“Year of the Dog” on Stamps
Legend states that, when the great Buddha found enlightenment beside an old oak tree, he invited all the animals to his kingdom to celebrate. Only 12 animals arrived, and Buddha promptly rewarded them by naming each new year in honour ...
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
China’s Train Post Offices – Modern Chinese TPO Postal Markings
Philatelic Database has just acquired a substantial collection of archival material for its philatelic library. Amongst these tomes was a curious journal entitled: Stamps World: “The only academic, informative and interesting stamp magazine in Hong Kong,” published by Philatelic Publications ...
Friday, January 9th, 2009
Direction Markings: Re-Direction Markings Reconsidered
Charles A. Jones. First published in the Journal of the Hong Kong Study Circle, April 2007 No. 341 Introduction Names of ports, such as Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore, are occasionally found as unframed, straight-line markings on loose stamps, post cards, and ...
Hong Kong Study Circle
The Hong Kong Study Circle was founded in 1951 to record and circulate information on the philatelic and postal history of Hong Kong and the Treaty ports. It is U. K.-based and regular meetings are held in London. Provincial meetings ...
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Postal Beginnings in China: Early Rates & Arrangements (1911)
William Cochrane. There is an extraordinary interest in all things philatelic, related to China. In this account taken from The Postage Stamp (Feb 1911), we have valuable information regarding the early postal rates and arrangements from 1834 onwards. Postal historians of ...
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Stamps of Hong Kong (China): Panda Issue (July 1st 2008)
Hong Kong recently issued a set of stamps featuring a pair of Giant Panda cubs. The promotional material reads: "Le Le and Ying Ying, a pair of giant panda cubs, arrived in Hong Kong in 2007 as a gift from ...
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
The Postal History of Hong Kong
The Postal History of Hong Kong by Edward B. Proud is one of the latest on the Proud-Bailey series of books on the postal history of the British Colonies. It is a mammoth volume with well over 1,100 pages covering ...
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
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