Trains on Postal Stationery

TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY

HONG KONG

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Air letter - 1996 - $2.30 - indicium no rail interest, photos of scenes, include streetcar
A second version was issued in 1997, with correction to Chinese text and minor changes to design (not shown)

PPC - 11/27/96 - hologram with map of HK transit routes, repro of train stamp (pre- publicity for Hong Kong '97 Stamp Exhibition)
ATA HB entry:
1996 Postal Cards - Note: A set of non-denominated hologram postal stationery cards contains two with stamps of railway interest reproduced full size as silver holograms on face of cards with three other Hong Kong stamps which are smaller versions of the originals in normal colors. The two railway stamps depicted are: #360 Map of Hong Kong mass transit routes #416 Clock tower of former Kowloon-Canton railway station.
Note: The card shown here (the only one that shows rail vehicles) includes on the picture side reproductions of two rail stamps - Scott 359 and Scott 597. The holograms are some of the best I've seen on stamps.

(no image available) Air Postal Card - 1997 - "Commemoration of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, PRC, 1 July 1997" - set of six cards, all with identical indicium and design on reverse, one with rail interest, "trolley, bus, cars, traffic signal w/ bldgs in bkgrnd."
(description from Classic Philatelics price list)

Air letter card - 1998? - 'Tsimshatsui Clock Tower,' the former Kowloon Railway Station clock tower in a contemporary setting
TG

ATA HB entry:
4/28/1998 - Set of 12 airmail postage prepaid "Scenery Cards" - five with specific railway interest
- Double-decker tram
- Railcar on Victoria Peak Tramway (shown)
- Three men on a scaffold with cranes & freight containers on a floating dock at lower right
- 'Tsimshatsui Clock Tower,' the former Kowloon Railway Station clock tower in a contemporary setting
- View of Victoria Harbor by night depicting the old Kowloon Railway Station clock tower at left center
Note: Pictures in this set of "Scenery Cards" are full-sized replicas of the imprinted stamp indicia on the reverse side of each
Note: Common border design on all 12 cards of the set includes the Victoria Peak tramcar & the Kowloon Railway Station clock tower

PPCs - 7/5/1998 - Hong Kong International Airport - 2 cards from set of six - rail transport to and at airport

ATA HB entry:
AEROGRAMME - 1999 - $2.30 imprinted stamp indicium depicting Hong Kong skyline; cachet in five segments with 'Tsimshatsui Clock Tower," a roller-coaster, Hong Kong trams, railcar on Victoria Peak Tramway, & Tsing Ma Bridge

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Revised -- 02/23/2003

	Air letter - 1996 - $2.30 - indicium no rail interest, photos of scenes, include streetcar A second version was issued in 1997, with correction to Chinese text and minor changes to design (not shown)

	PPC - 11/27/96 - hologram with map of HK transit routes, repro of train stamp (pre- publicity for Hong Kong '97 Stamp Exhibition) ATA HB entry: 1996 Postal Cards - Note: A set of non-denominated hologram postal stationery cards contains two with stamps of railway interest reproduced full size as silver holograms on face of cards with three other Hong Kong stamps which are smaller versions of the originals in normal colors. The two railway stamps depicted are: #360 Map of Hong Kong mass transit routes #416 Clock tower of former Kowloon-Canton railway station. Note: The card shown here (the only one that shows rail vehicles) includes on the picture side reproductions of two rail stamps - Scott 359 and Scott 597. The holograms are some of the best I've seen on stamps.

(no image available)	Air Postal Card - 1997 - "Commemoration of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, PRC, 1 July 1997" - set of six cards, all with identical indicium and design on reverse, one with rail interest, "trolley, bus, cars, traffic signal w/ bldgs in bkgrnd." (description from Classic Philatelics price list)

	Air letter card - 1998? - 'Tsimshatsui Clock Tower,' the former Kowloon Railway Station clock tower in a contemporary setting TG

	ATA HB entry: 4/28/1998 - Set of 12 airmail postage prepaid "Scenery Cards" - five with specific railway interest - Double-decker tram - Railcar on Victoria Peak Tramway (shown) - Three men on a scaffold with cranes & freight containers on a floating dock at lower right - 'Tsimshatsui Clock Tower,' the former Kowloon Railway Station clock tower in a contemporary setting - View of Victoria Harbor by night depicting the old Kowloon Railway Station clock tower at left center Note: Pictures in this set of "Scenery Cards" are full-sized replicas of the imprinted stamp indicia on the reverse side of each Note: Common border design on all 12 cards of the set includes the Victoria Peak tramcar & the Kowloon Railway Station clock tower

	PPCs - 7/5/1998 - Hong Kong International Airport - 2 cards from set of six - rail transport to and at airport

	ATA HB entry: AEROGRAMME - 1999 - $2.30 imprinted stamp indicium depicting Hong Kong skyline; cachet in five segments with 'Tsimshatsui Clock Tower," a roller-coaster, Hong Kong trams, railcar on Victoria Peak Tramway, & Tsing Ma Bridge