Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2020
One of the results of lockdown in the UK was to encourage me to get my childhood stamp collection out of the loft. I must have put it in its present order at a later bored stage in my life. Others will have much more distinguished collections. As my parents had no correspondents in Hong Kong that I know about, friends must have given me these stamps. Perhaps they had inherited some from grandparents.<Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1936
Pixie Smith showed an early interest in postage stamps when she sent letters to her mother in Cheltenham
Imperial Airways started the first regular through flights between Hong Kong and London via Penang in March 1936. The service changed in 1937, operating instead via Bangkok. The first inbound mail carried by RMA Dorado was dated 14th March in London and delivered in Hong Kong on 24th March. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1932
I have no record telling me how often or for how long this service ran, but according to Hong Kong Post's history web page, it was air-mail as far as Marseilles and then the post continued over land and sea to the UK. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1946
I think I am sending this twice. I tried going to Contents/Image, but I was denied this process. I also tried sending a second image, but don't know where it went. Both were thumbnails and I wnated to alert you to that, but lost my connection. I feel quite frustrated at this time so I think I will just cool it off and re-study your instructions. Dave, let me know if you see any uploads from me. <Read more ...>
