Hong Kong Duty George VI

Dear sirs

Kindly I need any information about the attached hong kong duty 25 cents .

I couldnt find any stamp with the same value 25 cents with king george 6 .

U can also find ( I think ) the full set of george 6 hong kong duty .

Regards

Fiscal (stamp duty) stamp for Bills of Exchange (B. of E.).

A bill of exchange is a written order used primarily in international trade that binds one party to pay a fixed sum of money to another party on demand or at a predetermined date. Bills of exchange are similar to checks and promissory notes—they can be drawn by individuals or banks and are generally transferable by endorsements.

New to me. Very handsome stamps, I think.

petermegally

Hello. I own a copy of the refence book, "The Hong Kong Fiscal Stamps" by Fritz G. Huygen. (a scan of the cover is below) I attempted to count the number of Hong Kong King George VI sets listed in this book for "Bill of Exchange" as there are many variations of the overprint.

There are 17 different sets listed. Your stamp is in the tenth set found on page 44:

25 cent light green & black
Capital letters 3mm high with stops (periods)
Word "OF" only 2mm high
"B. of E." shifted to below the face of K. G. VI

You also show 14 stamps of the set listed on page 48 (smaller "of" with no stops). This variation set has 23 stamps in it.

A full set of all of these "Bill of Exchange" KG VI stamps would be over 250 stamps. Nice stamp! Thanks for showing it.

Hope this helps you,

Linus

Many thx

Barefoot #89 1946 Green and Grey Typo overprint in Black
(A) pronounced serifs "F" with curved back.
Total Overprint width 18.5mm
Check your Perforation.......Only 13½ x 13

May I know its price ( used ) ?

Or rarest degree .

Thx

My reference book above is dated November 1979, it does not list price values, so no help there. I would estimate it to be worth a dollar or two, the higher face values sell for more than the lower face values.

Linus

My Catalogue is 2000
IF your stamp is the one I suggested 75p to £1