

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So far only five 1925 General Strike censor covers are reported. I need your help to have them properly recorded, and establish duration of usage.

省港⼤罷⼯檢查封迄今僅⾒5件，我希望能將存世的紀錄下來，以敲定此段郵檢的實施時間。

1950 MACAU Views of Macau 2nd Series 50a Relief of Goddess Ma Olive-green Perforation Shifted Downward Variety LU Zhiwei 陸智偉

澳⾨門R42澳⾨門風景第⼆二組50仙媽祖女神浮雕⿒齒孔⼤大移位變體，銷澳⾨門郵政總局“57.07.20”六⾓角形⽇日戳，此枚票這種變體⽬目前未有記載，使⽤用過的舊票更更罕⾒見見。

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HKPO Members Edition of Lunar New Year Red Packets Varieites SIN Siu Kum⾹港郵政郵品訂購服務客⼾禮品-利是封錯體冼少琴

Starting in 2004, all existing Local Standing Order Service account holders who renew their account for the following year will receive a special gift from the Hongkong Post, nicely designed, gold-stamped and depicting respective Zodiac signs at the beginning of the year.

The Hong Kong Philatelic Society has been given a carton each year for distribution amongst our members. We take this opportunity to thank the Hongkong Post for their generosity.

At the February members meeting a discussion was held relating to the many varieties spotted. After conferring with our President, Malcolm Hammersley, he agreed that it would be a good idea to share these interesting findings of “Red Packets” varieties with members.

2004 Year of the Monkey, right example with gold stamping omitted variety, left example with adhesive added and tied by first day commemorative cachet.

2005 Year of the Rooster, two different designs were produced this year, long and short versions, the Honking Post following account holders’ comments discontinued the short version, therefore only available for one year.

2009 Year of the Ox and 2011 Year of the Rabbit, both with gold stamping shifted downward variety.

2012 Year of the Dragon, the fourth round of the Zodiac design stamps with horizontal format stamp.

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2017 Year of the Rooster, scarce paper cutting variety showing printing borders, back of packet also with special “LSOS” logo.

2018 Year of the Dog, two examples with slight gold stamping shifted and omitted varieties.

Wishing all members a very happy and prosperous Year of the Dog!

SUPPORT OUR HOBBY! BUY HONG KONG STAMPS! 8 May 2018 - The 150th Anniversary of Hong Kong Fire Services Department

The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department. Hongkong Post issues a set of commemorative stamps as a salute to this distinguished force. Featuring fire and ambulance appliances and uniforms from different decades, this issue looks back on the evolution of the Fire Services Department in f i r e f i g h t i n g , r e s c u e a n d ambulance services, as well as mobilising and communications over the years. Committed to fulfilling its mission of “Serving with Courage, Passion and Commitment”, the department h a s s o u g h t c o n t i n u o u s improvement on all fronts and has gained the respect and admiration of the people of Hong Kong.

Designed by YUEN Kam-shing.

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