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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1930.
POSTAGE STAMPS. HONG KONG S.P.C.A.
WEEKLY NOTES FOR
COLLECTORS.
THE ANTWERP EXHIBITION.
CHINESE SPECIAL ISSUE POSTPONED,
{BY W.S.]
Most if not all, collectors like to Fead of happenings at the stamp exhibitions hold from time to time in various parts of the world, and Somerset Rivors has given us a few interesting notes regarding the "Exposition Universelle de Tiro- bres-Poste & Anvers, August 9-15, 1030,"
FINANCIAL DRIVE.
The annual financial drive of the 8.P.C.A. commenced yesterday, when lady collectors called on the principal business-houses in the city. As a result the hon. treasurer acknowledges with thanks the fol lowing subscriptions:- Mrs. Loacby Megara. Hastings, Dennys &
Bowley Mossra. Vacuum Oil Co. Messrs. Brandt & Co. Messrs. Fung Tang.... Mesars. Moxon & Taylor and
staff
Mesars. Kayamally & Co..
and staff Messra. Gibb, Livingstan &
Co., Ltd..... Mr. W, T. Stanton Mr. A. W. White Messrs. Williamson & Co. „.. Drs. Coxion and Ernest To Messrs. Woo Brothers Mesars, Chung Wo Film Co. MF K. Torii Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw
& Co....! Mr. O. A. Smith Staff of the Equitable East.
ern Bank Messrs. "Woo & Naah
The Grande Salle des Fetes at Antwerp was beautifully propor- tioned and decorated in a style at once dignified and ornnte, to which the fifty draped flags gave an air of cheerful expectancy. The great hall, with the spacious adjoining small fall, were admirably suited for the International Stamp Ex-Hong Kong Amusements, bibition held there from August 9 to 15, on the occasion of the cen- tenary of Belgian independence.
On entering the hall one saw at a glance some sixty great stands, ench accommodating ten large frames that conveniently held fifteen Eng lish album-pagca apiece. In the small hall were some fifty, or more frames in similar stands, and yet more frames on the walls of the halls and on the balconies above.
Thousands of album-pages, hun dreds and hundreds of thousands of stamps, ranging from the com- monent of modern stamps to the great rarities of the early days. Some may allow their minds to luxuriate in the thought of the great amount of material wealth that this huge assembly of collec- tions must represent; others thought of the immense amount of work neccesary to the making of these collections. What assiduity and painstaking effort!
Ltd.......
Mr. C. S. Roiselot Staff of the Merantile Bank Mesars. Foot Easo Hosiery
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Mr. F. H. Mody Mr. F. M. D. Courtney...... Staff of General Post Office Anonymous...!! Mesars. Herai Susan & Co.... Measra. Connell Bros: Co. ... Capt. Laurenson Messrs. R. Johnson & Co. Mesars. Robertson: Wilson &
Co. Messra, Sang, Leo**** Trad Mesra. Holland China
ing Co........ Hong Kong Shareholders'
Association
:
$100.00
10.00
CHEUNG CHAU ROBBERY.
SILENT BURGLARS' BIG HAUL.
·
To Po Wan, in salt-fish dealer trading under the style of "Szu Cheung" at 101, San Hing Street, Cheung Chair, was the victim of an armed robbery in the early hours 25.00 of yoctorday when three mon, carry. 10.00
ing revolvera, raided the premisce 6.00
and got away with 82,720 in Hong 13.00
Kong bank notca.
10.00
200
Po's story to the authorities was 20.00 that ho wis seleon in the office 25.00 when he was awakened by a man PI5.00 20.00 who pointed à revolver at him. A 10.00 second man, who wore a mask, took 2.00 the safe key from his girdle, and 3.00 passed it to a third intruder, who, opening the safe, helped himself to 10.00
the contents. This done, the man 5.00
signalled to his confederates and 28.00 they all left the diop. A fenturo (15.00 | of the rębkwry was that not one of the intruders spoke while inside 10,00
1.00 the premises.
21.00
:
The victim of the plot could not 1.00 offer any solution as to how the 50.00 men gained entrance into his shop 10.00 as none of the doors or windows 38,80
69.00 were in any way tampered with. 2.00 From this he concluded that they 5.00 must have got in by the back door, 300 which, very probably, was only
olosed and not locked.
1.00
20.00 2.00
When the Police arrived on the scene to make their investigations, 16.00 To informed them that he was sure he recognised one of the robbers. 23.00
One result of this piece of informa 603.80 tion is that a "wanted" circular has been issued in which the name of the auspect is given as am Hing, described as an unemployed shrimp catcher. Lam's age is given na 24 or 25 and he is said to be able to PASSES THROUGH COLONY ON speak both the Hoklo and Punti
BRITISH ECONOMİC
MISSION.
WAY TO JAPAN,
It should not be supposed that
Members of the British Economic rare stamps are at the sole call of Mission to the Far East arrived in anyone with money, or even oueHong Kong on board the P. & O.
money. Many rare
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with stamps may be found by the ob-alcamer Macedonia yesterday. The servant collector and purchased at mission is headed by Sir Ernest the price of the ordinary variety. Thompson, chairman of the execu Other stamps again are common off tive of the joint committee of rover
hut very rare on the original cotton trade organisations, and its envelope. Still less should it be object is to inquire into the exist supposed that the sacre acquisitioning condition of British trada in China and Japan with a view to of stamps, whether rare of common, finding ways and means of improve is sufficient for the making of a ment collection. Brains are required even to arrive at that stage, and hard work too. The mentally in dolent will never go very far in the collecting world, or indeed other wise. Concentrated attention, a reliable memory, great pertinacity, good judgment all those are need ed, even though the collector may cleat to do no more than follow to the best of his ability in the foot: steps of others. To those who would do pioneer work in the realm of philately must be added an ultra-attached to it are as follows: abservant eye, a reflective, deduc. tive understandings as belong to discoverers in any realm.
A local collector récently asked me how he could classify the values on Portuguese stampe, and since others might experience the same diffeulty, the following information is given :
.65 centavos. 805.
I$00.
$1.00
..... I escudo.
..... I dollar...
The Royal Army Chaplains' De partment las received permission from the King to adopt the motto,
In This Sign Conquer," and the words have been embodied in the badges and insignia. of the Depart ment,
This motto, with its sign, the flam ing cross, Sgures on one of the types of the Gresle stamps of 1913 to commemorate the occupation of Macedonia, Epirus, and the Aegean Islands On the stamps the motto in Creek; the Latin version," In hoo signo vinces," is perhaps more familiar.
The Mission is at present on its way to Japan and is expected in Kobe on October 30. The members will remain in Japan for about a month, after which they will pro. ceed to China by the Rawalpindi, arriving at Shanghai on November 20.
4
The Macedonia left the Colony at 6 o'clock this morning.
Tho members of the Mission and of the special Cotton Sub-Mission
Mission.-Sir Ernest Thompson (chairman), Sir Thomas Allen, Mr. James Bell, Mr. William A. Crow- ther, Licut.-Col. Reginald Morcom, Mr. Louis Beale, Mr. T. St. Quinton Hill (secretary), and Mr. F. A. Barnes (assistant secretary).
Cotton Sub-Mission-Sir Ernest Thompson (Chairman), Mr. James Bell, Mr. F. W. Birchenough, Mr. E. Duxbury, Mr. J. L. Edmondson, Mr. Georgo Green, Mr. Arthur Reiss, Mr. Joseph Wild, and Mr. N. A. Guttary (secretary).
In connection with the afore. mentioned exhibition, special stamp was issued. The design show- ing arms of the City of Antwerp, supported by the legendary giant, Druon Antigon, and his vanquisher, Balvius Bralbo, being in large square format, printed on white wove paper, no watermark,
per- forated 11h and printed at the Gov- ernment Printing Works, Malincs. Christianity will over be assocint-The colour is green, and the value ed with this motto, for it was adapted
by Constantine, prior to his great victory that did so mach to spread the belief
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As Constantinh was marching against the forces of Maxentius, so we are informed, there appeared to him in the noonday sky the vision of a flaming cross and the legend, By-This Conquer: According to some accounts, Constantino saw the sign in a dream.
He embraced Christianity and, do feating Maxentius in 312 became undisputed master of Rome and the West; and Christianity, though not accepted as the official religion, was tolerated throughout the Empire.
Parcels of forged Hedjas and Trapsjordania stamps bearing forged overprints have been sent to mascompteslava, by a fan in Cairn Local callectors are advised to be ware; sinco this kind of trash has a nasty way of travelling East. (Continued at foot of neri column,)
francs. On the opening day of the exhibition a large crowd waited to stream into the building as soon as the doors were opened, but only a small proportion of the people renched the exhibition-frames, The majority merely paid their admie ston fer of francs, bought the single copy of the stamp at 4 francs to which admission entitled them. and promptly turned round and walked either straight out or back to the end of the queue!
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The Chinese Ministry of Com- munications announces that circu- lation of the new postage-stamps bearing pictures of revolutionary heroes, which was scheduled to start on October 10, National Independ enco Day, has been postponed to November or December, owing to the fact that many offices in dif- forent parts of wo country to NOT yet received supplies of the stampa on account of delay in communica tions..
dialects. A description of his clothing and appearance is also given in the circular which adds that his hair was cut in the "mili- Lury fashion."
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