Encyclopedia > Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong
Hong Kong used to produce stamps with the name Hong Kong, with the face of the Kings or Queens of the United Kingdom. or with the royal symbols (e.g. "E.R."). After the handover, stamps are issued with the name Hong Kong, China. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
An additional set of overprints were produced by Waterlow and Sons in London, and postmasters throughout the country made their own unofficial overprints using the same characters.
Inflation had been creating a need for ever-higher values throughout 1945, but in 1946 things went out of control; stocks of stamps, some dating back to 1931, were surcharged with values up to $2000, and a new design (still featuring a portrait of Sun Yat-sen) went up to $5000.
This silver yuan overprint on a revenue stamp was used for only a few months in mid-1949.
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