History in Miniature: The 150th Anniversary of Stamp Issuance in Hong Kong

The junction of Pedder Street and Queen's Road Central in 1889; the building on the left is the second General Post Office, which was in service from January 1846 to June 1911. A post box bearing the initials of ER VII, with ER standing for Edwardus Rex, or King Edward in Latin. Queen's Road in Sheung Wan, with a post box at the lower right corner, circa 1905. Located at the junction of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong's third General Post Office was in service from June 1911 to August 1976. Des Voeux Road Central with the third General Post Office on the right, circa 1912.

An envelope with Japanese stamps bearing the postmark 'Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon' during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. An uncut sheet of Japanese stamps bearing the postmark 'Hong Kong (General Post Office)' during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. An envelope with Japanese stamps bearing the postmark 'Sheung Wan, Hong Kong' during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. A commemorative postcard issued by the Government of the Japanese-occupied Territory of Hong Kong on 8 December 1942 featuring the sinking of H.M.S. Tamar. A commemorative postcard issued by the Government of the Japanese-occupied Territory of Hong Kong on 8 December 1942 featuring the Hong Kong racecourse.

Featuring a portrait of General Nogi, the 2-sen Japanese stamp was surcharged to 3 yen in Hong Kong in 1945. Staff at the third General Post Office sorted mail in 1963. Staff of the General Post Office unloading parcels from a mailboat along the praya, 1963. Air Mail Centre at Kai Tak Airport, 1962. Before the Christmas holiday in 1969, the staff at General Post Office were busy handling voluminous parcels.