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Timbre HK Victory 1D 1946
Wikimedia Commons — 1946 stamps of Hong Kong · Cn · English · 1946
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| Line | Cn |
|---|---|
| Set / series | Wikimedia Commons — 1946 stamps of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Year | 1946 |
| Kind | stamp |
| Region | cn |
| Description | Stamp of the British colony of Hong Kong, of the Victory issue, issued 1946 in a series of 2 with a blue and red 30 cents. The message on left means : "China and Britain perpetually at peace", and the one on right : "The Phoenix revives in prosperity" (by Miss E. K. Baker of the Colonial Office, in a letter to Sir Alan Lascelles, Private Secretary to King George VI, quoted in Nicholas Courtney, The Queen's Stamps, 2003, ISBN 0413772284, page 263. |
| Commons file | File:Timbre HK Victory 1D 1946.jpg |
| Commons category | Category:1946 stamps of Hong Kong |
| Oracle ID | 36641755 |
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Source credit: Wikimedia Commons / Stamp designed by Wynne Jones, Postmaster General of Hong Kong, engraved by W.E. Jones, Chief Draftsman of the Hong Kong Public Works Department (same sources than above). Portrait of the King derived