Philatelic Study Group:
Hong Kong Security Markings and Perfins
Group II - Company Initials Images.
Printed Initials
Listing
Company Initials starting with M to S.
73 M & Co circular frame 13mm diameter, 3.5mm
violet letters. Melchers & Co.
Shanghai Cancel.
Images from Philippe Orsetti.
Second image shows a dotted outer ring.
73a M & Co circular frame 13mm diameter,
3.5mm
violet letters. Melchers & Co.
Hong Kong Cancel.
..
Image from Frank
Drake
Image from Rod Sell
73b M & Co circular frame 13mm diameter,
3.5mm
blue letters. Melchers & Co.
Image from Rod Sell
Image from Frank Drake.
73c M & Co circular frame 13mm diameter,
3.5mm
black letters. Melchers & Co.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
73e M & Co (o inside C) circular frame 16mm
diameter, 4mm violet letters. Melchers & Co.
Image from Frank Drake
Image
from Philippe Orsetti.
75 M.B.K. * HONGKONG * double oval frame 32x19,
3mm violet letters. Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.
Image from Philippe Orsetti.
Image from Rod Sell
76 N.I.C.B. oval frame 24x12, 5mm violet
letters. Netherlands Indies Commercial Bank.
Images from Philippe Orsetti.
76a N.I.C.B. oval frame 22x15, 5mm violet
letters. Netherlands Indies Commercial Bank.
Normal and Closed "C" varieties. Images
from Frank Drake
78 N.Y.K. Nippon Yusen Kaisha ?
x 6mm rectangle frame 3mm violet letters
Image from Philippe Orsetti.
82 Q.K./&Co. rectangular frame 19x16, 3mm
black letters. Quan Kai & Co.

Image and marking from Philippe Orsetti.
Image from Adam Williamson
83 R & Co. no frame 15x5, 5mm violet
letters. Radecker & Co. (Probable)
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Images from Frank Drake
83a R & Co. no frame 15x5, 5mm blue
letters. Radecker & Co. (Probable)
Image from Frank Drake
83b R & Co. no frame 15x5, 5mm black
letters. Radecker & Co. (Probable)

Image from Philippe Orsetti
83A R&Co. rectangular frame 18x8, 3mm black
letters. Company not yet identified.
Image from Philippe Orsetti.
Image from Frank Drake
84 R & Co. no frame 18x3, 3mm red
letters. Reiss & Co.
This group covers 84a as well as
the last stamp has a stop after Co. and is 1mm longer.
Image from Frank Drake
84a R & Co. no frame 19x3, 3mm red
letters. Reiss & Co. cover
cover

Image from Frank
Drake
Image from Harmon Fine
84b R & Co. no frame 18x3, 3mm purple-violet
letters. Reiss & Co. Canton cover

Image from Philippe Orsetti
Image from Adan Williamson
84d R & Co. no frame 17.5x3.5, 3.5mm violet
letters. Reiss & Co. Hong Kong
Image from Harmon Fine
85 R & Co./Amoy no frame 14x7, 2mm violet
letters. Russell & Co.
Images from Frank Drake
86 R & C no frame 4mm violet letters
1907 1910 C larger than R
Image from Philippe Orsetti.
Image from Rod Sell.
87 R B & Co no frame 11x4.5, 4.5mm violet
letters. Reuter, Brockelmann & Co. cover
Images from Frank Drake
87a R B & Co no frame 11x4.5, 4.5mm black
letters. Reuter, Brockelmann & Co.

Images from Adam Williamson
88 R S & Co no frame 23x4, 4mm violet
letters. Russell Sturgis & Co.
Images from Philippe Orsetti
89 S & Co no frame 24x5, 5mm violet
letters. Siemssen & Co. Swatow Cancel.
Image from Philippe Orsetti
89a S & Co no frame 11x3, 3mm violet
letters. Siemssen & Co.?
Image from Frank Drake
Image
from
Philippe Orsetti
90a S.J.D & Co no frame 13x2.5, 2.5mm violet
letters. S.J. David & Co.
Image from Frank Drake
Image
from Rod Sell.
91 S.L.I. Co., Lt rectangular frame 21x5, 2mm
violet letters. Shanghai Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
..
Image from Frank
Drake
Image from Philippe Orsetti.
Image from Harmon Fine
91A SMSD "Seine Majestat S.
Deutschland" 9.5x2.5 with black 2.5 letters. cover
cover
Images from Harman Fine
92 S & M no frame 11.5x4mm, 4mm purple
letters. Company not yet known.
Image from John Robertson
92A S S diamond frame 14x7, 4mm
letters. Company not yet known.
Image from Harmon Fine
93 S T & Co. no frame 17x4, 4mm violet
letters. Sherwin Tomes & Co. cover
..
Image from Rod
Sell
Image from Frank
Drake.
93a S. T. & Co. no frame 17x4, 4mm violet
letters. Sherwin Tomes & Co. cover
Image from Philippe Orsetti.
93b S. T. & Co. no frame 17x3.5, 3.5mm green
letters. Sherwin Tomes & Co.
Image from Frank Drake.