| Philatelic Study Group: | |||||||||
| Hong Kong Forwarding Agents | |||||||||
| Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Forwarding Agents List | |||||||||
| This list consolidates all the known records from Col. F.W. Webb, Peter Pugh, Fred Stubens, Kenneth Rowe | |||||||||
| and the undersigned author. Since, at my knowledge, the most recent published list is from K. Rowe in | |||||||||
| his “Postal History of the Forwarding Agents”, I have kept the same presentation by city and | |||||||||
| the same numbering system. | |||||||||
| All the markings not recorded by K. Rowe (about 25%) have been introduced in alphabetical order with an | |||||||||
| additional letter (i.e. 49A, 49B etc…). This may seem awkward, but it keeps from creating another set of numbers. | |||||||||
| This list includes Hong Kong & its Treaty Ports of China and Japan plus so-called Pseudo-Treaty Ports | |||||||||
| such as Bangkok and Manila. It excludes Singapore that is not relevant. | |||||||||
| Most of the markings were used long before the introduction of adhesives. If a marking has been seen struck on | |||||||||
| on a Hong Kong adhesive, it is deemed to having been used as a Security Marking and it is listed | |||||||||
| with “SM” noted in the remark column. | |||||||||
| December 1, 2001. | |||||||||
| Philippe Orsetti | |||||||||
| (Updated as of December 5, 2001) | |||||||||
| Type | Name | Frame | Size | Color | Date | Remarks | SM | ||
| earliest | Latest | ||||||||
| AMOY | |||||||||
| 1 | J. L. Anderson & Co. | Rectangle | 50x28 | red | 1879 | ||||
| 2 | J. L. Anderson & Co. | Oval | blue | 1879 | SM | ||||
| 3 | Boyd & Co. | Oval | 29x19 | red | 1890 | 1902 | SM | ||
| 4 | Brown & Co. | Oval | 35x25 | red, blue, viol. | 1890 | 1897 | |||
| 5 | Gilmore Meredith | 1848 | |||||||
| 6 | F. D. Syme & Co. | Oval | red | 1845 | |||||
| 7 | F. D. Syme & Co. | Rectangle | black | 1854 | 1855 | ||||
| 8 | Syme Minot & Co. | ||||||||
| 8 | A | Tait & Co. | Oval | 32x18 | violet | SM | |||
| CANTON | |||||||||
| 1 | S. Hathaway | Manuscript | 1837 | ||||||
| 2 | Olyphant & Co. | Oval | 34x20 | black, red | 1858 | 1864 | |||
| 3 | H. Partridge Kellog | Oval | 44x23 | 1839 | used in Macao | ||||
| 4 | Reynsvaan & Co. | ? | 1850 | ||||||
| 5 | Russell & Co. | Oval | 43x27 | by ... | |||||
| 6 | Russell & Co. | Oval | 42x26 | red | 1830 | 1848 | BY ... | ||
| 6 | A | Russell & Co. | Oval | 40x26 | 1831 | by ... | |||
| 7 | Russell Sturgis & Co. | Oval | 51x25 | red | 1837 | 1839 | |||
| 8 | Wetmore & Co. | Oval | 37x21 | red | 1836 | 1844 | ornamented | ||
| 9 | Wetmore & Co. | Oval | 37x23 | black | 1845 | unormamented | |||
| CHEFOO | |||||||||
| 1 | Wilson Cornabe & Co. | Oval | black, violet | 1870 | SM | ||||
| CHINA | |||||||||
| 1 | Dirom Gray & Co. | Rectangle | 34x17 | black | 1844 | ||||
| 2 | Rienkin Rawson & Co. | Oval | 35x23 | red | 1850 | ||||
| 3 | J. Lewis Shuck | Oval | 34x25 | black | |||||
| 4 | Turner & Co. | Oval | 26x19 | red | 1841 | established in Macao | |||
| FOOCHOW | |||||||||
| 1 | Dodwell & Co., Ltd | Oval | black, violet | 1914 | 1918 | SM | |||
| 2 | Dodwell Carlill & Co. | Fancy | 44x34 | violet | 1899 | ||||
| 3 | Gibb, Livingstone & Co. | Oval | 1900 | ||||||
| 4 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | ||||||||
| 5 | Paul Pettick & Co. Ltd. | Unframed | 49x9 | violet | 1896 | 1910 | 3 lines | SM | |
| a | Paul Pettick & Co. Ltd. | Unframed | violet | 1891 | 4 lines | SM | |||
| HONG KONG | |||||||||
| 1 | Armstrong & Laurence | Oval | 44x30 | black | 1854 | 1855 | |||
| 2 | Belilios & Co. | Oval | 37x23 | violet | 1892 | ||||
| 3 | F. Blackhead & Co. | Oval | 40x23 | violet | 1897 | 1902 | |||
| 3 | A | F. Blackhead & Co. | Oval | 46x23 | violet | 1902 | SM | ||
| 3 | B | T. Blackhead & Co. | Oval | black | 1896 | ||||
| 4 | Bourjau, Hubener & Co. | Oval | 41x16 | blue | 1863 | 1865 | |||
| 4 | A | Bourjau, Hubener & Co. | Rectangle | blue | 1863 | 1866 | |||
| 4 | B | Bourjau & Co | Rectangle | 1874 | |||||
| 5 | F. S. Borrodaile & Co. | Rectangle | 64x30 | red | 1858 | ||||
| 6 | Brandao | Oval | black | 1903 | SM | ||||
| 7 | S. E. Burrows & Sons | Oval | 35x18 | red | 1873 | ||||
| 8 | Bush & Co. | Oval | 43x27 | black, blue | 1844 | 1848 | |||
| 9 | Bush & Co. | Rectangle | 35x18 | black | 1847 | 1848 | Postage Paid/ By... | ||
| 10 | Bush, Halstead & Co. | Oval | 47x28 | red | 1844 | ||||
| 11 | Carter & Co. | Oval | blue | 1863 | 1864 | ||||
| 12 | China Traders Insurance Co. | Oval | 41x26 | violet | 1899 | 1906 | SM | ||
| 12 | A | SN Crosby Jr | red | 1856 | |||||
| 13 | Da Silva & Co. | Oval | 36x18 | black | 1856 | 1866 | |||
| 13 | A | David & Co. | Oval | violet | 1900 | SM | |||
| 14 | Richard Deacon | Unframed | 35 | black | 1878 | ||||
| 15 | Frederick Degenaer | Unframed | 43 | blue | 1868 | 1872 | |||
| 15 | A | Frederick Degenaer | Rectangle | 43x16 | black | 1868 | |||
| 15 | B | Frederick Degenaer | Unframed | 44x16 | Green, blue | 1868 | 1872 | Ishikawa | |
| 15 | C | Desilver & Co. | Oval | 37x18 | 1854 | 1856 | formaly A.H. Fryer | ||
| 15 | D | Desilver & Co. | Oval | 34x22 | 1866 | ||||
| 16 | Drinker & Co. | Oval | 36x27 | red | 1848 | ||||
| 17 | Drinker & Co. | circle | 1848 | ||||||
| 18 | Drinker Heyl & Co. | Oval | 38x29 | red | 1848 | ||||
| 19 | Dunn, Melby & Co. | Unframed | 41 | red | 1879 | ||||
| 20 | R. Duus | Manuscript | 1842 | Rowle Duus & Co | |||||
| 21 | R. Duus | Oval | 35x25 | red | 1845 | Rowle Duus & Co | |||
| 21 | A | Adolf Eimboke | Unframed | 1873 | |||||
| 22 | Fletcher & Co. | Oval | |||||||
| 22 | A | Fletcher & Co. | Manuscript | 1854 | |||||
| 23 | Gibb, Livingston & Co. | Oval | violet | 1902 | SM | ||||
| 24 | Gonsalves & Co. | Oval | 40x24 | violet | 1887 | ||||
| 25 | L.J. Gutierez | Oval | 39x29 | black, red | 1857 | ||||
| 25 | A | L.J. Gutierez | Rectangle | 43x29 | red | 1854 | |||
| 26 | Augustine Heard & Co. | Oval | 49x32 | red | 1863 | 1867 | |||
| 27 | Thos. Hunt & Co. | Oval | 37x37 | red | 1859 | 1867 | |||
| 28 | Thos. Hunt & Co. | Oval | 45x21 | red, blue | 1859 | 1863 | |||
| 29 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Oval | 45x26 | red | 1848 | ||||
| 30 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Oval | 36x24 | violet | 1858 | ||||
| 31 | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Oval | 36x24 | violet | 1901 | 1903 | SM | ||
| 31 | A | Jardine, Matheson & Co. | Oval | 40x21 | 1909 | ||||
| 32 | Johnson & Co. | Oval | 1865 | ||||||
| 33 | Benjamin Kelly & Potts | Oval | 45x25 | blue | 1904 | SM | |||
| 34 | H. Kiar & Co. | Oval | 35x22 | black | 1877 | 1878 | |||
| 35 | Landstein & Co. | Unframed | 52 | blue | 1872 | ||||
| 36 | Lane, Crawford & Co. | 1869 | |||||||
| 36 | A | Douglas Lapraik | Oval | 34x17 | red | 1873 | |||
| 37 | A. Lubuck & Co. | Oval | 31x25 | red | 1850 | ||||
| 38 | George Lyall & Co. | Oval | 36x24 | red | 1850 | 1858 | |||
| 39 | Lyall, Still & Co. | Oval | 41x25 | black | 1845 | 1857 | |||
| 39 | A | Mc Ewen Co | Rect & Msc | 30x7 | 1847 | ||||
| 40 | Melchers & Co. | Oval | 40x15 | black | 1868 | ||||
| 40 | A | Meyerschaeffer & Co | Oval | 1855 | |||||
| 40 | B | Morgan Lambert | Oval | 34x22 | 1868 | ||||
| 41 | Olyphant & Co. | Rectangle | 53x16 | black | 1869 | 1877 | |||
| 41 | A | Olyphant & Co. | Circle | 23 | black | 1847 | |||
| 42 | M. D. Parker | Oval | 31x25 | red | 1863 | ||||
| 43 | Parker & Co. | Oval | 35x18 | blue | 1862 | 1863 | also firm's adhesive label | ||
| 44 | P. Perode Freres | Oval | 44x21 | blue | 1868 | ||||
| 45 | Wm. Pustau & Co. | Oval | 28x19 | red | 1862 | 1868 | |||
| 45 | A | Wm. Pustau & Co. | Oval | 25x18 | 1869 | ||||
| 46 | Rawle, Drinker & Co. | Oval | 40x23 | red | 1849 | ||||
| 47 | Rawle, Drinker & Co. | Oval | 34x25 | red | 1849 | ||||
| 48 | Rawle, Duuse (Victoria) | Oval | 40x28 | red | 1846 | 1849 | |||
| 49 | Reiss & Co. | Oval | 28x19 | violet | 1900 | 1903 | Block letters | SM | |
| 49 | A | Reiss & Co. | Oval | 28x19 | red | 1900 | Script letters | SM | |
| 49 | B | I.J. dos Remedios | Oval | 1866 | Scamp, Far East Mail, p.306 | ||||
| 50 | W. M. Robinet & Co. | Oval | 40x18 | red | 1850 | 1856 | |||
| 51 | Russell & Co. | Oval | 35x27 | black, blue | 1861 | 1877 | |||
| 52 | Russell & Co. | Oval | 35x20 | black | 1863 | 1865 | |||
| 53 | Samson Bell & Co. | Oval | black | ||||||
| 54 | David Sassoon Sons & Co. | Oval | black | 1874 | |||||
| 55 | Severs & Co. | Oval | 35x23 | red | |||||
| 56 | Siemssen & Co. | Circle | 24 | black | 1867 | 1869 | |||
| 57 | Smith, Archer & Co. | Oval | 34x18 | blue, viol, red | 1865 | 1870 | |||
| 58 | Jas. Stephenson | Rectangle | 42x15 | black | 1888 | ||||
| 59 | Union Insurance Society of Canton | Oval | 28x19 | violet | 1906 | 1908 | |||
| 60 | Vaucher Freres | Oval | blue | 1861 | |||||
| 61 | Walker Borrodaile & Co. | Oval | 35x22 | red | 1860 | 1865 | |||
| 62 | Wetmore, Cryder & Co. | Oval | 37x20 | red, blue | 1862 | 1863 | |||
| 63 | Wetmore, Williams & Co. | Oval | 42x23 | red | 1858 | ||||
| 64 | Williams & Co. | Oval | 54x32 | red | 1863 | ||||
| MACAO | |||||||||
| 1 | Innes Fletcher & Co. | Manuscript | 1842 | ||||||
| 1 | A | Pedros de las Heras | Man.& oval | 33x19 | 1844 | ||||
| 2 | B. A. Pereira | Oval | 31x19 | violet | 1873 | ||||
| 2 | A | Remington & Co | Rectangle | 1843 | originated, no city indication | ||||
| 2 | B | Russell & Co | Rectangle | red | 1842 | Overland/ via/Falmouth/ | |||
| SHANGHAI | |||||||||
| 1 | Assor House Hotel Co. Ltd. | Oval | 48x24 | blue | 1904 | ||||
| 2 | A. E. J. Abraham | Oval | 35x20 | violet | 1887 | ||||
| 3 | Birley Worthington & Co. | Oval | 39x28 | black | 1844 | 1864 | |||
| 3 | A | Birley Worthington & Co. | Oval | 35x22 | 1864 | ||||
| 4 | Bourjan & Co. | Oval | 29x14 | ||||||
| 5 | Buissonet & Co. | Oval | red | 1863 | 1865 | ||||
| 6 | Carter & Co. | Oval | 29x16 | red | 1863 | 1864 | |||
| 7 | Dyce & Co. | Oval | red | ||||||
| 8 | Frazar & Co. | Oval | 32x27 | ||||||
| 9 | Frazar & Co. | Oval | 39x23 | violet | 1899 | 1908 | |||
| 10 | Gibb Livingston & Co. | Oval | 30x23 | red | 1885 | ||||
| 10 | A | E. Gipperich | Manuscript | 23 | 1874 | ||||
| 11 | Charles Gutschow & Co. | Oval | 35x23 | black | 1864 | ||||
| 12 | Jardine Matheson & Co. | Oval | 42x28 | red | 1877 | 1879 | |||
| 13 | Aug. H. Maertens | Oval | 1878 | ||||||
| 14 | Maitland & Co. | Oval | 36x20 | violet | 1889 | ||||
| 15 | Olyphant & Co. | Oval | red | 1869 | |||||
| 16 | Olyphant & Co. | Rectangle | 53x17 | black | 1877 | ||||
| 17 | Overbeck & Co. | Oval | |||||||
| 18 | Wm. Pustau | Oval | 40x20 | red | 1874 | ||||
| 18 | A | C.P. Reynolds & Co | Oval | 32x17 | 1861 | ||||
| 19 | Russell & Co. | Oval | 43x22 | blue | 1873 | ||||
| 20 | Russell & Co. | Oval | 34x21 | black | 1873 | ||||
| 20 | A | B.A. Somekh & Co | Oval | 41x26 | violet | 1917 | |||
| 21 | Siblee Mathaei & Co. | Oval | 1869 | ||||||
| 22 | Wirner & Co. | Rectangle | 53x16 | black, blue | 1899 | 1913 | |||
| SWATOW | |||||||||
| 1 | T. Blackhead | 1875 | |||||||
| 2 | Edw. Herton | Oval | 39x28 | red, blue | 1875 | ||||
| TIENTSIN | |||||||||
| 1 | A. D. Startsoff | Oval | 39x20 | 1890 | |||||
| WHAMPOA | |||||||||
| 1 | T. Blackhead | Oval | 42x26 | red | |||||
| 2 | Edw. Herton | 1875 | |||||||
| 3 | Thos. Hunt & Co. | Oval | 44x31 | black, red | 1859 | 1867 | |||
| Pseudo-Treaty Ports where Hong Kong Stamps were used | |||||||||
| BANGKOK | |||||||||
| 1 | Borneo Company Limited | ||||||||
| MANILA | |||||||||
| 1 | Ker & Co. | Oval | 20x16 | black, red | 1867 | 1898 | |||
| 2 | Ker & Co. | Unframed | 20 | red | 1872 | ||||
| 3 | Molynday Wise & Co. | ||||||||
| 4 | E. De Otadin & Co. | Manuscript | 1843 | ||||||
| 5 | Peele Hubbell & Co. | Oval | 40x17 | black, red | 1834 | 1841 | |||
| 6 | Russell & Sturgis | Oval | 35x21 | red | 1834 | 1872 | |||
| 7 | Russell & Sturgis | Oval | 39x25 | red | 1840 | 1871 | |||
| 8 | Russell & Sturgis | Oval | 36x15 | red | 1852 | 1860 | |||
| 9 | Russell & Sturgis | Oval | 38x17 | red | 1863 | 1865 | |||
| Treaty Ports in Japan | |||||||||
| KANAGAWA | |||||||||
| 1 | Garst, Lels & Co. | Oval | 44x19 | black | 1865 | ||||
| 2 | Textor & Co. | ||||||||
| 3 | U. S. Consul | Oval | 45x31 | black | 1866 | Ishikawa (Forerunners) | |||
| KOBE | |||||||||
| 1 | Frazar & Co. | Oval | 42x26 | violet | 1894 | ||||
| NAGASAKI | |||||||||
| 1 | C. E. Foeddinghaus | Oval | 40x20 | violet | 1891 | ||||
| YOKOHAMA | |||||||||
| 1 | G. Bolmida | Manuscript | black | 1875 | |||||
| 1 | A | G. Bolmida | Unframed | 1879 | |||||
| 2 | James Fraser & Co. | Oval | 34x18 | red | 1868 | Ishikawa (Forerunners) | |||
| 2 | A | Grand Hotel Ltd. | Oval | 48x30 | 1904 | ||||
| 3 | H. Grauert | Oval | 40x22 | black | 1870 | ||||
| 4 | Gutschow & Co. | Oval | blue | 1869 | |||||
| 4 | A | Charles E. Leggatt & Co | Oval | blue | 1872 | ||||
| 5 | Walsh Hall & Co. | Oval | 38x19 | blue | 1874 | ||||