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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
POSTAGE STAMPS, POST CARDS, WRAPPERS AND ENVELOPES.
16.-Hongkong Postage Stamps, Wrappers and Envelopes of the following values can be purchased and are available at any British Post Office or Agency in Hongkong or China:--
Postage Stamps-
1 cent
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2
4
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5
8
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10
12
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20
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30
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50
1 dollar.
10 dollars.
Post Cards-
1 cent.
2 cents (with reply paid).
4 cents.
8 cents (with reply paid). Wrappers-
2 cents.
4
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Embossed Envelopes-
1 cent size 81 2 cents 8f
2 dollars.
2
3
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5
4 4
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13
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91
13
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5 cents size 91
5
13
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10
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10
91 13
Registration Envelopes-in five sizes, viz. F. G. H. ̃Ha and K. 10 cents, sold at 11 cents each. Envelopes are sold in packets of 5, and in addition to the par value of the stamps embossed thereon, 1 cent is charged per packet of 5 envelopes. Books of Stamps (containing 16 four cents, 12 two cents, and 12 one cent, at 81.
17.--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 stamps.
18.-Correspondence will not be stamped at the Post Office and charged to a boxholder's account.
DESPATCH.
19.-Tables showing the dates of the departure of the contract mails and the dates when replies to lotters are due in Hongkong are published separately. The dates and hours of closing all mails in the General Post Office are also published twice daily in a Special Mail Notice, except on Sundays and Holidays.
20. As a general rule the Mails for Europe by English and French Contract Packets are closed as follows when the steamer leaves at noon, viz:-
Circulars, Books and Papers... 9.00 a.m. Registration
Registration with Late Fee
of 10 cents
.10.15 a.m.
................10.45 a.m.
Letters
Late Letters with Late Fee of 10 cents ....
11 a.m.
11 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
21.--When two or more contract packets are leaving at the same hour the mails are closed a quarter of an hour earlier than usual.
22.-Mails by American, Canadian, Indian or Australian packets and by private steamers for Coast and other Ports are closed one hour before the advertised time of departure, except when such steamers leave at daylight, when such mails are closed the evening previous at 5 p.m. When private steamers leave at noon of the days of departure of Contract Packets, mails by such steamers are closed at 10 a.m.
23. The mails for Shanghai, &c., by English and French Contract Packets from Europe are closed one hour before time of departure, as for example:—
If leaving at 5 p.m.
Registration closes at ...3 p.m.
Registration with Late Fee...3.45 p.m.
Letters and Papers
.3.40 p.m. to 4 p.m.
4.30 p.m.
Letters and Papers ......3.30 p.m. Late Letters, &c.......
If leaving at night or at daylight the following day:--- Registration closes at......4.30 p.m. Registration with Late Fee ...4.45 p.m. Late Letters wit!: Late Fee 4.40 p.m. to 5 p.m. 24.-Correspondence specially directed for any particular steamer is sent by her (failing any request to the contrary), however many times her departure may be postponed. If it is postponed sine die the correspondence is sent on by the next opportunity.
25.-Correspondence marked vid Brindisi or via Marseilles will be KEPT FOR THE ROUTE INDICATED even though that may involve a fortnight's detention. Unless this is intended, therefore, the safest direction is "By first mail."
26.-There are two routes to Western Australia, viz., vid Torres Straits and vid Colombo. All correspondence will be sent as superscribed.
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