Philatelic Study Group: [1]
Hong Kong Security Markings and Perfins
Group V: Forwarding Agents Markings used as Security Markings.
Group introduced in August 2001.
Compiled by Philippe Orsetti from information received from members.
(Not yet sent to the Hong Kong Study Circle)
(8th revision as of January 1, 2010)
       
Note 1: Names are recorded the way they are struck,  i.e. capital or lower-case letters,
space or not space between Hong and Kong and fonts as similar as possible.
However, if a name is preceeded by (**), it means that the authors have not seen the marking
and only the name has been recorded, regardless of the exact way it appears.
Note 2: An S in the first column (S) indicates that a scan of this marking is displayed on the website.
A small number in the column (N) indicates an embedded note in regard to the corresponding name.
Note 3: The column (Known) indicates that the marking is known on cover (C), on document (D),
on postcard (PC), on postal stationery card (PS), on piece (P), or on wrapper (WR)..
N
S Type Size Frame   Forwarding Name   Letters Source  Dates Known          Remarks
Agent Marking Height Color earliest  latest
Number
1 Oval 2 (**) J. L. Anderson & Co. blue Amoy 1879
S 2 45x25 Triple Oval 33 FORWARDED BY / HONG KONG / BENJAMIN KELLY & POTTS 2 blue HK 1904
S 3 46x23 Oval 3A FORWARDED / BY / F. BLACKHEAD & Co. / HONG KONG 2.5 violet HK 1899 KE C
S 4 29x19 Oval 3 FORWARDED BY / BOYD & Co. / AMOY 3.5 red Amoy 1890 1902
S a 29x19 Oval FORWARDED BY / BOYD & Co. / AMOY 3.5 red HK 1890 1902
S 5 Oval 6 FORWARDED / BY / Brandao & Co. / ………. 3 black HK 1903
S 6 Triple Oval 1 CORNABE & CO / CHEFOO / CHINA 2 violet Chefoo 1870
S 7 41x26 Triple Oval 12 CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE C0. / FORWARDED / BY / * LIMITED, HONG-KONG * 2.5 violet HK 1899 1906 C
a 41x26 Triple Oval 12 CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE C0. / FORWARDED / BY / * LIMITED, HONG-KONG * 2.5 violet Shanghai KE Probably same marking as V-7
b 41x26 Triple Oval 12 CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE C0. / FORWARDED / BY / * LIMITED, HONG-KONG * 2.5 blue HK 1899 Probably same marking as V-7
S 7A 32x23 Double Oval FORWARDED BY / A.H. CHINOY 3 red HK B62
S 8 36x25 Triple Oval 13A FORWARDED BY / HONGKONG / S.J. DAVID & Co. 2.5 violet HK 1900
S 9 Oval 1 FORWARDED / BY / DODWELL & Co. / …………. 2.5 black Foochow 1914 1918
a Oval 1 FORWARDED / BY / DODWELL & Co. / …………. 2.5 violet Foochow 1914 1918
S b Triple Oval FORWARDED BY /  FOOCHOW / DODWELL & Co. 2 violet Foochow KE
S 9A O 32 Circle 23 FORWARDED BY / HONG KONG / GIBB, LIVINGSTONE & Co. 2 violet HK 1902
S a 30x23 Oval 10 FORWARDED BY / SHANGHAI / GIBB, LIVINGSTONE & Co. 3 red Shanghai QV
S 10 36x24 Double Oval 31 FORWARDED BY / HONGKONG.  /  * JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. * 2.5 violet HK 1901 1903 Wr Also on wrapper
S a 36x24 Double Oval 31 FORWARDED BY / HONG KONG.  /  * JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. * 2.5 violet HK 1898 HONG KONG with serif
S 10A 35x20 Double Oval 36Ab FORWARDED BY / * HONGKONG * / DOUGLAS.LAPRAIK&Co-.. 2.5 violet QV
S a 35x20 Double Oval FORWARDED BY / * HONGKONG * / DOUGLAS.LAPRAIK&Co-.. 2.5 black QV
S 10B     x28 Double Oval FORWARDED BY /  HONGKONG  / E.S. KADOORIE 2 violet HK 1909 wavy Inside oval
S 11 49x9 Unframed 5 Forwarded by / PAUL PETTICK & CO. LD / Foochow China 2 violet Foochow 1896 PS 3 lines, on PS
S a 47x11 Unframed 5a Forwarded by / PAUL PETTICK & Co. Ld / Gener Store Keepers Etc / Foochow China 2 violet Foochow 1891 PS 4 lines, on PS
S 12 28x19 Double Oval 49 FORWARDED BY ]/ REISS & C0. / ] HONGKONG. 2.5 violet HK 1900 1903 PC Cap letters
S a 28x19 Double Oval 49 FORWARDED BY ]/ REISS & C0. / ] HONGKONG. 2.5 red HK 1909 Cap letters
S 13 28x19 Double Oval 49A FORWARDED BY ]/ Reiss & Co-.. / ] HONGKONG 3 red HK 1900 1902 C Script letters
S 13A 42X28 Double Oval FORWARDED BY / S .N. TATA & Co. / SHANGHAI 2.5 violet Shanghai 1891 Also on wrapper
S 14 32x18 Oval 8A FORWARDED BY / TAIT & Co-.. / AMOY. 3 violet HK B62
S a 32x18 Oval 8A FORWARDED BY / TAIT & Co-.. / AMOY. 3 violet Shanghai 1895
S 15 32x18 Double Oval 59 UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON / FORWARDED BY / * …….. * 3 violet HK
[1]
In 1878, the Post Master General’s Postal Guide contained a notification: “Box holders may mark stamps. Box holders (but box holders only) are at liberty to mark their postage stamps on the back or face, or by perforation, so as to prevent their being stolen. If a mark be on the face it must be such as not to interfere with the clean appearance of the stamp. Stamps so marked will not be purchased.”