Chefoo
Under the Treaty of Tientsin from 1858 which was ratified by the Treaty of Peking in 1860, Chefoo became a Treaty Port. Chefoo lies in the center of the north-east coast of the Shantung Peninsular, which is fifty miles west of Wei Hai Wei and in the center of the silk industry. It closed on 30 November 1922.
"The primary function of an index letter in a circular date stamp is to positively identify the person who made that mark. In most British Post Offices, the index letter A was the Postmaster's private seal. For the Chefoo cancels used on the KGV China overpring, the index A was not used. ... A possible reason may be that the British Post Office in Chefoo did not have an official postmaster and that the local trading firm, Curtis Brothers, essentially managed the postal service and the packet service to Shanghai." HKPSJ 14 Mr. Frank Drake & Mr. David Drake
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A 25.5mm Double Circle Index C |
Cover |
11 Nov 1920 |
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B 25mm Single Circle Index C (Previously not reported by Webb et al. but reported by Mr. Drake and supported by RPSL Cert.) |
Unknown | Only 1 copy reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ci 26mm Double Circle Index time |
13 May 1917 |
15 Aug 1917 |
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Cii 26mm Double Circle Index bar |
7 Aug 1917 |
Cover |
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Box Riv No Black |
Not Applicable |
Not Applicable |
7 Jun
1917 4 May 1918 12 May 1918 14 May 1919 4 Mar 1920 26 Oct 1920 2 Feb 1921 18 Aug 1921 14 Jan 1922 10 Nov 1922 27 Nov 1922 30 Nov 1922 |
Notes
Mr. Frank Drake and Mr. David Drake published a study of cancels and frequency in Journal #14 of the Hong Kong Philatelic Society Journal. A total of 473 items were examined and the data summarized below.
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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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| A Index C |
117
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24.7%
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Not yet found on the SCA Issue |
| B Index C |
1
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0.2%
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| C1 Index Time |
2
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0.4%
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Not yet found on the SCA Issue |
| Cii Index Bar |
353
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74.6%
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Issue/Value
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Quantity/ CANCEL
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Frequency %
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Notes
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A Index C
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B Index C
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Ci Index Time
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Cii Index Bar
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| 1c MCA |
17
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8
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5%
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| 2c MCA |
11
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6
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4%
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Newspaper and Printed Matter Rate | ||
| 4c MCA |
6
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1
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1
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12
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4%
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Postcard Rate |
| 6c MCA |
11
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33
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9%
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First step above single letter rate | ||
| 8c MCA |
5
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77
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18%
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| 10c MCA |
14
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1
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32
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10%
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Letter Rate | |
| 12c MCA |
7
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2
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2%
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| 20c MCA |
8
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22
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6%
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| 25c MCA |
1
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4
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1%
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| 30c MCA |
10
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16
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6%
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Possibly due to the parcel rate | ||
| 50c MCA |
6
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42
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10%
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| $1c MCA |
9
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20
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6%
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| $2c MCA |
2
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5
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1%
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| $3c MCA |
6
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5
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2%
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| $5c MCA |
3
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2
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1%
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| $10c MCA |
1
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1
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0.4%
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| 1c MSCA |
2
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0.4%
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| 2c MSCA |
4
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1%
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| 4c MSCA |
4
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1%
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| 6c MSCA |
12
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3%
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| 8c MSCA |
3
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0.6%
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| 10c MSCA |
9
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2%
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| 20c MSCA |
11
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2%
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| 25c MSCA |
19
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4%
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| 50c MSCA | Not issued until after closure of the port | |||||
| $1c MSCA | ||||||
| $2c MSCA |
3
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0.6%
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