Miscellaneous – Global Postcard Sales

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Notebook (DPR Korea)
This small item (3-5/8″ x 5-7/8″) is a softcover pocket-sized notebook for use in making notes while traveling around. Roughly the first half has photos of food and scenic locations, with short descriptions in Korean. The last half is lined pages for making notes. Grade: 1

Code: 20312063
Price: $9.00
Tele Bingo ticket (Albania)
This is an unused lottery ticket. We have a few. If you want to buy it, it’s US$10. But if you buy three or more Albanian postcards from us, and if you mention that you would like one piece of either 20501019A or B (from the Albania Postcards category), we’ll happily give you one for free. (Limit one per customer, please.) Grade: 1

Code: 20501019B
Price: $10.00
Matamata, Hobbiton Movie Set, refrigerator magnet (New Zealand)
This is a semi-flexible rubber unused refrigerator magnet still in the original packing. Grade: 1

Code: 20612040
Price: $8.00
Garden of Happy Memories (calendar)
It’s a novelty tear-off calendar published by Valentine’s Novelty Calendars in Great Britain a long time ago, measuring 4.25″ x 6″ altogether. We do not know what year it is because we have not removed this from the plastic bag we received it in. So we make no guarantees about year or condition of the little calendar inside. Google was no help at all. The reverse is blank.

Code: 30800178
Price: $8.50
Nevada Club, Las Vegas
This measures 2.25″ x 3.5″ (like a business card), has rounded edges, and on the back contains a map to find the casino, a rubber stamp from the motel that passed the card out, and another rubber stamp saying “three free souvenirs.” Not sure if that offer is still valid now, but the little item is very nice. Grade: 1

Code: 30800187
Price: $4.50
Kuo Wah Cafe, San Francisco
This isn’t a postcard, but a tiny menu (5″ x 6.4″) able to be sent like one. Just think of a folded menu where the back cover resembles the back of a postcard. The inside has all of Kuo Wah’s dishes (and prices) from the late 1950s. So it’s a wonderful piece of memorabilia, except that it had been pasted into a scrapbook and the back page has the glue and paper remnants of that. Wording of the menu inside is not affected. Grade: 4

Code: 33000014
Price: $8.50
Hong Kong Disneyland Postage Stamp Sticker Set
The scan shows you the front and the back of these small (3-1/4″ x 4-7/8″, excluding the light blue flaps) sets of stamp-like stickers. They are in their original packaging, and we have just blotted out the original sales price. Two sets are available. Grades: 1

Code: 36600068
Price: $19.00
Prayer Card (Hong Kong)
To be 100% clear, this is not a postcard. It is a laminated Buddhist prayer card (we think), and the reverse is completely filled with Chinese-language text. It measures 4-1/4″ x 6-1/4″. We can scan the back for you if you like. Grade: 1

Code: 40100115
Price: $2.00
Toothpicks
You will need to take our word for this. Over 40+ years we saved paper-wrapped toothpicks. They come from restaurants, airlines, clubs, and hotels — mostly but not exclusively from Asia. We have not counted them, and there are duplicates. We’re guessing several hundred pieces in total. Some look new, others are highly aged. Some may be degraded. They fill a plastic ice cream tub to bursting and are completely, really unsorted. If you buy them, we will wrap that tub “as is” and send them off to you but we need to find the cost of postage first. Absolutely no guarantees about what’s here, but the scan gives you a good idea and we do know some of them are quite special. Ungraded. $50.

Code: 50000001
Price: $50.00
Ant-Man Stickers (Hong Kong)
A group of 35 stickers in an unopened packet from (and attributed to) Hong Kong Disneyland — and at a significant discount to retail. Ungraded.

Code: 50000002
Price: $3.00
1963 Rose Bowl Souvenir Ribbon (California)
Falling squarely into the definition of “obscure”, this 10″ ribbon. You might need to know about American football to understand this. Grade: 1

Code: 50000024
Price: $4.00
Iowa Mortgages and Deeds
You won’t find many of these in any website, much less one focusing on postcards. And we cannot begin to describe them fully here. The scan shows a sampling of individual documents, all from the early 20th century. We have a stack of them measuring about an inch thick. They include Mortgages, Referee’s Deed, Gaurdian’s Deed (sic), and Warranty Deed … what an entry into American real estate history. Highly aged, of course, but intact and so evocative. Grades: 2

Code: 50000028
Price: $49.00
1967 Nairobi Show (Kenya)
We have two in English and two in Swahili. Take your pick. Grades: 1

Code: 50000034
Price: $6.00
Agricultural Society of Kenya
“Objects of the Society, Privileges of Membership, and Application Form” from about 1967, somewhat battered, in English and Swahili. Grade: 4

Code: 50000048
Price: $3.00
Anaheim Disneyland – Grad Night ’63
Not sure if any Disneyland still does this, but back in the day — in this case, 1963 — the California park was reserved overnight for graduating seniors from 19 high schools in Southern California. It was something, and how this long folder survived, we’ll never know. Grade: 1

Code: 50000052
Price: $8.00
British Museum (London) – layout
Folded, single-sheet. The first version of this was done in 1961 but this is the sixteenth impression from 1972. Grade: 1

Code: 50000141
Price: $3.00
Kenya Charity Sweepstakes
Single-sheet ad flyer. “Tazama!” in Swahili means “Take a Look!” Fifty thousand shillings then (about 1968) was a lot more than it is now. But so was the two shilling cost of the ticket. Grade: 2

Code: 50000144
Price: $4.00
Mexico – Teatro “IRIS” entertainment
If you attended this event (in 1954?) (we’re not certain) you couldn’t say you didn’t get variety. Brilliant, aging, fragile poster iconic for its time. Before, an ad; now, art. Grade: 3

Code: 50000145
Price: $29.00
Registration Certificate (USA)
In 1918, as in other years, American men were required to register with the Government for possible military service. They got a card, and then in most cases had to wait and see what happened next. This card (P.M.G.O. Form No. 68) was correctly issued in Iowa. The holder was, however, not called up — the war was ending. Grade: 1

Code: 50000146
Price: $14.00
United States Senate Chamber visitor’s pass
Back in 1966, when this card was issued for the 96th Congress, if one wanted to visit the U.S. Capitol and see Congress in action, you could write to your Senator and they would send you a card like this. They did, and we did. Not sure if it is as easy now. Grade: 1

Code: 50000147
Price: $5.00
Baccarat (Macau)
Have baccarat (Chemin de Fer) rules changed in Macau since this slim folder was printed in 1976? We don’t know, but the two sides of this sheet provide a lot of information in a little space. Grade: 1

Code: 50000162
Price: $6.00
Plaza Mexico bullfight, Empresa: Alfonso Gaona (Mexico City)
Dating from 14 November 1954, this beautiful relic of an event we would probably not want to see for ourselves. We Googled for more information about Alfonso Gaona — was he the Impresario? The bullfighter? — but didn’t learn much except that a similar old ticket is for sale at a much higher price than ours. It’s art now. Grade: 1

Code: 50000210
Price: $22.00
Hamid-Morton 3-Ring Police Circus, Kansas City (Missouri, USA) – 1956
Single-sheet folded programme of an event that featured Mr. Beverly, Jinx the Super Chimp, and The Great Wilno. Do circuses even exist any more? Grade: 1

Code: 50000211
Price: $19.00
Macau A-O-A Gambling Handbook
This tiny (easily pocket-sized) gem from the 1970s would have covered just about every rule and tip a novice (and many experts) wanted to know about gambling at Macau’s casinos. We all know rules are different around the world, and probably not the same in Macau now either, but we don’t know for sure because getting there is impossible and even if we could, the minimum bet amounts are — for us, anyway — prohibitive. The scan is hard to see, but the front cover does read the same as our header. Grade: 1

Code: 50000243
Price: $24.00
HK Handover Commemoration Sale (1997) – small version
Just before Hong Kong’s return to China’s control in 1997, the Chinese Arts and Crafts chain held this sale, for which you see here the front and back (bilingual) of a small promotional leaflet. Grade: 1

Code: 50000254
Price: $6.00
HK Handover Commemoration Sale (1997) – larger version
Similar in design to item 50000254 but both languages are only on one side. The reverse of this flyer from Chinese Arts and Crafts is blank. Grade: 1

Code: 50000255
Price: $13.00
Hong Kong Museums and Heritage
Much of the information in this 60-page 2004 publication from the Hong Kong Tourism Board is outdated now, but later versions exist and should continue to be. One or another of these museums seems to be closed quite often. Grade: 2

Code: 50000259
Price: $12.00
Hong Kong Museum of History Newsletter (January to March 2010)
This 48-page newsletter for January through March 2010 comprehensively reports temporary and permanent exhibits as well as details of other museums. But you would not want to use this as a current reference. Grade: 2

Code: 50000260
Price: $10.00
Hong Kong Museums Guide Map (2010)
Not to be relied upon for current information, but useful for tracking changes. This single-sheet, multi-fold brochure is from the Government’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Grade: 1

Code: 50000261
Price: $7.00
Hong Kong Science Museum – Visitor Guide
A single-page, multi-folded pamphlet from Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department in 2016. The pamphlet itself is fine but the museum itself was badly outdated to the point of being rustic, and closed soon afterward for extensive renovation. We’ve not returned to see whether or not that helped. Grade: 1

Code: 50000262
Price: $7.00
Hong Kong Railway Museum
With (now) multiple railway lines, Hong Kong has a rich history of rail use, given that this was one of the primary connections with the Mainland for many years. The tiny museum abuts a rail line in the New Territories, and this small brochure describing it is bilingual and undated, likely from the early 2000s. Grade: 1

Code: 50000263
Price: $12.00
Hiking on Lantau Country Trails (Hong Kong)
This compact brochure from Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department is undated but probably from the earlier 2000s. It offers tips on several walks around Hong Kong’s largest island, many of them cautionary and even a little bit scary. Walker Beware. Grade: 1

Code: 50000266
Price: $9.00
Sik Sik Yuen – Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong)
Arguably one of Hong Kong’s two most famous temples, and definitely the largest, it’s well-described in this September 2004 12-page English-language booklet from the temple itself. Grade: 1

Code: 50000268
Price: $12.00
Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery (Hong Kong)
A large, single-sheet, multi-fold undated brochure from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department on behalf of the Hong Kong Museum of History — of which this somewhat narrow Fireboat exhibition tucked away in the Quarry Bay area is a subsidiary. Grade: 1

Code: 50000270
Price: $12.00
Conserving Central (Hong Kong)
This very large, single-sheet, multi-fold brochure published by the Government’s Information Services Department sometime before the end of 2011 ambitiously reports all of what could/should/might be done to revitalise Hong Kong’s Central District. As we type this, it’s now ten years later, and just like looking into a time capsule we can see what was done, what wasn’t, and what will never be. This is one of the more interesting historical artifacts and will only become more so over time. Grade: 1

Code: 50000276
Price: $34.00
Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware (Hong Kong)
An undated (likely earlier 2000s) brochure issued by the Government Logistics Department for this nice and highly specialised museum whose structure is possibly more famous than the museum itself. Grade: 1

Code: 50000277
Price: $6.00
Classification of Chinese Tea (2008)
Quite large, folded single-sheet pamphlet issued by Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department in conjunction with the Hong Kong Museum of Art and its subsidiary the Museum of Tea Ware. The exhibit on The History of Tea came and went in 2008 but this very, very specific brochure just about touches every element of the history of tea. Grade: 1

Code: 50000278
Price: $14.00
Hong Kong, Program for Celebration Activities on Reunification – Jubilation (1997)
Everything anyone could possibly have wanted to know about activities and events in Hong Kong leading up to the 1st July 1997 handover back to Chinese control. A large, single sheet, multi-fold. Grade: 1

Code: 50000279
Price: $19.00
Hong Kong Park – Edward Youde Aviary
Edward Youde was one of Hong Kong’s last British Governors, and the Aviary named after him is a wonderful oasis directly in the centre of the city. While not exactly tame, the many species of birds are at least familiar with human foot traffic and do not automatically flee. This large, single-sheet brochure from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department is undated (probably from the earlier 2000s) but still a useful reference. Grade: 1

Code: 50000282
Price: $12.00
HKSAR Health Declaration Form (Hong Kong) (June 2009)
The Hong Kong Government has imposed many different types of Health Declaration Forms on residents and visitors, each triggered by one specific disease or another. This one focused on swine flu, which we do not recall having affected too many people here. Grade: 1

Code: 50000285
Price: $3.00

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