(RCSD) Hong Kong to California -- via Indonesia

[Joshua McGee]

Had a serendipitous find in my mailbox today! Five Japanese
International Reply Coupons I had purchased on eBay, which had taken a
rather long time to get to me, had the reason betrayed on the enclosing
cover. Hand-stamped in violet-blue, in the lower right, is "MISENT [sic]
TO JAKARTA MPC". MPC is presumably "Mail Processing Centre". (?)

With its Indonesian vacation, it took 22 days to reach me by airmail.

A scan: http://www.mcgees.org/img/jakarta_misdirected_cover.jpeg

I opened the cover carefully, of course, and haven't decided whether to
keep or sell it yet.

The 2005 $3 Hong Kong stamp is too recent (late 2005) to be in my '07
Scott Catalogue. Anyone have a Scott number for it?

--
Joshua McGee ‹(•¿•)›
APS, ATA, ISWSC, AFDCS, MBPC, MCC, BPS
Pasadena, California, USA
http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/

[ims news]

After the handover in 1997, Hongkong Post has been accused of cutting budget
by hiring part-time staff without sufficient professional knowledge and
experience. The mail sorting centre is far too busy and with too little
people working, basically the sorting men have no time to put the wrongly
sorted letters back to the right tray because they are hell too busy and so
can't afford to do so. Those sitting at the post office counter are stupid
and careless enough to read "CAMBODIA" as "CANADA", have absolutely no idea
that Myanmar is actually Burma, and they don't bother to check the mail zone
list !! (all my personal experience)

Hongkong has been proud of having one of the best, cheapest, and speediest
postal services in the world, but in recent years I am a bit fed up by their
getting-unprofessional service.

That bird stamp on your cover is from the latest definitive set, "Hongkong
Birds", issued on the very last day of 2006. HK$3 is the minimum postage
for letters to non SE Asian countries.

Cheers,
Pat from Hongkong

"Joshua McGee" <joshuaR...@mcgees.org> 撰寫於郵件新聞:NolHj.234$Xm1...@newsfe02.lga...

> Had a serendipitous find in my mailbox today! Five Japanese
> International Reply Coupons I had purchased on eBay, which had taken a
> rather long time to get to me, had the reason betrayed on the enclosing
> cover. Hand-stamped in violet-blue, in the lower right, is "MISENT [sic]
> TO JAKARTA MPC". MPC is presumably "Mail Processing Centre". (?)
>
> With its Indonesian vacation, it took 22 days to reach me by airmail.
>
> A scan: http://www.mcgees.org/img/jakarta_misdirected_cover.jpeg
>
> I opened the cover carefully, of course, and haven't decided whether to
> keep or sell it yet.
>
> The 2005 $3 Hong Kong stamp is too recent (late 2005) to be in my '07
> Scott Catalogue. Anyone have a Scott number for it?
>
> --

> Joshua McGee ?(‧?‧)?