Philatelic Study Group:
Hong Kong Security Markings and Perfins
Group I - Company Markings Images.
Images of Company Marks A-B
1 Alex Ross & Co. HK double oval frame
34x23, 2mm violet letters.
Image from Rod Sell
Images from Frank Drake.
1A Adamson Bell & Co.? no frame, violet
letters.
Image from John Robertson
1C ARNDT & Co. / 38 Queen's
Road Central, Hongkong
Triple oval frame 40 x 31, 2mm violet letters. cover
Image from Philippe Orsetti
1D L. M. ALVARES & Co. no
frame x 2.5, 2.5mm red letters.
Image from Adam Williamson
2 ARNEMANN & Co./ * HONGKONG *.
Double oval frame 33 x 13, 2.5mm black letters. cover
Image from Peter Pugh.
2A ARTACHO &
Co. * HONGKONG * 30x18mm Triple oval, 3 mm violet
letters
Image from Philippe
Orsetti
Image from Chris Norton
3 Arnhold Karberg Co. double oval frame
30x20, 1mm violet letters.
Image from Frank Drake
3b Arnhold Karberg Co. no frame ?x3, 3mm
violet letters.
Image from ebay "roecy"
3c Arnhold Karberg Co. no frame 3.5x2mm,
2mm Black script letters.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
3A ARTHUR LISFRANC / Rue du Consulat
29 / SHANGHAI 30x13mm, 5 violet letters.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
3B THE ASIATIC
PETROLEUM 3mm violet letters
Image from Philippe Orsetti
3C ASIATIC BANKING
CORPORATION / * HONG KONG *
Double oval frame 32mm x 18mm, 2mm black letters.
Image from Adam Williamson
5 Augustine Heard & Co / HK double circle
frame 22mm, 2mm blue letters. covers
Image from Philippe Orsetti
5a Augustine Heard & Co * / Hong Kong,
oval frame 28 x 16mm, 3-2mm red script letters.
Image from Mr Wong Bing-man
6 The Bank of China & Japan Ltd. / HK triple
oval frame 46x29, 2mm violet letters.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
Image from Frank Drake.
6c The Bank of China & Japan, Limited./ (date) / HONG
KONG, with Limited entirely spelled and a large J in Japan.
49x28mm Triple oval frame. 1.5mm violet
letters. HK 1897
Image from Philippe Orsetti
Image from Frank Drake
6e BANK OF CHINA AND JAPAN / *
HONG KONG *.
38mm x 25 mm double oval, empty in the centre, 3 mm violet
letters.
Image from Frank Drake.
6A BANK OF COMMERCE,
3mm black letters
Image from Philippe Orsetti.
8a THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. * HONG
KONG * / Date
42mm x 24 mm triple oval frame, 3 mm violet letters.
Image from Frank Drake.
Image from Rod Sell.
9 Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Agence de HK double
oval frame
40x20, 3mm blue letters.
.
Image from Rod Sell
9a Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Agence de HK double
oval frame 40x20, 3mm violet letters.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
9b Banque de l'Indo-Chine. no frame
53x40, 4mm violet letters.
Image rom Wong Bing-man
Image from Philippe Orsetti
10 BARLOW TRACTORS. no frame 10x10,
2.5mm blue letters.
Image from Frank Drake.
10A F. de P. BARROs * HONGKONG * triple
oval frame 50x24, 2mm & 3mm violet letters.
Image from Ebay Gail Singer.
10Aa F. de P. BARROs * HONGKONG * triple
oval frame 50x24, 2mm & 3mm blue letters.
Image from Rod Sell.
11 Basel Mission / HongKong triple oval
frame 47x24, 3mm & 2mm red letters. cover
cover2
Image from Philippe Orsetti
Image from Frank Drake.
11a Basel Mission / HongKong triple oval
frame 50x25, 3mm violet letters.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
11b Basel-Mission-House * HongKong * double
oval frame 43.5x23, 3mm violet letters.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
11c BASEL MISSION / TREASURER no frame 42x3, 3mm violet letters. cover
cover2
Image from Philippe Orsetti
Image from Frank Drake
12A Berblinger & Co. * HongKong* double
oval with spike frame 44x24, 2mm violet letters. cover
Image from Philippe Orsetti
12B B.& F. BIBLE SOCIETY /
SHANGHAI. / * CHINA AGENCY *.
Triple
oval frame 41x25, 2.5mm violet letters, Shanghai
cancel.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
13 F. Blackhead & Co. / HongKong oval
frame 28x18, 2.5mm violet letters. cover
Images from Philippe Orsetti
13A Ea. BOECK./ Hongkong. no frame 26 x
7mm, 2mm violet letters. cover
Image from Philippe Orsetti
14 THE BORNEO COMPANY no frame 35 x 2mm,
2mm blue letters.
Image from Frank Drake
15 Bower Hanbury &
Co Shanghae. Double oval frame 30 x 18mm, 2mm black
letters.
Image from Frank Drake
15a Bower Hanbury & Co /
Shanghae. Double oval frame 35 x 15mm, 2.5mm black letters.
Image from Frank Drake
Image from Philippe Orsetti
15A BOYD & CO / AMOY.
Double oval frame 36 x 21mm, 2.5mm violet letters.
Image from Rod Sell.
Image from EBAY. Current owner not known.
16a BRADLEY & Co no frame ?x2mm, 2mm
red letters.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
16b BRADLEY & Co no frame 30 x 3mm, 3mm
blue letters.
Image from Adam Williamson
16A BROWN & Co rectangular frame
26x5mm, 3mm red letters AMOY.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
16Aa BROWN & Co. rectangular frame
26x5mm, 3mm red letters Shanghai.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
16B Bristol Myers Co. Ltd. no frame 35x4,
4mm violet letters.
Image from Rod Sell
17a BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE / HONGKONG no frame
38x11, 4mm violet letters.
Image from Rod Sell
17a1 BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE no frame
38x4, 4mm violet letters.
Image from ebay
17b BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE / HONGKONG double
circle frame 25mm, 3mm violet letters. cover
Image from Philippe Orsetti
"This cover exemplifies that security markings were also
used as stand alone cancel by Postal Authorities under special
circumstances, such as voluminous quantity or late mail". Philippe Orsetti
17b1 BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE / HONGKONG double
circle frame 25mm, 3mm red letters.
Image from Adam Williamson
17c BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE / AMOY double circle
frame 27mm, 3mm violet letters.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
Image from Winson Ng.
17e BUTTERFIELD
&
SWIRE triple circular frame 44mm
diameter,
4mm violet letters.
Image from Frank Drake.
Images from Rod Sell
17f BUTTERFIELD
& SWIRE * HONGKONG
triple circular frame 35mm diameter, 2mm violet letters.
Image from Frank Drake
17g BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE / date /
*
SWATOW *
double oval frame 44 x 27mm, 2mm violet letters.
Image from Ivan Wong
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