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Asia/China : Hong Kong DROZ Marking

 

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Linus
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23 Feb 2015
11:12:40pm
I call this stamp "Doctor OZ" and have never quite figured it out. Anybody know where this DROZ cancellation could possibly be from? When you Google DROZ, you get all kinds of info about the Doctor Oz Show on TV.

Linus

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cocollectibles

24 Feb 2015
06:06:18am
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

I thought it might be a company security marking; check out this site, which I've added to our Links page, for great info on this topic. But I could not find anything like it listed there. Perhaps it is a postal or ship cancel?

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Sally

24 Feb 2015
05:28:51pm
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Is there a chance it might only be the first part of a word, or are these cancels usually only 4 letters?

Sally

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Ningpo
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24 Feb 2015
05:51:19pm
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Sally, there is every chance that this marking is longer than 4 letters. It may well be the name of an individual or a Company.

The website linked to in cocolectible's post, lists every reported company perfin, security marking and forwarding agent etc. on Hong Kong material. There is nothing on there closely resembling it.

It's my guess this is a private security marking.

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TuskenRaider
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24 Feb 2015
08:01:50pm
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Hi Everyone;

Could this have anything to do? Seems Droz is common name over there?
found this on the internet;


"
Jaquet Droz Opens Second Flagship Boutique in Hong Kong
News | September 2012

A bubbly toast to Jaquet Droz, who flung open the doors to its second flagship boutique
in Hong kong on September 13"



Just trippin' out....
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Linus
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24 Feb 2015
10:33:36pm
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Thanks for your tip TR. This has lead me to discover Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker who also built animated dolls, or automata, to help his company sell watches. To quote Wikipedia: "His astonishing mechanisms fascinated the kings and emperors of Europe, China, India, and Japan." I think there must be a link here somewhere. I will keep digging.

Linus

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smauggie
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24 Feb 2015
10:54:21pm
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

I just saw a cover tonight for a watch company called Droz and Perret (I think). That may also be a link.

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24 Feb 2015
11:19:43pm
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Yes it appears to be a private security marking for the Jaquet Droz Company, a Swiss maker of watches and mechanical dolls and birds. If you go to www.jaquet-droz.com and click on their "History" tab, they were represented by sales agents in Canton, China back in the late 1700s. The DROZ name is still in use today on fine watches.

Thanks, for helping me solve this one.

Linus

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cocollectibles

25 Feb 2015
06:17:44am
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Excellent detective work folks! I love this site!


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25 Feb 2015
08:53:21pm
re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Hi Everyone;

Farrr Outtt!

Yes this was fun wasn't it? Everyone should get a hernia surgery, so you can trip out
on these great drugs.

Still trippin'....
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Linus

23 Feb 2015
11:12:40pm

I call this stamp "Doctor OZ" and have never quite figured it out. Anybody know where this DROZ cancellation could possibly be from? When you Google DROZ, you get all kinds of info about the Doctor Oz Show on TV.

Linus

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cocollectibles

24 Feb 2015
06:06:18am

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

I thought it might be a company security marking; check out this site, which I've added to our Links page, for great info on this topic. But I could not find anything like it listed there. Perhaps it is a postal or ship cancel?

Peter

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Sally
24 Feb 2015
05:28:51pm

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Is there a chance it might only be the first part of a word, or are these cancels usually only 4 letters?

Sally

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Ningpo

24 Feb 2015
05:51:19pm

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Sally, there is every chance that this marking is longer than 4 letters. It may well be the name of an individual or a Company.

The website linked to in cocolectible's post, lists every reported company perfin, security marking and forwarding agent etc. on Hong Kong material. There is nothing on there closely resembling it.

It's my guess this is a private security marking.

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TuskenRaider

24 Feb 2015
08:01:50pm

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Hi Everyone;

Could this have anything to do? Seems Droz is common name over there?
found this on the internet;


"
Jaquet Droz Opens Second Flagship Boutique in Hong Kong
News | September 2012

A bubbly toast to Jaquet Droz, who flung open the doors to its second flagship boutique
in Hong kong on September 13"



Just trippin' out....
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Linus

24 Feb 2015
10:33:36pm

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Thanks for your tip TR. This has lead me to discover Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker who also built animated dolls, or automata, to help his company sell watches. To quote Wikipedia: "His astonishing mechanisms fascinated the kings and emperors of Europe, China, India, and Japan." I think there must be a link here somewhere. I will keep digging.

Linus

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smauggie

24 Feb 2015
10:54:21pm

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

I just saw a cover tonight for a watch company called Droz and Perret (I think). That may also be a link.

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Linus

24 Feb 2015
11:19:43pm

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Yes it appears to be a private security marking for the Jaquet Droz Company, a Swiss maker of watches and mechanical dolls and birds. If you go to www.jaquet-droz.com and click on their "History" tab, they were represented by sales agents in Canton, China back in the late 1700s. The DROZ name is still in use today on fine watches.

Thanks, for helping me solve this one.

Linus

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cocollectibles

25 Feb 2015
06:17:44am

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Excellent detective work folks! I love this site!


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TuskenRaider

25 Feb 2015
08:53:21pm

re: Hong Kong DROZ Marking

Hi Everyone;

Farrr Outtt!

Yes this was fun wasn't it? Everyone should get a hernia surgery, so you can trip out
on these great drugs.

Still trippin'....
TuskenRaider

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