Customs and Excise Department [Hong Kong]

Jaume Ollé sent me the scan to work from and informs me that "Service was created September 1909. Flag date adoption unknown. 1-7-1997 changed"

I shall start off with the badge detail, although really there is no need to 'bring out' an enlarged detail, as it occupies something like 8 or 9/tenths of the flag hoist dimension. I include it here only for posterity - and besides that I like badge details. Here goes - Crown and central badge are a faded pink colour in the scan, whilst the 'string of pearls' remain white - Again it is a variation of the standard British Crowns, but rather Edwardian I would propose. Who really knows if the crown had undergone an 'overhaul' following UK change in 1953 and for that matter no less thn 3 different badge details would have existed during this time span.