The coat of arms of Hong Kong was produced and accepted onto flags and official documentation in 1959, as a gift from Britain to the colonial administration. It featured a lion donning a crown, a Chinese dragon, and a second lion passing a pearl, the pearl of the Orient, to the other lion. ("Post-imperialism: the postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong [1842-1997]". Adam Gilbert, 2018: 80)
país: Hong Kong
any: 1971
Yvert: 237a
![The coat of arms of Hong Kong was produced and accepted onto flags and official documentation in 1959, as a gift from Britain to the colonial administration. It featured a lion donning a crown, a Chinese dragon, and a second lion passing a pearl, the pearl of the Orient, to the other lion. ("Post-imperialism: the postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong [1842-1997]". Adam Gilbert, 2018: 80)](https://encyclopaediaphilatelica.net/storage/uploads/0Xl9wvF5YcJuXKjlSCnNDATcL54leSZDoV0LxWCe.jpg)