Amoy
Amoy (now known as Xiamen) is a coastal city in southeastern China. "It was one of the five original Treay Ports opened under the Treaty of Nanking, 1842. There were two British Post Offices in Amoy, the original office at the Bay of Amoy on Kulangsu Island where the British Consulate and foreign community lived, and a later second post office set up on the adjacent mainland that was the commercial area. The British post offices in Amoy closed on 30 November 1922."HKPSJ 13 Mr. Frank Drake & Mr. David Drake
The earliest known cancel from Amoy on the China Overprints is Jan 2 1917
Index -F- was believed to be used at the office at Ku Lang Seu Island. HKSP Newsletter Dec 2018
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Cancel
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EKU on Adhesive
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LKU on Adhesive
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Cover Census
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Jii 25mm Single Circle 3.5mm Letters Index B Day/Month |
5 Jan
1917 |
23 Jan 1922 HKSC Jean Paul Beck |
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Jii 25mm Single Circle 3.5mm Letters Index B Month/Day |
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Mar 8 1922 |
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Jiv 25mm Single Circle 3.5mm Letters Index F Day/Month |
25 Jan 1917 |
29 Mar 1917 30c 19 May 1917 4c HKSC Jean Paul Beck |
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 British Post Office Amoy Index B Schoenfeld.jpg) |
Kia 26mm Double Circle Index –B- |
?Y 14 1922 HKSC |
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 British Post Office Amoy Index F Schoenfeld.jpg) |
Kib 26mm Double Circle Index –F- |
Jan 18 1917 HKSC |
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Kii 26mm Double Circle Index Time |
Mar 1 1922 HKSC |
Sep 9 1922 HKSC |
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Box Riv No Black |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Box Riv No B Black |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Box Riv No B Violet |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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AR Handstamp | 1 May 1919 Proud |
Notes
Mr. Frank Drake and Mr. David Drake published a study of cancels and frequency in Journal #13 of the Hong Kong Philatelic Society Journal. A total of 593 items were examined and the data summarized below.
In addition, they reported the following variations of the cancels at Amoy:
Type Jii Index B - one example with the figure 8 inverted (SP 8 20) and one example with the 3 in the day date reversed (3 JA 22).
Type KiB with the index letters as --F instead of -F- (DE 16 20)
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Cancel Type
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Quantity
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Frequency %
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Notes
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| Jii Index B |
339
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57.2%
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| Jiv Index F |
11
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1.9%
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Ming Tsang (1995) reported that this cancel was used for only about 4.5 months. |
| Kia Index -B- |
34
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5.7%
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| Kib Index -F- |
121
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20.4%
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| Kii Index Time |
88
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14.8%
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Issue/Value
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Quantity |
Frequency %
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Notes
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J ii B
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J iv F
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Kia -B-
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Kib -F- |
Kii Time
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| 1c MCA |
25
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2
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1
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11
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6
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8%
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| 2c MCA |
19
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19
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12
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8%
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Newspaper and Printed Matter Rate | ||
| 4c MCA |
70
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3
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8
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30
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20
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22%
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Postcard Rate |
| 6c MCA |
42
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8
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7
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10%
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First step above single letter rate | ||
| 8c MCA |
36
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2
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3
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6
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7
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9%
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| 10c MCA |
39
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2
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6
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21
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10
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13%
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Letter Rate |
| 12c MCA |
27
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2
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5%
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| 20c MCA |
36
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1
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8
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2
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8%
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| 25c MCA |
4
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1
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0.8%
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| 30c MCA |
6
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1
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1
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1%
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| 50c MCA |
33
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6
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11
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8%
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| $1c MCA |
1
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1
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0.3%
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| $2c MCA |
1
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0.2%
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| $3c MCA |
1
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2
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0.5%
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| $5c MCA |
1
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0.2%
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| $10c MCA |
1
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0.2%
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| 1c MSCA |
4
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0.7%
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| 2c MSCA |
6
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1%
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| 4c MSCA | |||||||
| 6c MSCA |
1
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12
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2%
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| 8c MSCA |
6
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1
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1%
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| 10c MSCA | |||||||
| 20c MSCA |
1
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0.2%
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| 25c MSCA | |||||||
| 50c MSCA | Not issued until after closure of the port | ||||||
| $1c MSCA | |||||||
| $2c MSCA |