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Pine tree crying, going to Shang-xio Temple
We’ve asked around and what you see as the title to this card is the best we can come up with. Sorry! The card is old, then was mailed from Japan to USA in 1985 with stamp and Shinjuku postmark. Definitely international. Grade: 4
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Cartoon
This 4-5/8″ x 6-5/8″ card was mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Chinese New Year of Rabbit 2011 (150104)
Similar to our earlier series of Lunar New Year cards, except that this one was mailed, with the pre-printed stamp next to an additional “real” one. Full postmark. Grade: 1
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River scene
This is a card with personality. We don’t know where the scene is because the captions are mostly obscured by all the stamps (five in total, one being pre-printed). Three postmarks, and red Par Avion chop. Mailed in 2010. Grade: 2
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Mountain artwork
The caption on the reverse is in Chinese and will tell you where this is. The card was mailed in 2011, with two stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Jilin, Bridge
This card was issued by PR China’s State Postal Bureau, has a pre-printed stamp, a large additional stamp, a full postmark, and assorted other indications on the reverse. There is no doubt whatsoever that if you can read Chinese, you will know all about this photo, and this card, entitled “The Charm of Jilin”.. Grade: 3
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Shaanxi Peasant Painting (folio)
This is a folio of 12 brilliantly coloured cards on heavy stock, fully captioned in Chinese and English. Unused. Grades: 1, except for one card that has a little bubbling on the surface (Grade: 2).
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Xi’an, Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum, Terra-Cotta Worriers (sic) and Horses (folio)
Twelve unused cards in a packet (as you open it, the phrase greets you: “Xi’an of China, Memory lives your heant”), captioned in Chinese and English. Clear views of this impressive discovery. Grade: 1
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Xi’an, The Subterranean Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (folio)
This folio of ten unused cards is similar to 20307237, but fewer and different cards. Grade: 1
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Guilin, The Scenery of Yangshuo (folio)
Seven cards remain in this incomplete folio. Grades: 1
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Panda
Could anything be more iconic of China, except maybe the Great Wall? A 4-7/8″ x 6-3/4″ card, mailed from Nanjing in 2011, with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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English flower market
So why China? Because the card has a Chinese caption, and was mailed in China in 2011 with two large stamps and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Luoyang, Long Men Museum
Mailed in 2011 with two different stamps and full postmark. The caption explaining this item is in Chinese. Grade: 2
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Tibetan Folklore
Mailed in 2011, this card has a massive stamp, partial postmark, and some water staining on the message that caused it to run a bit. Grade: 2
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Xian, Bell Tower
Not postally used but with an extensive message (in Chinese) on the reverse and with a red Chinese “chop” imprint. Grade: 4
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Beijing 2008 Olympics pre-issue Maximum set (folio of 6)
The set measures 5-5/8″ x 8-1/4″ overall (the cards are not this big) and is made so that it can sit upright on a table, like a picture in a frame. The set contains six different cards, similar to what you see here. They are “Maximum Cards” in that the affixed stamps represent the same sport as the card they are on, even if artwork is different. Unused and in exactly the same condition and wrapping as received from China Post. Official Olympics logo on a sticker on the back. Grade: 1
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1956 postcards of China (set of 12)
Twelve unused, coloured postcards are wrapped in a torn and somewhat flimsy paper cover as you see, with the pencilled notation on the front. The Chinese-language caption on the reverse of the cover suggests that 70,000 of these sets were produced in 1956. Each card has an identifying caption also, but only in Chinese, mostly rural images of scenery, temples, and the like. The cards are OK; it’s only the paper cover (called “West Lake”) that shows wear. Grade: 3
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Guilin, Dreamlike Lijiang ballet
We have a short series of cards detached from a folio, so they each have one perforated edge. With some clever effort they could be used as postcards, but really the reverses are filled with explanatory captions in Chinese and English. They are what they are. Grade: 1
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Guilin, Gudong Waterfalls
We have a short series of cards detached from a folio, so they each have one perforated edge. With some clever effort they could be used as postcards, but really the reverses are filled with explanatory captions in Chinese and English. They are what they are. Grade: 1
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Guilin, Shanshui Theatre
We have a short series of cards detached from a folio, so they each have one perforated edge. With some clever effort they could be used as postcards, but really the reverses are filled with explanatory captions in Chinese and English. They are what they are. Grade: 1
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Guangdong Travel Tickets postcard book
This is a heavy, unused, unique item issued by China Post. First, it measures about 8-3/8″ long, by 4-7/8″ high, by 5/8″ deep. Translucent plastic encloses two things: (1) a book (entirely in Chinese) including several pages of postcards with stamps pre-printed and also alongside the cards, making them look like admission tickets to various amusement or scenic venues; also some advertising (!) and what might be a phone card, though we’re not sure; and (2) another similar but somewhat larger book doing much the same thing. We have not seen anything like this before. But it looks like it would get you into almost anything of interest in the entire Guangdong Province, and postcards are at the heart of it all. Magnificent! Grade: 1.
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Chinese Elements (set)
This is a set of ten detached postcards, issued by China Post, each with postage pre-printed on the reverse. Bilingual captions (Chinese and English) on each card explain the relevance of such traditional activities (“elements”) as Chinese tea culture, Peking Opera, and Blue and White porcelain. Most of the cards portray repeating patterns of whatever they describe. Which–in itself–makes this hard to describe, but it’s a very nice, even elegant, set of postcards. And two sets are available. Grades: 1
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Wukong, the Hero from China (set)
Issued by China Post, this is an unused booklet of little folk hero Wukong on postcards in in ten different traditional situations (including Cantonese Cuisine, Cantonese Opera, Cantonese Music, Huangpu Military Academy, and others). Each card has postage pre-printed. Three of these sets are available. Grades: 1
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The Stamped Postcards for the Venues of the 16th Asian Games (set)
A folio of eight unused cards, pre-printed stamped and issued by China Post, of various stadiums. From 2010. Two of these items are available. Grades: 1
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The stamped postcard(s) for torch relay of the 16th Asian Games (set)
The 16th Asian Games were held in Guangzhou in 2010. Like the Olympics, there was a torch relay through 21 Chinese cities. This heavy book of pre-printed stamped postcards, issued by China Post, each with its own different postmark according to city, covers all 21 of the cities hosting the torch. Each unused postcard highlights a special view of the respective city. A unique item. Grade: 1
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 655017
See our entries 20307267 or 38000054 for details. Grade: 1
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 653107
See our entries 20307267 or 38000054 for details. Grade: 1
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 648917
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 296499
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery cards 314298 and 314299
See our entries 20307267 or 38000054 for details. The price is per card; choose your number. Grade: 1
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 122798
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 104898
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 092198
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 404697
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 398897
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 395898
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 422597
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 370497
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 385595
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2012 Lunar New Year Government lottery card 562391
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