HONG KONG

HONG KONG / 香港

Port Past and Present
Victoria from the port (ca. 1855).
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 12.01.1982.
Face value: 20 Hong Kong cents.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 44 x 28 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 380.
- Scott No. 380.
- StampWorld No. 384.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 407.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 374.

The Port of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港港口), located by the South China Sea, is a deepwater seaport dominated by trade in containerized manufactured products, and to a lesser extent raw materials and passengers. It is one of the busiest ports in the world, in all categories of shipping movements, cargo handled and passengers carried. In 1841, after the arrival of a British Royal Navy ship, the colonization of Hong Kong began, and ten years later the port received the name of Victoria, in honor of the queen. In 1997 the United Kingdom ceded sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.