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Shining Past – outer sleeve, and book cover
Our total description of this item requires four entries–a record for us, so far.
20307408A shows the cover (and also heavy cardboard sleeve) of this hardcover book, measuring 10″ x 14″ x 3/4″. The four large title characters say “Shining Past,” and the smaller characters at the top say “Red path stamp collection.” Don’t worry, there are postcards as well in here. As for the book, it is larger than our scanner, so the full cover is more than what you see here.
20307408B shows the inside front cover of the book, which has seven very heavy pages in all, not including inside front and back covers. If you can read Chinese, this explains everything.
20307408C shows one sample page (out of five) of sets of Maximum Cards. In each case, the facing page is a sheet of stamps the same as what you see on the cards (20307408D is another example). Cards and stamps are not glued in, but rather behind plastic holders or held securely by cardboard like an old photo album would have done.
And, near the front, is one page with one very large stamp highlighted. Altogether this is a really beautiful item, among the best of its kind from China Post. Everything is unused, of course.
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Shining Past – inside front cover of book
See 20307408A.
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Shining Past – sample page of maximum cards
See 20307408A.
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Shining Past – sample page of corresponding stamps
See 20307408A.
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Flags, Celebrating 18th National Congress (softcover book of cards)
This is a softcover book, measuring 8″ x 8-3/8″, with a removable yellow sleeve (cover, and sleeve, pictured separately). The title of this book, Flags, is accurate but misleading because the flag on each card is always the same–China’s national flag–and appears on the end stub of the card. Here is how the book is organised:
Open to the inside front cover, and facing page, of much Chinese text and what is (to us) a mysterious diagram that looks a lot like a musical score, but with numbers and words instead of notes. The next leaf is a type of semi-transparent onion-skin page divider with Chinese text and some graphics. The next leaf consists of two se-tenant postal cards with pre-printed postage (not maximum cards): one is a scene of Yida Huizhi and the other of Jinggangshan. The book has 19 leaves altogether, including the dividers; the cards range from sepia to full color. Cards have Pinyin titles but no English, and altogether there are 18 cards, two to a page. Unused, of course. Grade: 1
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Olympic Games (book of 27 cards)
The photo you see is a softcover book of 27 postage-preprinted cards, each one representing a different Summer Olympic Games, beginning with Athens in 1896 and ending with London in 2012. Each card is attached to a perforated stub giving details of the opening and closing dates, and host country. The photos on the cards are typical scenes of the country, not sporting events. Covering all this is a white cardboard sleeve/container with light gold printing–that doesn’t scan well at all. Unused. Grade: 1
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City scenes (set of three maximum cards)
The scan shows all three unused maximum cards, issued by China Post. There’s a little more information on the back of each, but all in Chinese. Three sets are available. Grades: 1
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Shenzhen, glass art – lottery card
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage. Grade: 1
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Shenzhen, reservoir – lottery card
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage. Grade: 1
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Merry Christmas 2012 – lottery card
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage. Grade: 1
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Lottery card
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage, issued by China Post. Grade: 1
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Lottery card 2012 – dragon
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage, issued by China Post. Grade: 1
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Lottery card 2012
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage, issued by China Post. Upper edge is perforated. Grade: 1
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Lottery card 2012 – Love
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage, issued by China Post. Upper edge is perforated. Grade: 1
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Lottery card 2012 – Happy Birthday
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage, issued by China Post. Upper edge is perforated. Grade: 1
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Best Wish For The New Year (2012) – lottery card
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage, issued by China Post. Left edge is perforated. Two of these cards are available. Grades: 1
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Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf (set)
What you see in this photo is the front cover of a thin but large (8-1/4″ x 11-1/4″) folio. Open it up to reveal, on the inside left, a small unused postcard from the Guang Zhou Postal Bureau (China Post) under a plastic cover; and, on the inside right, a sheet of eight 80-fen stamps each with se-tenant perforated stub of a different cartoon character. You can see the card as 20307421B. Leave it to China to come up with something like this. Grade: 1
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Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf (the card in the set)
See 20307421A for details of this curious postcard novelty set.
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Beijing, National Aquatics Center
Very nice card issued by China’s State Postal Bureau. The pre-printed (Beijing 2008 Olympics) postage of this Olympics arena has been supplemented by an additional, real Olympics stamp. So this card is 2008 Olympics all the way, mailed in 2012 however. Grade: 1
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Huitong
We know there must be a good reason, but we can’t figure out why the China State Postal Bureau issues this card as part of a set (it has one perforated edge) with a pre-printed stamp (and full postmark, because it was mailed). It sure looks like an advertising card, but if you know the back story, please tell us. Grade: 2
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Xiaobi Pavilion in winter
Mailed in 2012 with one real stamp added to another pre-printed one (because the card was issued by China Post), this is Diaoyutai, the national guest house in Beijing. Grade: 1
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Shanghai, Pudong International Airport
For collectors of airport postcards, this 2012 card issued by China Post and mailed from Shanghai with one real stamp next to another pre-printed one. Full postmark. Grade: 2
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Suzhou, Confucian Temple
Mailed in 2012 with two different stamps and Beijing postmark, this card is one of 12 views of Suzhou–which is closer to Shanghai. Red bilingual “By Air” chop also appears on the reverse. Lower and upper edges are perforated, so this had been part of a link. Grade: 1
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Shanghai, Xintiandi at Night
If any postcard could ever reflect China’s current dilemma, it’s this one. Mailed in 2012 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Harbin, Hengtoushan Forest Park
We like this postcard for several reasons, maybe not corresponding to yours, but here are ours anyway: (1) it’s a lottery card issued by China Post, with the (2011) number stub still attached; (2) it has two other, different, real stamps adjacent to the pre-printed one; (3) readable postmark; and (4) it’s just a very busy “local view” card. Mailed in 2012. Grade: 1
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Hangzhou, Sai Wu (West Lake)
Honest, we don’t know whether the (unused) card was printed in this colour or just became this way. The various Chinese and English captions on the back are in a similar light brown. Odd, and therefore hard to grade. But if it is what it is, we assign Grade: 2
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Sanyuan Bridge, one of 12 views of Zhouzhuang
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and full postmark, this card has perforated edges on top and bottom, proving that it had been part of a linked set. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Four cards of this same design are available. Grades: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. This card has some embossment in the design. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. This card has some embossment in the design. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. On this card, what may look like blemishes are part of the design. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Grade: 1
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2013 Lunar New Year Government lottery card
Please refer to the explanation for item 20307267 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence. Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012. All are unused. Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone. Four of this design are available. Grade: 1