Jansimon
11 Dec 2018
09:23:11am
Auctions - Approvals | re: HONG KONG STAMPS
I have never seen anything like this before, but on the other hand: I am not a Hong Kong expert. My guess is that these are either some kind of company precancel (like perfs) or some helping lines for automated cancelling.
On the other hand, I doubt if machines for this had been developed around 1900...
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Linus
11 Dec 2018
01:12:28pm | re: HONG KONG STAMPS
John -
I also have never seen these type markings before on Hong Kong stamps. I am not an expert, but I do specialize in collecting Hong Kong, and I have a good solid reference book in my philatelic library titled "The Philatelic and Postal History of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan" by F.W. Webb. Your post caused me much reading through this book, cover to cover, digging for an answer. There were no plates(pictures) in the back of the book that showed these markings. The top of page 176, which I have scanned below, is the best possibility that I could find, but it is only a guess. I think they were marked as such so the stamps could not be stolen and sold back to the post office. Read below, especially the last part from the Postmaster General's "Postal Guide."
Hope this helps,
Linus
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