The Hong Kong 'China' Overprints British Offices In China 1917 - 1930

Shanghai



Image Cancel EKU on Adhesive LKU on Adhesive Cover Census
  K 26mm Single Circle Index A Jan 19 1919 (30c)
Mr. Chris Norton 		30 Nov 1922 (1st - 12c, 50c, $1, 2nd - 6c, 8c, 10c, 20c, 25c)  
  K 26mm Single Circle Index B    
Nov 30 1922 $0.015 Unaddressed Philatelic

K 26mm Single Circle Index C

 

 
Jul 26 1922 $3.00 Shanghai
  K 26mm Single Circle Index D 17 Jun ????  
29 Oct 1921 $2.25 GB (Postage Due, Parcel Post)
Nov 30 1922 $0.14 Shanghai
Nov 30 1922 $0.35 Shanghai
  L 25mm Double Circle Unknown Index    
Oct 13 1917 $0.12 India
Oct 20 1918 $0.015? India
Aug 15 1919 $0.10 Australia
Jul 24 1922 $0.02 Switzerland
1922 $0.10 USA
  L 25mm Double Circle Index A Unknown Number    
Jun 4 1917 $0.04 GB
Dec 19 1917 $0.10 Ceylon
May 4 1919 $0.10 GB
Oct 19 1921 $0.10 GB

L 25mm Double Circle Index A I

 

 
Mar 12 1917 $0.10 GB
Mar 16 1917 $0.04 India
Apr 16 1917 $0.04 India
May 28 1917 $0.10 Switzerland
Jul 24 1917 $0.10 GB
Jul 25 1917 $0.04 GB
Nov 22 1917 $0.10 GB
Jul 15 1918 $0.04 Hankow (Red Cross Label)
Dec 12 1918 $0.015 Due GB
Jun 28 1919 $0.10 Sweden
Nov 22 1919 $0.10 USA
Apr 24 1920 $0.04 GB
Jul 20 1920 $0.04 Wei Hai Wei
Jun 2 1921 $0.10 GB
Jan 30 1921 $0.04 USA
Jul 27 1921 $0.10 GB
Aug 17 1921 $0.10 Switzerland
Feb 20 1922 $0.04  
Feb 22 1922 $0.04 China
May 20 1922 $0.10 GB
Jun 2 1922 $0.10 GB
Jun 17 1922 $0.02 Switzerland
Jul 7 1922 $0.10 Switzerland
Aug 11 1922 $0.10 Shanghai
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index A II

Cover

Nov 11 1922

Jan 1 1917 $0.16 India
Oct 20 1917 $0.10 GB
Feb 15 1919 $0.02 USA
Mar 20 1919 $0.10 GB
May 31 1919 $0.10 USA
Jul 22 1920 $0.04 Wei Hai Wei
Aug 25 1920 $0.045 Switzerland
Feb 5 1921 $0.04 GB
Aug 2 1921 $0.40 Switzerland
Sep 10 1921 $0.045 Germany
Sep ?? 1921 $0.04 Shanghai
Nov 23 1921 $0.04 Switzerland
Unknown 1922 $0.10 GB
Feb 4 1922 $0.04? GB
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index A V

 

Cover
Sep 14 19?? $0.10 USA
Mar 3 1917 $0.04 GB
Apr 25 1917 $0.04 USA
J?? 12 1917
(Ex-Scamp - see note)		 $0.18 Switzerland
Apr 13 1918 $0.02 GB
May 24 1918 $0.04 GB
Aug 24 1918 $0.10 Switzerland
Sep 14 1918 $0.10 USA
Jun 7 1919 $0.16 GB
Oct 9 1919 Bk $0.10 USA
Oct 28 1919 $0.10 GB
Nov 29 1919 $0.10 GB
May 8 1920 $0.04 GB
Jul 26 1921 $0.04 Wei Hai Wei
Dec 10 1921 $0.04 GB
Apr 28 1922 $0.02 GB
Aug 5 1922 $0.02 Shanghai
Aug 8 1922 $0.04 Wei Hai Wei

L 25mm Double Circle Index A VI

 

May 25 1919 P
Feb 17 1917 $0.04 Switzerland
Mar 17 1917 $0.10 USA
May 13 1917 $0.04 GB
Jul 3 1917 $0.12 Switzerland
Aug 28 1917 $0.10 South Africa
Feb 5 1918 $0.16 Switzerland (Too Late & Colombo Censor)
  L 25mm Double Circle Index B Unknown Number    
Sep 18 1917 $0.04 Wei Hai Wei
Oct 17 1921 $0.04 GB
Nov 28 1922 $0.10 Germany
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index B I

 

 
Jan 18 1917 $0.04  
May 24 1918 $0.045 France
Sep 10 1918 $0.10 USA
May 1 1919 $0.04 Java
May 20 1921 $0.10 Sweden
Jun 17 1922 Bk $0.16 GB

 

L 25mm Double Circle Index B II

 

Nov 1?, 1922
HKSC Jean Paul Beck

Mar 1 1919 $0.10 GB
Apr 21 1921 $0.04 GB
Apr 21 1922 $0.15 GB
Apr 24 1922 $0.10 GB
Jun 30 1922 $0.15 Switzerland
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index B V

Dec 8 1917
HKSC Jean Paul Beck

Cover

Apr 13 1917 $0.04 India
Mar 23 1918 $0.04 Holland
Mar 25 1918 $0.04 Holland
Jul 6 1918 $0.02 Hankow
Aug 15 1918 $0.10 Switzerland
Nov 8 1918 $0.10 Holland
22 Nov 1919 $0.04 Syria
Sep 17 1921 $0.04 GB
Feb 21 1922 $0.04 GB
Oct 14 1922 $0.06 GB
Nov 19 1922 $0.10 Italy
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index B VI

 

 
Mar 31 1917 $0.10 Denmark
Apr 2 1918 $0.04 Switzerland
Apr 13 1918 $0.02 GB
May 11 1918 $0.10 Egypt
Jun 6 1918 $0.10 Holland
  L 25mm Double Circle Index C Unknown    
Feb 22 1919 $0.10 GB
Nov 19 1920 $0.04 Switzerland
Feb ?? 1922 $0.04  
Apr 7 1922 $0.10 GB
Apr 22 1922 $0.04 Germany
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index C I

Cover

 
Feb 15 1917 $0.28 USA
Feb 17 1917 $0.10 USA
Aug 1 1919 $0.10 Canada
Nov 18 1918 $0.04 GB
Oct 3 1919 $0.10 USA
Jan 20 1920 $0.04 Switzerland
Jun ? 1920 $0.08? Switzerland (Missing stamp)
Feb 17 1922 $0.04 GB
Aug 12 1922 $0.06  
Oct 20 1922 $0.06 Hankow
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index C II

 

 
Feb 9 1917 $0.10 Switzerland
Nov 9 1917 $0.04 Scotland
Nov 19 1918 $0.22 UK
Dec 4 1918 $0.10 USA
Feb 15 1919 $0.10 Jave Dutch East Indies
Aug 13 1920 $0.04 Wei Hai Wei
Sep 25 1920 $0.10 GB forwarded to Germany
Dec 9 1920 $0.10 Germany
Mar 24 1921 $0.10 GB (Combo, postage due)
May 18 1921 $0.10 GB
Oct 15 1921 $0.10 Switzerland
Jan 13 1922 $0.04 GB (Postage due on 6c postcard rate)
Jan 27 1922 $0.25 Switzerland
Apr 22 1922 $0.06 GB
Jun 17 1922 $0.04 Norway
Aug 12 1922 $0.16 Switzerland
Aug 12 1922 $0.31 Switzerland
Oct 19 1922 $0.04 GB
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index C V

 

Cover
May 24 1917 $0.10 GB
Oct 29 1918 $0.04 GB
Dec 14 1918 $0.10 Switzerland
Apr 9 1919 $0.10 GB
Mar 10 1920 $0.04 Czechoslovakia
May 26 1920 $0.28 France
Sep 25 1920 $0.04 GB
Dec 4 1920 $0.04 GB
May 26 1921 $0.10 Switzerland
Jul 16 1921 $0.10 Ireland
Aug 22 1921 $0.10 Switzerland
Oct 30 1922 $0.06 GB
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index C VI

 

 
Jan 29 1917 $0.14 Japan
May 1 1917 $0.04 GB
Jul 13 1917 $0.10 Ceylon
  L 25mm Double Circle Index D Unknown    
Jun 12 1917 $0.10 South Africa
Jul 5 1920 $1.20 GB
Sep 2 1920 $0.02 USA
Nov 11 1920 $0.10 GB
Jan 17 1922 $0.10 Switzerland
May 31 1922 $0.04 France
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index D I

 

 
May 2 1917 $0.22 Italy
Oct 18 1917 $0.16 USA
Mar 22 1919 $0.04 Canada
Apr 10 1919 $0.04 Sweden
Jun 24 1919 $0.04 Switzerland
Jan 13 1920 $0.10 Sweden
Mar 1 1920 $0.04 Czechoslovakia
Aug 28 1920 $0.16 USA
Feb 12 1921 $0.04 GB
Oct 7 1921 $0.10 GB
Jan 4 1922 $0.04 GB
Jan 30 1922 $0.04 Siam
Jun 30 1922 $0.04 GB
Oct 26 1922 $0.10 GB
Nov 10 1922 $0.10 GB
Nov 30 1922 $0.06 GB
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index D II

1 May 1917

?e 17 1922
HKSC Jean Paul Beck

May 1 1917 $0.10 Canada
Oct 6 1917 $0.10 USA
Oct 30 1917 $0.16 USA
Apr 17 1918 $0.10 Switzerland
Sep 2 1918 $0.02 USA
Feb 17 1919 $0.04 GB
May 14 1919 $0.10 USA
Jan 3 1920 $0.10 GB
Jul 20 1920 $0.10 Canada
Jul 20 1920 $0.04 Germany
Apr 21 1921 $0.04 GB
Jun 17 1921 $0.28 GB
Jun 20 1921 $0.10 Australia
Dec 15 1921 $0.10 GB
Jan 27 1922 $0.04 GB
Feb 17 1922 $0.04  
Jun 2 1922 $0.06 Java
Jun 30 1922 $0.15 Switzerland


L 25mm Double Circle Index D III

 

Jan 29 1919 P

  
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index D V

 

Cover
Jan 19 1917 $0.04 GB
Jan 14 1918 $0.10 GB (Damaged by Seawater marking)
Mar 22 1918 $0.04 GB
May 24 1918 $0.10 GB
Dec 19 1918 $0.10 Switzerland
Jan 16 1919 $0.10 Switzerland
Dec 1 1919 $0.16 Denmark
Aug 4 1920 $0.10 Switzerland
Dec 29 1920 #0.44 GB
Apr 11 1921 $0.20 India
Aug 25 1921 $0.10 GB
Oct 19 1921 $0.04 Switzerland
Jan 16 1922 $0.04 Malta (underpaid?)
 

L 25mm Double Circle Index D VI

 

 
Mar 26 1917 $0.10 GB
Sep 21 1917 $0.04 Wei Hai Wei
Jan 14 1918 $0.10 GB
Feb 23 1918 $0.10 USA
Sep 1 1920 $0.10 France
  L 25mm Double Circle Index F Unknown Number    
Sep 1? 1917 $0.10 USA

L 25mm Double Circle Index F IV

 

Jan 8 1921 P

  

L 25mm Double Circle Index F V

 

Nov 11 1922 P

  

L 25mm Double Circle Index F VI

 

 
Dec 24 1917 $0.04 Java
  R4 Index Unknown    
Jul ?? 1917 $0.26 USA
Aug 11 1917 $0.20 GB
Nov 19 1917 $0.68 USA
Nov 24 1920 $2.00 Switzerland
Jan ?? 1922 $0.30 France
Apr 5 1922 $0.30 Germany

R4 Black Oval 30mm x 24mm Index A

Feb 19 1917 (2c)
Mr. Chris Norton

 
Jun 29 1917 $0.20 GB
Jul 6 1917
(Cavendish 2004)		 $15.69 GB
Jul 10 1917 $0.10 GB
Jul 23 1917 $0.20 Sweden
Aug 5 1917    
Aug 13 1917 (Fr) $0.20 USA
Aug 15 1917 $0.20 Sweden
Sep 4 1917 $0.20 USA
Sep 11 1917 $0.26 India
Sep 17 1917    
Nov 13 1917 $0.20 Russia
Dec 8 1917 $0.26  
??? ?? 1918 $0.10  
Mar 25 1918 $0.20 USA
Apr 9 1918 $0.20 USA
Apr 18 1918
(John Bull 312) 		   
May 15 1918 $0.26 GB
May 22 1918 $0.20 Norway
Jun 21 1918 $0.20  
Jul 10 1918 $0.20 Finland
Aug 1 1918    
Aug 2? 1918 $0.06?? Switzerland
Mar 1 1919    
Mar 8 1919 $0.20 Denmark
Apr 17 1919 $0.20 Denmark
May 9 1919 AR $0.10 AR Receipt
May 31 1919 $0.20 Finland
Apr 4 1919 $0.20 Denmark
Jun 4 1919 $0.20  
Jun 14 1919 $0.20 GB (Scotland)
Jul 12 1919 $0.20 Canada
Aug 15 1919 $0.26 GB
Sep 24 1919 $0.18 GB
Sep 30 1919 $0.26 GB
Dec 8 1919 $0.14 Hong Kong
Jan 29 1920 $0.20 USA
May 15 1920 $0.26 USA
Mar 30 1920 $0.32 GB
Dec 5 1920 $0.38 Switzerland
??? 17 1921 $0.20 Switzerland
Mar ?? 1921 $0.20 GB (Scotland)
Oct 10 1921 $0.44? GB (may be missing stamp)
Oct 18 1921(front) $0.20 Denmark
Oct 31 1921 $0.32 GB
Nov 3 1921 $0.20 Switzerland
Nov 19 1921 $0.20 GB
Jan ?? 1922 ?? Australia
Feb 12 1922 $0.25 Switzerland
Apr 2 1922 $0.31 Switzerland (Sheet #177 1c single)
Apr 5 1922 $0.30 Germany
Apr 15 1922 $0.20 France
May 18 1922 $0.20 Switzerland
Aug 23 1922 $0.20 USA
Aug 23 1922 $0.20 USA
Nov 28 1922 $0.25 Switzerland
Nov 30 1922 $0.27?  
Nov 30 1922 $1.00 Switzerland
Nov 30 1922 $0.26 Switzerland
 

R4 Black Oval 30mm x 24mm Index B

 

Nov 18 1922
HKSC Jean Paul Beck

Feb 24 1917 $0.26 GB
Aug 25 1917 $0.20 GB
Jun 4 1918 $0.26 France
Nov 19 1918 $0.32 USA
Mar 1 1919 $0.20 Switzerland
Nov 3 1920 $0.26 GB
Nov 22 1919 $0.20 USA
May 27 1920 $0.20 USA
Jul 20 1920 $0.20 GB
Jan 17 1921 $0.38 GB
Feb 26 1921 $2.68 Philatelic
Mar 24 1921 $0.20 GB (with 1c China Junk issue)
Apr 27 1921 $0.32 Switzerland
Sep 13 1921 $0.20 GB
Sep 17 1921 $0.98 Australia
Oct 2 1921 $0.20 USA
Oct 4 1921 $0.20  
Feb 13 1922 $0.60 GB
Apr 7 1922 $0.20 Austria
May 20 1922 $0.20 Holland
Jun 8 1922 $0.35 France
Aug 11 1922 $0.20 Czechoslovakia
Sep 9 1922 $0.20  
Oct 30 1922 $0.25 Switzerland
Nov 4 1922 $0.25 Germany
 

R4 Black Oval 30mm x 24mm Index C

Cover

30 Nov 1922 P
Jan 8 1917 $0.20 GB
Mar 7 1917 $0.20 GB
Mar 24 1917 $3.42 USA
Apr 12 1917 $0.26 Singapore
Apr 17 1917 $0.26  
May 5 1917 $0.20 Switzerland
Jun 28 1917 (back) $0.26 GB
Oct 2 1917 $0.20 India
Nov 19 1917 $0.68 USA
Dec 6 1917 $0.20 GB
Dec 11 1917   Switzerland
Jan 22 1918? $0.20 GB
1918 $0.26 GB
Mar 19 1918 $0.20 Holland
Mar 28 1918 $0.20 USA
Apr 18 1918 $0.20 India?
May 18 1918 $8.94 Partial, Unkown
May 21 1918 $0.20  
Jul 12 1918 $0.31 GB
Sep 4 1918 $0.20 Shanghai local
Sep 20 1918 $0.20 GB
Oct 7 1918 $0.26 GB
Oct 7 1918 $0.10?  
Oct 23 1918 $0.62 USA
Dec 18 1918 AR $0.10 AR Receipt
Dec 21 1918 $0.42 GB
Dec 24 1918 $0.32 GB
Feb 11 1919 $0.20 GB
Mar 17? 1919 $0.20 Switzerland
Jun 26 1919 $0.26 GB (Scotland)
Jul 30 1919 $0.20 GB
Sep 22 1919 $0.20 India
Mar 12 1920 $0.20 GB
Apr 9 1920 $0.20 Switzerland
Aug 2 1920 $0.20 Germany
1921 $0.20 GB (Scotland)
Jul 5 1921 $0.40 Switzerland
Apr 12 1922 $0.20 GB
Apr 22 1922 $0.55 GB
Oct 6 1922 $0.25 GB
Nov 6 1922 $0.04? Austria
Nov 17 1922 $0.35 GB


 

R4 Black Oval 30mm x 24mm Index D

Apr 18 1917
HKSC Jean Paul Beck

Cover
Aug 5 1917 $0.20 GB
Sep 20 1918 $0.20 GB
??? 5 1919 $0.20 Switzerland
Mar 18 1920 $0.26 France
Jun 1 1920 $0.38 GB
Jul 1920 $0.20 GB?
Sep 3 1920 $0.20 GB
Apr 2 1921 $0.26

Denmark
/Norway
Apr 7 1921 $0.20 GB
Sep 20 1921 $0.26 GB
Sep 21 1921 $0.40 GB
Mar 17 1922 $0.35 GB
Aug 4 1922 $0.25 Germany
Nov 4 1922 $0.20 Germany
Nov 18 1922 $0.25 GB?
Nov 22 1922 $0.25 GB
 

R8 Black Rectangle Uppercase

 

 

Jan 8 1917
Mar 7 1917
Mar 24 1917
May 5 1917
Jun 29 1917
Jul 6 1917
Jul ?? 1917
Jul 10 1917
Jul 23 1917
Aug 5 1917
Aug 11 1917
Aug 15 1917
Aug 25 1917
Sep 4 1917
Sep 11 1917
Sep 17 1917
Oct 2 1917
Nov 13 1917
Nov 19 1917
Dec 6 1917
Dec 8 1917
Dec 11 1917
Mar 25 1918
Mar 28 1918
Apr 18 1918
Mar 19 1918
May 15 1918
May 21 1918
May 22 1918
Jun 4 1918
Jun 25 1918
Jul 10 1918
Jul 12 1918
Aug 2? 1918
Sep 20 1918
Sep 4 1918
Oct 7 1918
Oct 17 1918
Oct 23 1918
Nov 19 1918
Dec 21 1918
Dec 24 1918
??? 5 1919
Feb 11 1919
Mar 1 1919
Mar 8 1919
Apr 17 1919
May 26 1919
Jun 4 1919
Jun 14 1919
Jun 26 1919
Jul 12 1919
Jul 30 1919
Aug 15 1919
Sep 22 1919
Sep 24 1919
Sep 30 1919
Dec 8 1919
Jan 29 1920
Mar 12 1920
May 15 1920
Mar 30 1920
Apr 9 1920

  R8 Black Rectangle Uppercase with B.P.Q. instead of B.P.O.    

Feb 24 1917
Apr 18 1918
Nov 22 1919

 

R8 Violet Rectangle Uppercase

 

 

 July 1920
Sep 3 1920
Mar ?? 1921
Apr 27 1921
 

R8a (Second Usage) Black Rectangle Uppercase

16 Jul 1921 S

18 Nov 1922 P

Sep 13 1921
Sep 17 1921
Sep 21 1921
Oct 10 1921
Jan 22 1918?
Feb 13 1922
Mar 17 1922
Apr 12 1922
Aug 4 1922
? ? 1922
 

R9 Violet UpperCase with Serif R and Curly leg  – Top and Bottom of R Clearly Touch Frame

 

 

 Jun 1 1920
Jul 20 1920
Aug 2 1920
Aug 14 1920
Nov 3 1920
Jul 5 1921
Oct 18 1921(front)
May 22 1922
Sep 8 1922 (HKSC reported)
 

R9a Violet UpperCase with Serif R and Curly leg  – Top and Bottom of R Do Not Touch Frame

 

 

 May 27 1920
Nov 24 1920
Dec 1920
 

R9b Black UpperCase with Serif R and Curly leg  – Top and Bottom of R Clearly Touch Frame

 

 

 Mar 24 1921
Oct 4 1921
Oct 12 1921
Oct 31 1921
Nov 3 1921
Nov 19 1921
 

R10 Violet Upper and Lowercase

 

 

Jan ?? 1922
Jan ?? 1922
Feb 12 1922
Apr 7 1922
May 18 1922
May 20 1922
Apr 2 1922
Apr 5 1922
Apr 15 1922
Apr 22 1922
Jun 8 1922
Aug 11 1922
Sep 9 1922
Sep 21 1922
Oct 6 1922
Oct 30 1922
Nov 4 1922
Nov 6 1922
Nov 17 1922
Nov 22 1922
Nov 30 1922
1922?
  R10 Black Upper and Lowercase     Nov 28 1922
Nov 30 1922

AR Handstamp

 

 

 Sep 13 1917
May 15 1918
Apr 12 1922
 

AR Receipt

 

 

 Dec 18 1918
Feb 7 1919
May 9 1919

BPO to CPO Handstamp Time HH.MM
Proud I25

2 Oct 1920
Proud

15 Feb 1922
Proud

 Jun 17 1922
BPO to CPO Handstamp Time HH.
Proud I24		 27 Jul 1921
Proud		 2 Dec 1921
Proud		  
BPO to CPO Handstamp Time HH
(no .) Proud I23 		21 Apr 1920
Proud		 29 Oct 1920
Proud		 Jan 4 1922 ?

BPO to CPO Handstamp Time HH MM (no .) Proud I22

16 Dec 1919
Proud

6 Jul 1922

 Aug 15 1921
  "Duty Free" in Blue     1922 Unknown
  "Too Late" Straight Line Handstamp 5 Feb 1918
Proud		   Feb 5 1918
  Postmaster British Post Office Shanghai
Double line violet handstamp		     Mar 12 1920
  Circular T   14 Feb 1921
Cheung HKSC J279/7		 27 Jan 1922

Notes

This cover was sent from Shanghai to Hong Kong but passed through the Chinese office and was not cancelled until its arrival in Hong Kong on 23 Oct 1921

The cover dated J?? 12 1917 with Index D V, ex-Scamp, is unusual in that the first digit of the year is missing and the "7" is centered and the second letter of the month is missing.

This adhesive, discovered by Mr. Lee Scamp and noted in the HKSC Journal 370 in July 2014 shows the year as "61" (an upside down 19)

The cover dated November 30, 1922 with cancel K Index D is possibly the cover referenced in both Webb and Proud.

The cover dated 5 Feb 1918 with L A VI cancel also carries a Shanghai "Too Late" straight line h.s. Proud latest recorded date. directed per Awa Maru to Suez but too late for that ship so sent on the next vessel which only apparently only went as far as Ceylon where censor Colombo h.s. applied. Blue censor label apparently applied at Shanghai (similar in style to Hong Kong label but lacking place name at bottom. There was no WWI British Censor label recorded used at Shanghai prior to the discovery of this example.

The cover dated 12 Mar 1920 has a Postmaster, British Post Office, Shanghai double line oval violet handstamp. Any information on this marking would be appreciated.

The cover dated 6 Jun 1918 with L B VI cancel also carries a rare 10c Red and Blue on White roulette American Red Cross in China patriotic label. This is a very scarce label with few examples being recorded. The 10c extra paid was donated to the Red Cross.

The cover dated 22 Nov 1919 is reported to have a forwarding agent cachet "Forwarded by / B.A. Someckh & Co/Shanghai" on the reverse and is addressed to Syria.