Hong Kong Perfins H



28 H.D.P. -  Hong Kong Daily Press

Image from Rod Sell

29 H E / C - Hong Kong Electric Company cover

Image from Rod sell

29a H E C - Hong Kong Electric Company

Image from Dick Scheper

30 H & H -  Hall & Holtz C0-Operative Company, Ltd.  Shanghai.

Image from Dick Scheper.

31 HS - H. Skott & Co.?  Company still to be confirmed.

Image from Dick Scheper.


Image from Frank Drake.

31A  H K - Hong Kong Government

31B  H.K.L. / I.A.C. - Hong Kong Land & Investment Agency Company

Image from Rod Sell


Image from Dick Scheper

32 H.K.E. - No image available yet.

32A  H.P / & / Co. LD  70 holes of 5.5mm -  Company not yet confirmed.  Could be  H. Price & Co

Image from Jean-Paul Beck

33's  Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank
This is a big field with lots more to be discovered.

33  N.S.B.-  The perfin punch deteriorated and the top and bottom perfin
     of the H broke resulting in an N.

Image from Rod Sell

33a H S B - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank used in Shanghai

Image from Philippe Orsetti

33a1 H S B - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank used in Hong Kong.

Image from Rod Sell

Image from Rod Sell

33a2 H S B - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank used in Amoy

Image from Don Rice

Image from Frank Drake

*33c H&S/BC (59 holes) Swatow  - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank.
 
Image from Dick Schepper        

*33c1 H&S/B.C (60 holes) Foochow - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank.

Image from Frank Drake                        Image from Rod Sell

33d H&S/BC (59 holes) Amoy - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank cover

Image from Rod Sell


Image from Rod Sell

33e H&S/BC (59 holes) Hong Kong - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank  cover

Image from Rod Sell

33f H&S / B.C (60 holes) Hong Kong - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank

Image from Rod Sell

33g H&S / B.C (57 holes) Hong Kong - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank cover

Image from Rod Sell

Missing 2 pins on S.  Image from Rod Sell

Image from Frank Drake.

33h H&S/BC (60 holes) Shanghai - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank

Image from Philippe Orsetti

Image from Frank Drake.  

33h1 H&S/BC (60 holes) Canton cancel - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank

Image from Frank Drake.

33h2 H&S/BC (60 holes) Amoy cancel - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank

Image from Adam Williamson

33i HS/BC (43 holes) Hong Kong - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank
Hong Kong cancel.
cover

Image from Rod Sell  

33i1 HS/BC (43 holes) Hong Kong - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank. Shanghai cancle. Different style B to 33i.

Image from Philippe Orsetti.  

33j HS/BC (43 holes) Amoy - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank

Amoy cancel with distinctive B.  Image from Rod Sell



A distinctive B with wide gap.  Image from Adam Williamson

33l HS/BC (43 holes) KGV  Hong Kong/Shangai - HK & Shanghai Bank,  Foochow cancel.

Image from Frank Drake. 

Image from Adam Williamson.

33l1 HS/BC (43 holes) KGV  Hong Kong/Shangai - HK & Shanghai Bank,  Swatow cancel.

Image from Adam Williamson.

33m H.S/B.C (45 holes) Canton - HK & Shanghai Bank


Image from Philippe Orsetti.  

Image from Dick Scheper.  

33o HS/BC (32 holes)  - HK & Shanghai Bank  cover

Image from Rod Sell

33q H S B (39 Holes) Hankow - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank

Image from Rod Sell

H & S/ B C Perfins of The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation.

This is probably the biggest series in the Hong Kong Perfins.
There are 3 major varieties of letter heights at 5mm, 5.5mm & 6.5mm.
The 5.5mm variety also has no stop between the letters B C

H & S / B.C  6.5mm - Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

H & S / B C  5.5mm - Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

H & S / B.C  5mm letters - Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
 

H S / B C - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank
There are 2 different letter sizes.  6mm for most of the perfins and 5mm for the later King George VI perfins.
The 6mm perfin also has several varieties the most easy to identify is with a dot between H.S and B.C. .  There are also wide and narrow S & B letter varieties.

H S / B C  6mm letters - Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

H.S / B.C  6mm letters - Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

H S / B C  5mm letters - Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.

UNDER LIEN / THE / H & S B C - Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.


This is a revenue not a security marking.  It is listed because it is a perfin.  Below is what we believe the full perfin to look like.


34a H. W & Co  -  Holliday Wise & Company Shanghai  cover

Image from Philippe Orsetti.

34b H. W &. Co (1 dot after &)  -  Holliday Wise & Company Shanghai

Image from Philippe Orsetti.

34c H. W &. Co (2 dots after &)  -  Holliday Wise & Company Shanghai.

Image from Philippe Orsetti.

34d H. W & Co  -  Holliday Wise & Company

34e H. W &.. Co (2 dots after &)  -  Holliday Wise & Company

34f H. W &.. Co (1 dots after &)  -  Holliday Wise & Company

Image from Philippe Orsetti. 

32A  H.P / & / Co. LD  -  not yet confirmed.  Could by H. Price & Co


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Last Modified 26th September 2017