The WPL has an extensive collection of Asian material. For Hong Kong the catalog lists 15 books, 45 pamphlets and 19 catalogs. Most are published in English with some in Chinese, French and German. For China (P.R.C. + R.O.C.), the WPL has 151 books, 189 pamphlets and 180 catalogs. Approximately half are in Chinese or Chinese and English with the balance in English, French, German and a few in Japanese.
Examples of some of our holdings:
Alexander, Postal Stationery of Taiwan, Republic of China
Crewe, Duncan, Hong Kong Airmails 1924-1941
Directorate of Posts (R.O.C.), Postage Rates of China 1867-1980
Goldsmith and Goodwyn, The Crown Colony of Wei Hai Wei
Hubbard, Handbook of Early Chinese Communist Stamps 1928-1938
Mizuhara, The Imperial Japanese Post Offices in Mainland China
Moo, Moo's Hong Kong Treaty Ports, Firm Chops, Perfins and Postage Cancels
Philatelic Dictionary of China [Chinese/English]
Salles, La Poste Maritime Francaise (Paquetbot cancellations of the Orient) [French]
Stanley Gibbons, 1895 Specialist Catalogue of Shanghai
Starr and Mills, Chinese Air Post 1920-1935
Tsang, Hong Kong Forgeries
Tsang, Hong Kong Registration Labels
Webb, The Philately and Postal History of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan
Yuan, Chinese Stamp Catalogue [Chinese]
In addition, the following journals are hardbound and available for reference:
Anhui Jiyou [Chinese]
Asia Stamp Journal
Cheng's Stamp Journal [Chinese/English]
China Clipper
Chiu's Supplement
Hong Kong Study Circle Bulletin
Indo-China Philatelist
Journal of Chinese Philately
Stamps World [Chinese/English]
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