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PAGE 10 HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

TIENTSIN: ITS POSTS AND STAMPS

period. There is now a gap until 1906 when the Post Office was re- opened. From that date FOT

With the cyus of the world on the Chinese Treaty Port og Tientsin which han comily been the scene: of a blockade of. tha British and French Concomións By the Japanese, at the time of going to press stuff in 'forse, it is Interesting to consider what part Tlonitsin

has taken, to

philately, and whether

Is

ponsible to And some reminders

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countries

order.

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Two types of postmark are known, a single circle, handstamp 22 mm. in diameter inscribed "Tientsin” 1917 the contemporary stamps of į “Br. P.O." and lettered A, B, D, E Hongkong were used, and from or F. and a double ringed circular 1917 till 1922, when the office was handstamp, 28 mm. in anally closed, stamps of Hongkong similarly inscribed specially

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overprinted

"China."A.

of this ancient city in stamy albums.

In all six European

· have established post offices ir.

Tientsih from time to time. These

may be considered in the

of their establishment.

British Post Office

The first Foreign" Post Ofice to be opened in Tientsin was Bri. tish. It is thought that there was a Consular. Office here, in eighteen sixties, but there "Is conclusive evidence to this effect. A proper post office was' opened In 1882, but this was a failure; a Consular Office, functioned from

Do

1882 to 1890, but no special post-

marks were used during this

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A French post office was estab- ished here in 1889 and continued. to function down to the 31st of December, 1922, when under terms of the Washington Conference, the then remaining Foreign post offices in China, the French, Bri- tish, and Italian, were closed. From 1889 till 1894 French stamps were used, but in the latter year these were overprinted "Chine"

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GENERAL

THE SERVICES

ROYAL NAVY

on. SERVICE PENSION Engineer Vice Admiral Sir Robert Dixon, K.C.8, has been awarded a | Good Service Pension of £300′′ W2TERT. from May 8, in the vacancy created by the death of Engineer Vice Admiral Sir Henry Oram, KCB.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointmenta

Colson

RESERVE AT THE NORE, Captain G. H. Faulkner, D.E.C., has been appointed to the cruiser Cale don for duty as Senior Oncer of the Reserve Floët at, the Nore, in succes- sion to the late Captain FR M Johnson. There are some 48 vessels made by the Admiralty at present in reserve commission at Suren Capta Sta the Nore, including fire cruisers and | M.B.," to Victory for RNE, and for 13 fptills leaders and destroyers. duty with Buryn. R/A, RN, Hospi,

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Oficer, Health Command (July 10); The minesweepers Saltburn and Al-. St. O. S. Goodwin, BB, to Preat resford. attached to the Signal and dent for RN.C., Greenwich (July 28) Navigation Schools Portsmouth, 15 Prof, of Hygiene and Director of are to make independent cruises from Medical Studies (Aug. July 4 to August 2. The Baltburn will visit Chatham, Guernses Port land, Devonport, Tenby, Penzance, Falmouth, and Dartmouth. The 300L to Alresford is to go to Grimsby, Leith. Tobermory, Polyhead, Dartmouth, and Portland.

COMMAND OF THE TAKU Lieutenant-Commander W. 8. Hall has been appointed to the command of the submarine Taku, in succession

Cdr.-J. P. de W. Kitcat," to Excel- lent (Jun

(June 20). Lt-Cars-H. Mann, J. C. Hamp for training (June 23); Osprey 3. W. Grant, D. C. Kinloch, to Victory for RNB. (June 28).

Act. Lt.-W.. H. Crawford, to Ark Royal (June 28).

to

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to the late Lieutenant-Commander of Hartley A. Lawson,

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Act Sub-Lt-A T. Sangster, appt.

Dryad cancelled Act. Sub-Lts (A),—M. S. Godson, J. W. H 3. A R. N. Gamett, who was lost in the RNC Greenwich for No. 20 E, and Weiply, to President for Lieutenant-Commander Hall

HAD RFTS Gravesend (June 28). specialized in

in submarines in 1926, and

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Bul- since 1833 has commanded H.48 at mer, A. W.

Baldwin, A Beale, H. O. K. Portland, and the Rainbow in China, Braman, B Charlier

C. B. where he also served as staff cancer Cauta, D. B. Delafield, D. 8. E- (operations) to the Captain of the mondson, L. A. Edwards, B. F. Grig 4th Submarine Flotilla in 1934-37,

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warrant rank at 10 years Button, C. Treen. A B. R. Wath, to President for RNC. Greenwich, for sealority Fain the Royal Marines is to

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No. 20 E. and R.FT.S., Gravesend be tem of selective promotion will be introduced in its place. The zone

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In order to overcome the dimpul-issue of postage due stamps was ties of exchange. These in their made in Tientsin by handstamp- were superseded in 1902 by ing the word "A percevoir stamps in the contemporary certain denominations of the 1894

issue "Blanc." "Mouchon." and "Mer-overprinted

of postage rare, parti- son" types but inscribed "Chine," stamps. These are These continued to be used during cularly in mint condition. Further the life of the French Post Once. issues of over-printed postage due Fostage Due stamps of France stamps, for use in all the French were similarly overprinted "Chine" P.Os in China, were made in fin 1901, and in 1903 a provisional | 1911 and

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1922. Owing to their short life this latter set are scarce, especially in used condition.

German Post Office

A German post Office was open- ed at Tientsin 20 August 1st. 1893, and ordinary contemporary stamps of Germany were used here till 1900 when the "Ger- mania" and accompanying high.

C4 Gunner (T).-F. A. Refell, to Hermicaer" (June 29).

Gunner (T)--A. J. Fry, to York July 18).

BOYAL NAVAL RESERVE Lt-E B. Clark, W. H. Barker, promoted to Lt.-Cdra. (seny, respec- tively June 20 and 24).

Indian Post Office

In July, 1900, an Indian Post Office operating with the troops engaged in the Boxer campaign was opened in Tientsin. Special stamps of India overprinted "CIEF." (Chinese Expeditionary Force) were used, and two post- marks are known to have been used here to cancel them. One is inscribed "FP.O.5" above date, and the other "Base Office" above date also: Tentsin was the advan- ced base of the troops advancing on Pekin,

When the Foreign post offices in China were closed "down,;; detach- ments of the Indian Army were left to guard the route from Pekin to the sea. One of these detachments is st located at entsin, and the "F.P.O.5" pastumrk is still used on Indian stamp overprinted “CEF." Stamps of Hongkong are also known with this postmark, but the Indian Cancellation must have been applied either accidentally or by favour, as the Indian Post Office has never been under the administration of the postal au- thorities at Hongkong, Italian Post Office

be established in Tientsin was that set up by the Italian authorities. in 1903, Ordinary Italian stamps were used at this office up to Mar, 1912 when a special issue of Italian stamps overprinted Tien- tain and surcharged in Chinese currency were introduced, and the post once thrown open

value types of German stamps" The last Foreign" post office tu were lasted overprinted "China." In 1905, stamps in the same types but inscribed. “Deutsches Reich" and also surcharged in Chinese currency were issued, and these were lasted down to the time of the closing of the office in 1918. These were, of course. Kederal issues for use in all the German Post Offices in China, but there was also a provisional separate issue made in Tientsin which is of considerable interest.

In the year 1900, the postmas- ter at Tientsin took over a stock of unoverprinted German stamps from the field post offices engaged in the Boxer Campaign, and in order to discourage speculation he overprinted these by means of a handstamp with the word "China" in black. These are

public. These were used till the closing of the Italian Post Office at the end of 1922

extremely scarce stampe and Local Issue of Stamps

greatly sought after by collectors to-day.

Russian Post Office

The establishment of the Postal Agency of the Imperial Russian Past on December 1st, 1806, coln- cided with the opening of the Trans-Siberian Railway Contem porary Rumian stamps were used until June, 1899, when an issue of Russian -- stamps

rinted "Khina" diagonally in Russian characters

was placed sale, Owing to currency fluctuations, these stamps were further sur- charged in Chinese currency dur ing 917. The Russian Post Office in Tientsin was finally closed on November 28th, 1820 by mitual arrangement between the Chinese

In addition to the special isɛnEN of postage stamps made by the authorities controlling the various foreign post offices in Tientsiri, "n local issue”, was alleged to have been made in 1895. Stamps were actually prepared and sold exten- alvely to collectors, but the issue was entirely bogus ann was not is- sued by any competent authority, These bogus stampe, may, suno: be found overprinted "Portage Due.”

We sacerely hope that the Ja- panese blockade of our codicession in Tientsin will be a dismal raflure, but: if it should function even for a short time, there is a possibility that there may be more local issues for Tientsin, this time not bogus, but issued by either the Britian or French beleaguered there. Collec- tors will do well to be on the look cut for such an eventuality, bút are advised to remember, the ear- Her bogus laste and to “look before they leap."

J. J. O. MacMillan, police

charged before Mr the Central Court

wards at with

being vagrant in the Colony, He was committed to the House of Delentl

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