1894 (Nov 28) Hong Kong QV 3c brown postal card, sent from Hong Kong to Germany,indicia cancelled by HK cds., just 2 days before the increase of UPU rate from 3c to 4c. Rare.
The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 - Day 5
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John Bull Stamp Auctions The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 - Day 5
The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 (June 21 - June 25, 2025)
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1881 (Dec 16) Hong Kong QV QV 3c brown postal card, sent from Amoy to Germany,indicia cancelled by Amoy cds. (Type 02), with arrival cds. (1882 Jan 30) on front and messages on reverse. Earliest Recorded Use of Amoy cds. on postal cards (Earlier than Webb's earliest record - 1882 Nov 15).
1894 (Apr 12) Hong Kong QV 3c+3c brown postal cards ("REPLY" card), sent from Hong Kong to Holland,indicia cancelled by Hong Kong cds, with Haastrecht arrival (May 1) cds. alongside, few usage of this "REPLY" card.
1894 (May 22) Hong Kong QV 3c+3c brown postal cards ("REPLY" card), locally used in Shanghai,indicia cancelled by Shanghai cds., no message, the only usage of this "REPLY" card from Shanghai.
1893 (Feb 2) Hong Kong QV 3c+3c brown postal cards ("REPLY" card), locally used,indicia cancelled by Hong Kong cds., some tears on right hand side of the card, few usage of this "REPLY" card.
1903 (Jul 7) Hong Kong QV 3c+3c brown postal cards (un-split), sent from Shanghae to Germany,indicia cancelled by Shanghae cds., with Hong Kong transit and Germany arrival cds. alongside, written messages on reverse, very few recorded use of this un-split card from Shanghae. Plus a cut-out stationery 3c indicia cancelled by Foochowfoo cds., unrecorded usage of this card from Foochowfoo, very rare.
1903 (Oct 14) Hong Kong QV 3c+3c brown postal cards (message card only), used from Hong Kong to Germany,message on reverse, tied by Hong Kong cds. Latest Recorded Use of this Hong Kong QV 3c+3c green postal cards, extremely rare.
1892 (Jul 2) Hong Kong QV 3c+3c brown postal cards, locally used, message and reply cards split,tied by Hong Kong cds. Earliest Recorded Use of this Hong Kong QV 3c+3c green postal cards, extremely rare.
1895 (Jan 22) Hong Kong "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c brown postal card, sent from Hoihow to Hong Kong,indicia cancelled by Hoihow cds., with Hong Kong arrival cds. alongside, written messages on reverse. (Unrecorded) Earliest Recorded use of this card from Hoihow, extremely rare.
1895 (Jan 5) & 1904 (Oct 11) two Hong Kong "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c brown postal cards, sent from Foochowfoo to England and USA,indicia cancelled by Foochowfoo cds. and Foochow cds., with Hong Kong transit cds. alongside or arrival cds., written messages on reverse. Showing earliest recorded and latest recorded use of this card from Foochowfoo, extremely rare. Later one with repaired tear fault.
1895 & 1902 Hong Kong "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c brown postal card,one with flattened angle of surcharge (May 14) sent from Hong to Germany, indicia cancelled by Hong Kong cds., with Germany arrival cds. alongside, written messages on reverse, the other one cancelled by Shanghai cds. (Mar 11), very late usage.
1895 (Mar 12) Hong Kong "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c brown postal card, sent from Canton to Singapore,indicia cancelled by Canton cds., with Hong Kong transit cds. and Singapore arrival cds. alongside, written messages on reverse. Earliest recorded use of this card from Canton by Proud, rare.
1897 (Apr 6) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (unsplit), sent from Hong Kong to Russia,cancelled by Hong Kong cds., with written message on reverse, arrival cds. on front, rare destination and un-split used cards, very rare.
1894 (Dec 1) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (unsplit),cancel-to-order by Hong Kong cds. on the 1st day of issue. Earliest Recorded of this Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red. A nice Fist Day Card.
1894 Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (un-split), with surcharges doubled on both sides variety,unused. Extremely rare.
1894 a group of 3 un-split Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards,one with surcharge partially omitted on "REPLY" card, while two with surcharge reading down variety.
1901 (Aug 23) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (unsplit), sent from Hankow to USA,cancelled by Hankow cds, with written message on reverse. Earliest recorded use of this card from Hankow, very rare.
1895 (May 7) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (unsplit), sent from Canton to Portugal,cancelled by Canton cds., with written message on reverse, transit and arrival cds. on front. Earliest recorded use of this card from Canton and rare destination, very rare.
1899 (Mar 14) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (unsplit), surcharge reading down, sent from Hong Kong to USA,cancelled by Hong Kong cds., with written message on reverse, very few used examples recorded with surcharge reading down variety (only two recorded), rare.
1899 (Mar 7) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (unsplit), surcharge reading down, sent from Hong Kong to Germany,cancelled by Hong Kong cds., with written message on reverse, very few un-split used examples recorded with surcharge reading down variety (only two recorded), rare.
1897 (Sep 9) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards, surcharge partially omitted variety,sent from Hong Kong to Germany, cancelled by Hong Kong cds., with written message on reverse. Rare.
1896 (Dec 7) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown REPLY card (REPLY crossout), sent from Shanghai to Germany,written message on reverse. Only one Recorded Use of this card from Shanghai, extremely rare. Card with folded marks. F-VF.
1896 (May 19) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown REPLY card (REPLY crosscut), sent from Hong Kong to Germany,written message on reverse. Earliest Recorded Use of this card, only a handful used examples survived, extremely rare. Card folded. F-VF.
1912 (Mar 13) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (REPLY card), sent from Badent o Hong Kong,cancelled by Baden cds., less than 10 known uses of this REPLY card sent back from other countries, rare.
1900 (Mar 26) Hong Kong QV "4 cents" surcharge in red on 3c+3c brown postal cards (REPLY card), sent from Hong Kong to Germany,cancelled by Hong Kong cds, arrival cds alongside, very few known uses of this REPLY card, rare. Plus a upper portion of Reply Card sent from Bagdad, less than 10 known uses of this Reply Crad sent back from other countries. Rare.




























