Hong Kong Treaty Port Cancels

Whoops... Sorry for the name mix-up! I meant to say Virginia. I guess I was thinking of Arlene Dunn at the time!

I picked up another dozen or more today. Here are a few of them:

Canton on Scott 43, almost, but not quite socked:



There, that's better:



Swatow on Scott 44:



Back to Canton on a block of Scott 88:


(Too bad its KEVII and not KGV, like the next one)

and on Scott 113:



Foochow on Scott 115:



and wrapping it up, I think this one belongs here, too:


The 62B. According to my notes, this was used on the mainland for the treaty ports from 1864 until phased out in favor of specific cancels for the various treaty ports. I'd welcome any more information.

My understanding is 62B is a variety of B62 and was used in Hong Kong only. But, I don't have any references handy.

Robert

Cjd

Those are some really nice stamps you found today. I am always looking for items just like these stamps for my own treaty port cancel collection. Congratulations.







I see a difference of opinion here. I was not sure which answer was correct myself, so I turned to the Colonel for the answer.

Linus

From F.W. Webb, Chapter 11, pages 88 and 89, The 62 B Obliterator:

Excellent. I will adjust my understanding regarding the 62B obliterator.

Robert

Thanks, Linus. I appreciate you taking the time to add the additional information. I was happy to find the stamp.

It was pretty clear that I was sitting at the table of a dealer who had picked up a Hong Kong collection that had been assembled for the cancels and not the stamps. He was paying attention to the stamps. I had bought some from him at one of the last shows he, and I, had attended, pre-COVID. He obviously worked more of the material into his stocks in the meantime, as I would have grabbed these if they had been there last time. I wonder what else is still there, waiting to be worked up and added...I don't want to ask.


I would typically have picked up stamps with only, e.g., "TON" or "HOW" showing, knowing what it was. There were so many of those that I stuck to ones with complete, or nearly complete, names.

ETA: I had a chance to check my copy of Arthur White's Hong Kong and The Treaty Ports (1981) and it had Webb's illustrations, less overall information, and a little more equivocation. Tomorrow I can see if Robson Lowe's Encyclopedia happens to have anything more.

A recent pick up. Another example of the damaged "SHANGHAE" canceler, rendered as "SHANGHAF".

Robert

A couple more to share:

Shanghai on a Sc44

Shame about the left side, but the cancel was worth it, to me.

and a Canton on Sc93, November 4th:

Can't make out the year, but it has to be during George's reign.

Here are three from my collection, the S1 killer, postmarked in Shanghai, China:

Linus

(note the different S1 ink colors)

Bumping this thread.
Three more acquisitions from the latest APS sales circuit to come my way.
1. Hong Kong Scott 43 with a SON Amoy postmark.
2. Hong Kong Scott 90 with a partial Amoy postmark.
3. Hong Kong Scott 44 with a partial Shanghai postmark.

Robert

Very nice! Treaty port cancels are still out there to be discovered.

Linus

Type 39 SHANGHAF CDS ( damage E)

This one has me stumped. It is Hong Kong Scott 36 with a 1899 postmark ending with "OO".

I thought Chefoo, but that post office didn't open until 1903. And the alignment around the ring is too far to the right for Chefoo.

Anybody have any thoughts on this one?

Thanks,

Robert

Foochowfoo, image on the first page of this thread #27?