for for STAMP
COLLECTORS |
By A. EL
NE of the rare errors in Tenth Internation Congress of the
to light-oddly enough, through is a possibility of Fiji adopting: the protests of indignant collectors.į the same course in October. The Buyers of sets of Morocco reason for the latter issue Agencies Silver Jubilee stamps is the Methodist Centenary Cele have been annoyed to find in-brations to be held in Fiji These
cluded what they took to be a celebrations will commemorate the 10-centimes Franch Zone issue, landing at Lakemba of the Res of the Spanish 10-centimos.
David Cargill and Rev. William Cross on October 12, 1835.
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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
H.K. Volunteer Defence Corps
ORDERS FOR THE
•COMING
Thursday.—12935- for Arms
WEEK
Drill
Pte EM. Botelho, from No. 10 to No. 11 Platoon. “Armoured: Car Section
Pte. J. A. P. Remedios, Section will-parade at Volun=|No. 10 to No. 12 Platoon... Hong Kong Volunteer Defence teer, Headquarters on Tuesday, Ptel C. A. Mattos, from No. 10 Corps Orders by Lieut-Colonel H 10th September at 5:30 pm. for to No. 12 Platoon. B. I. Dowbiggin. OBE: Camma-Vickers Gan Instruction-Laying Pte. C. M. D'Aredo, from No. 10 dant, Hong Kong Volunteer Deland Traversing, -
to No. 12 Platoon. fence Corps.
ARPOINTMENT to attend as this is the last chance) No. 2038, Private H. Ammann. of practising before firing Part I{A.S.C. Cadre, is appointed Acting of Machine Gun Classification. Liaison Officer (German Section) Corps 1st Battery
Motor Machine Gun Section during absence on leave of Lia- The Battery will parade, at Winter Season Training will son Officer J. H. Jessen, day, 12th September. 1935-Dress day, 9th September 4t 5.30 pm Belcher's Fort at 6 pm on Thurs- commence with a parade on Mon-
Overalls & Blue Cap
Hong Kong Friday, 6th September, 1935.
PARADE
170
Wil all ranks do their utmost
RANGE ALLOTMENT, M Kennedy Road Range 24th Full attendance, is requested for September 1935-Corps Infantry. Battery meeting will be held allocation to subsections. after the first parade at Belcher's
İLECTURE ROOM ALLOTMENT Fort on 12th instant.
Wednesday, 11th September. Lecture Room-12th September Dealers, assailed by their diepts,
1935. Parade at 8.30 pm. for 1995-No. 2 (Scottish) Company. The Battery Dinner will be held Night Driving Practice.
TRANSFEE looked over complete sheets of the
at Volunteer Headquarters R. L. S. Home 'On Stamp
M. G. Ba Signal Section 10-centimos issue and discovered in
No. 2312, Private W. N. Buyers, Friday, 20th September 1935, Full a number of them a single stampi
Monday, 9th September 1935 No. 1 C.G.) Company is trans- NE of the new postage stamps details from the Dinner Sub-W/T. Instruction as previously ferred to No. 2 (Scottish) Com Inscribed "10 Centimes.”
for Western Samos shows Committee.
arranged. When the sheets were torn D. the home of Robert Louis Steven-
jpany with effect from 6th Sep- the Spanish error was not to be son, "Vailisa." now the official re-examined in DRF by the In-1995 Section will parade for
11th Wednesday.
September tember, 1935.
Lexte distinguished from the normal sidence of the Administrator of strictor in Gunnery, China Com-Signal Instruction.
Major . K. D. Walker, O.C this group of islands. The colour mand, at Belcher's Fort on Tues- French stamp.
All ranks are reminded mat the jRO.D. Cadre, granted leave as The error occurred only in a of the stamp is petunia.
day, 10th September beginning Training Season has now com-from 29.35 to 110.35 small printing. Many dealers This is the first time that stamps at 5.30 pm.
menced, and it expected that an Lieut. F. Bunje, A. S. C. Cadre,} must be deeply regretful that they have been issued bearing the, off- No 1324. BQMS. E Moses.
effort will be made to attend all granted leave as from 39:35 to tore up these sheets for the pur-jcial designation of the New Zea- No. 1760, A/BSM, D. Mar- pose of completing sets.
future, parades. -~
The error, joined to a correctly overprinted stamp, is selling at £10. though the postal value is only 360
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The undermentioned will Be
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land mandated portion of the group shall. --"Western Samoa.”
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No. 1829: Gunner, G. S. Gamble. All the stamps bear local scenes, No. 1732, Gunner, H. S. Jones. including Stevenson's tomb On
Corps Engineers Mount Vaes, part of the water- Monday, 9th September, 1935. front at Apia (the capital), A. A. Training at Stonecutters HE current 5e. (Caribou) of Samoan girl making kava, a typi-Duty launch will leave Kowloon Tewoundland is now printed cal river scene, and a portrait of at 6.15 pm and return about 9.30
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聯國
1. 19
Postage Stamp War
D-20
If
a native chief and his wife.
There are nine stampe in the Haversack rations will be pro- series, and they have been en-lvided, Dress "Overalls. ́
graved and recess printed in "Lon-| Members should make a speciat don after the designs of three New effort to attend as it essential a Zealand artists Mr. J. Berry, Mr. second detachment be formed andị LC Mitchell and Mr. W. J. trained
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Deficiencies "
equipment should be reported at once..
No. 2 (Scottish) Company All members are requested to lattend the Company Meeting which will be held in the Lecture Room at Corps Headquarters on ursday, 12th September at 5.30
[p.m.
No. 3 (M.G-) Company Fall in at Volunteer Headquar ters on Monday, 9th September, 1933 at 5.30 p.m. sharp for Mus- ketry Instruction."
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Will all members make special effort to attend this parade.
Dress:-Mufti and Rifle...
Corps Infantry
Cooch. They supersede a series Thursday, 19th September, introduced în 1921.
1935-A. A Training at Instruc- tion Shed, Wellington Barracks at CHANGE in the postage 5.30 pm. for members residing in stamps of Zanzibar is pres-Hong Kong and Whitfield Bar aged by an announcement publish- racks at 5.45 pm: for. Kowloon re-tember at 530 pm at Volunteer ed in the East Africa Oficial sidents. Gazette of June 1, that the Secre-
A
tary of State for the Colonies has!
Corps Signals
Parade
on Tuesday, 10th Sep-
Headquarters. Training as per Appendix
Presentation of Jubilee Com-) memoration Medals by the Hon.
sanctioned the alteration of Zanz-ters at 5.30 pa on:-
Parade at "Volunteer Headquar-
bar currency from rupees. and Tuesday.-10.9.35 for Signal J. P. Braga. *W
AR has broken out between cents to the East African shillings Instruction. Hungary and Czechoslova-and cents, the change to be effec- kia-a postage stamp war: The tive from January 1, 1936-
Czechoslovakian post office recently informed the Hungarian post office! that it would not accept Hungarian air mail stamps. The reason is
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Sierra Leone Issue
HE Wilberforce centenary issue of Sierra Leone was
was
میان
that the stamps bear the legend: undoubtedly popular with collec- Justice for Hungary" the tors, and it is interesting to learn slogan of those who demand the that the cost of production restitution of the former Hun-{£1,300, while sales to stamp garian portions of Czechoslovakia. [dealers brought in the sum Hungary replied by announcing £5,600. On the other hand the that she will not accept similar postal revenue of the Colony for Czechoslovakian stamps-so says the year was the lowest since 1926. the Evening Standard.
It is quite clear from this that new issues do prove profitable to small colonies.
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Commemorative Cachets CCORDING to the Manchurian
A Collector fumber of com
memorative cachets have already been applied to correspondencë in the new State on special occasions. That which we illustrate here was used for three days in September. 1934, during the visit of a Japan- ese air fleet, and was applied at Harbin Hsin-king and Mukden. The design includes an anchor, the Japanese military flag, battleships,
No Jubilee Reprint
EXPLORER STARTS FOR “THRILL”
Unmapped Area Covered On
Alaskan Frontier
Mr. Bradford Washburn, a 25- year-old American explorer who started climbing moutains just for the thrill 10 years ago, has reported to the National Geo- graphic Society .on. * 2,000 square-mille area, previously un- mapped, on the Alaskan frontier.
APPENDIX TO ABOVE Category-Lewis Gun; Lesson -LA Stoppages. S. A. T. VOL 11, 1931 page 58 to 75. Location- Headquarters...)
Lewis Gan-Loading and In loading Gun Magazine Filling S.A.T. Vol. 11 pages 6-17 (1931). Headquarters.“
MusketryAiming Instruction. S. A. T. Vol. 1, 1931 pages 68-72 Stages 1, 2 & 3 Headquarters.
Musketery Fire Empire Test. Miniature Range.
4. A. L. A. Company Lecture and General explana tion Introduction and Aiming......... Chapter, S.AT. VOL II. 1931. Headquarters.
Lewis Gun Training--join “up with Category "E" Rifle Company.
COURT-MARTIALS Headquarters
Charge of Disobeying Superior's Orders
Transfer
The following NCOs and men jare transferred to the AALA |Company:——
Serge C. F. Osmond, Coy. ANOTHER CASE ADJOURNED |Headquarters, Pte. L. G. Morales
No. 11 Pt
I seems that in spite of all the Fusilier Herbert George Crier.
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Corp V. A. Neves, No. aeroplanes and stems of kiaoliang. second printing of the Jubilee Fasiliers, was brought before all P
rumours, there will be of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Platoon. Pte. H E. Osmund, No. The upper inscription describes the Stamps. occasion, and the lower bears the taken from a Home paper should shaipo yesterday on a charge of Platoon. Pte. E. M. Allemao, No- The following report District Court Martial at. Sham L/Cpl. B. T. Gosane, No. 11 name Harbin in antique charac-dispel all doubts: ters. The date is given as 19
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Major Tyron,
disobeying the orders of a super-11 Pha Postmaster-jor officer.
September, 1st year of Kangte General, stated in the House of
SENAL/OPL LA Boza, No. 11 (e. 1934)...
The Court comprised Major W. (Platoon Pte. P. F. Sousae, No.:11] Commons to-day that nearly 1,008L Eastwick-Field, R. A. (Presi- Ptn 000,000 Jubilee postage stamps had dent); Capt. E. L. de Brissay Pte AL Remedios, No. 9) is Mikely to issue com-been printed. The last issues were Lincolnshire Regt., and Lieut. J. Platoon. Pte. R. G. Gomes No. 11 memorative stamps next sent out on July 9, and most of P. Williams, East Lancs. December (the occasion being the them had now been sold.
EGYPT
ECHURCHESE
"FIRST" CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.
[Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Scientist, in Boston,
·USA).
Christ, Mass
Macdonnell Road, Below Bowen
Road Tram Sta
Sunday Service 11.15 am..
Subject:-MAN,
Pin
The prosecuting officer was Pte. F. A. Gill No. 9 Flatoon. Mr. J. J. Tinker (Soc, Leigh)-Lient. Hon. G. P. Clegy-Hill, Pte. W. Ogley, No. 12 Platoon. -May I take it that he will not RW. F.
Fte. F. M. Britto, No. 9 Platoon. have any more printed, because I Provost Sergeant T. Phillips, Pte. A Baptista, No. 12 can assure him that if he stood at whose order was alleged to have Platoon.
a post office and heard the com-been disobeyed by accused, gave Pte. H. T. Sousse, No. 9 Fatoon. ments made about the Jubilee evidence. Accused denied that Pte. C. 1 J. Ribeiro, No. 12 stamps he would agree with me Sergeant Phillips bad made any Platoon.
that they should be withdrawn? such order. He thought he was Pte. M M Silva, No. 10 Major Tryon.--We are not print arrested for refusing to be con- Platoon. Pte. J. H. Lawrence, No. [ing any more, and we stopped fined in barracks, and not for dis-12 Platoon.
sending them out from the central obeying Sgt. Phillips.
Pte. F. A. M. Rosario, No. 10 Sentence will be promulgated Platoon Pte. E. - Xavier, No. 12
Platoon
stores about a month ago. Some offices have some in hand still. We later, propose to let those in the offices zun out, and we shall issue and print no- WOTE.
Australian Rarity
THE is: value of the "Am
Australian issue, now obsolete
Alleged Theft
Pte. A García, No. 10 Fixtoon. Pie A. P. Ozazio, No. 12 Platoon. Prior to these proceedings, the Pte A O Barretto, No. 10 Court: dealt with another case in Platoon. Pte. EL E. Silva, No. 12 which Pte. L Ogden, of the East Platoon Lancashire: Regt, was charged
4. Campos, No
with being in unlawful possession Platoon Pte X T. Nones. No of a gold watch belonging to Mr. toon:
The Sunday school is held on for some months, is considered Eddy Harkness, musician on the Sunday: Morning at 10 o'clock likely to prove the scarcest not 58 President Coolidge. Wednesday Evening Meeting at 6 Commonwealth stamp yet
ase was one brom pm. Reading Boom at above ad- The SE pane of
dress open T
10 am to Thursday
21 Jubilee stamps
retouch
Per
3.10.35.
STRENGTH
No. 2381, Gynner, P. V. Step- hens, Corps 1st Battery, 49.35.
No. 2362, Private, J. Johnsen,
* ASC. Cadre, 17.8.1935.
No. 2333, Private, N. W. Smeby,
S. C. Cadre, 17.8-1935. (Sd) P. S. M. WILKINSON. Captain. Adjutant, HKV.D. Corps,
NOTICE
Sergeant Mess Committee The undermentioned will com prise the Sergeants Mess Com mittee until further notice:—~
President-RSM, T. Parkin-
son.
Members:----
CSM, G. T. Padgett, MRE, Corps Signals
CQMS, H. F Westlake, Armoured Car Section.
CSM, B. S. Rogers, MMG, Section
Sergt. I. B Holmes, No. 1 (MG) Company:
'CQMS., J. Polson, No. 2 (Scot- tish) Coy.
CSML, M. F. Baptista, Corps Infantry.
Sergt, C. S. Coom, Reserve Company
CSM A Gillard, A-S.C. Cadre, S/Sergt. H E. Strange, Medical Section
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