A Variety Of GB Hong Kong Stamps. Any Noteworthy Cancels?

Any noteworthy cancels on these? Thanks!

All of the treaty port cancels on Hong Kong stamps are interesting, at least to me. Gibbons lists them and values them at the end of the Hong Kong section.

Your socked-on-the-nose Shanghai cancel on the Victoria is a nice example. Some of the Edwards and Victorias are easily identifiable as Shanghai, but the strikes are not the strongest, so they might not be as desirable to a purchaser. They are still neat to find, though.

Thank you for the input Cj! Very interesting. I also find them very neat.

maverickx: also interesting to try and find Hong Kong stamps that were used in Macau. I have at least 1. And look for Macau stamps with Hong Kong cancels. I also have a couple of those.

(NOTE: Macau was not a treaty port post office operated by the British (just in case you don't know). Macau was a Portuguese colony and overseas territory from 1557 until December, 1999, when it reverted back to China. It's about an hour boat ride from Hong Kong island to Macau).

I didn't know you could find Macau stamps with HK cancels. Something else to look for.

Thanks climber Steve! I will look for those! I am going through a very old Lincoln illustrated stamp album I purchased as a Christmas gift to myself. Having a fun time!

Hi Maverick,
The one stamp the others seem to have overlooked is the 2c green at the bottom left corner. It looks to me like a French Mailboat octagonal cancel. You didn't blow it up so I couldn't be sure.

It probably is a French mailboat cancel. I think I can make out Marseille. At Edward's time there was still a Marseille - Yokohama route, at least, in the immediate area, as well as other connections further south that could have caught a strike on this guy.

Good eye.

Thanks for the help everyone! I will take a few other pics tomorrow.

Hi everyone

Is there a timeline for the various alternate / mistaken spellings of Shanghai on the Hong Kong stamps i.e Shanghae, Shanchai, Shanghaf ...... or are they specific to particular post offices ...... or are they just worn or light cancellations that have been misread?

Many thanks

It's a poor strike and difficult to make out, but here's what I believe is a Hong Kong on Macau postmark.

Hong Kong on Macau.
ebay. years ago.

The cancellations using the spelling 'Shanghai' and 'Shanghae' were used roughly in the same period. Those showing what appears to be 'Shanghaf' is not an alternative spelling but is a broken 'E'; again used in the same time period.