HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
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Pillar Box No. 3............Peak District, at Victoria Gap.
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.Peak District, at Mount Kellett, near "Myrtlebank." 5............Peak District, at Junction of Mount Gough Road with road to Aberdeen West of Government Villas.
6............Peak District, at Plantation Road, at junction of roads
between Rural Building Lots 14 and 27.
There is also a Letter Box fixed in the Charge Room at Tsim Sha-tsui Police Station. Letters containing any article of value should not be posted in these boxes, but should be registered at the General Post Office.
Persons posting in these boxes may cancel their stamps by writing the date across them.
POSTAGE STAMPS.
7.-Hongkong Postage Stamps of the following values can be purchased and are available at any British Post Office or Agency in Hongkong or China:-
2 cents.
5
10
"
20 30
57
39
50 cents.
1 dollar.
2 dollars.
3
"
5
Post Cards---
1 cent.
2 cents (reply paid).
4 cents.
8 cents (with reply paid).
8.-Boxholders are at liberty to mark their Postage Stamps on the back or face or by perforation, so as to prevent their being stolen. If the mark be on the face, it must be such as not to interfere with the clean appearance of the stamp.
9.-Correspondence will not be stamped at the Post Office and charged to a boxholder's account, except as provided by paragraph 11.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
10.-Rates of Postage in Hongkong and at British Post Offices in China :-
RETURN
TO
LETTERS PER OZ.
BINGLE REPLY
POST CARDS KACH.
BOOKS
NEWS- POST P'TS '&
PAPERS CARDS C'T &c.
PER 2 OZ. EACH. PER 2 OZ.
REGIS- RECEIPT FOR TRATION. REGISTERED |
ARTICLE.
cents.
10
cents.
centa.
centa
centa,
cents.
cents.
4
8
2
2
10
5
10 (c)
20 (ca) 10 (c)
:::
202
10 (in)
10 (in)
10 (in)
NON-UNION COUNTRIES ?
UNION COUNTRIES
Abyssinia
Africa (West Coast Native Possessions). Arabia
Ascension..
Bechuanaland
Bechuanaland Protectorate, including- Kanye, Lake Ngami, Macloutsie, Masho- naland, Matabeleland, Molepolole, Pala- chwe (Khamas Town), Shoshong, Tati River, and Zambesi
Cape Colony
China and Corea (or from China to Hongkong) Friendly Islands (Tonga Islands).. Madagascar(except French Establishments,"
viz., Ambositra, Andevovaute, Fenerive, Fiaranantsoa, Foulpointe, Ivondro, Mae. vatanana, Mahambo, Mahanoro, Mahela, Maintirano, Majunga, Mananjary, Moran. dava, Morotsangana, Noosi-Vé, St. Mary, Tamatave, Tananarive, Vatomandry, and Vohemar),
Morocco (except Casablanca, Fez, Laraiche,”
Mazagan, Mogador, Rabat, Saffi, Tangier and Tetuan, at each of which places the Gibraltar Post Office maintains an agency under the Postal Union regulations)
20
Б (с) 10
14
10 (ca)
10 (c)
Navigators Islands (Samoa)
10
Oil Rivers Protectorate, viz :—
Benin, Bonny, Brass, Calabar, Opobo, and Warree or Forcados
20
Orange Free State
20
St. Helena
20
Sarawak
6 (ca)
Society Islands
10 (c)
BETWEEN HONGKONG, CANTON, AND MAÇÃO, AND FOR
LOCAL DELIVERY
2
1
(.) An additional charge is made on delivery.
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(b) Registration in China extends to Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai and Hankow only. (c.) Prepayment is compulsory.
(in.) Registration is in complete, not extending beyond Port of Arrival.
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