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Nanjing, Jiangnan Institute
There’s a substantial caption (Chinese only) on the back of this card, mailed in 2013 with large stamp and clear postmark. The sender kindly helped translate what the place is, though for the caption, you’re on your own. Grade: 1
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Sanya, Forever Tropical Paradise – Aerial view
Sanya is an extremely popular Chinese resort area in the far south, so it can get away with calling itself tropical. But it has a reputation similar to Pattaya, or … well, we can only say we are curious but have somehow never found the will to visit. Mailed in 2013 with one pre-printed stamp and one real one, and postmark, the card shows Sanya Bay. Grade: 1
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Drawing
If you can read Chinese, you’ll know what this symbolises. The card was mailed in 2013 with one pre-printed stamp and one large real one, along with clear postmark, small red postal chops, and a bit of correction fluid in the address. Grade: 4
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Wuhan, temples
Wuhan has many temples. These are surely identified in the Chinese caption, but there’s no English. Card mailed in 2013 with four stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 2
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Wuhan, city night skyline
Mailed in 2013, four stamps and three major postmarks. A bit of postal battering. Grade: 3
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I’m in Chang’an Waiting for You
The card shows the Bell Tower in Xian, and was mailed in 2013 with a large stamp and clear postmark. Red bilingual “Par Avion” chop. Grade: 1
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Hainan, Coconut Forest Bay (Maximum Card)
Unused Maximum Card from 2000. Grade: 1
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Horses (set) – Cover
Here we offer another of the fine sets produced by Guangdong Philatelic (GDPC), in 2014. As with similar sets, this is a hardcover book in a cardboard sleeve. (The sleeve and the book cover are very similar, not quite identical.) The item measures about 10-1/2″ x 10-1/4″ x 1/2″. There are five pages of heavy cardboard, and inside front and back cover facings, so altogether 12 sides with something on them. One page is dedicated to a stamp of more than 6″ long; one to a block set of se-tenant stamps matching that one; and there are three cards, not-quite-maximum, as you see in 20307616B. Captioned in Chinese and English. Grade: 1
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Horses (set) – Card
See 20307616A. This is one of the cards.
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China Post lorry set – two items
Definitely a specialty. You can see everything in the photo. The box measures 8″ x 3-1/2″ x 3-1/4″ (approx.). The little (3-1/8″ x 5″) postcard is unused and has pre-printed postage. The lorry itself is plastic but finely detailed, right down to the rear-view mirror, and the wheels all turn. Grade: 1
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China Post lorry set – the postcard
See description for 20307617A. The price here is, of course, for the entire set. Grade: 1
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China Post van set – three items
Similar in concept but *not* in execution to our item 20307617, this little minivan is actually battery-operated. The word that comes to mind is “cute” but it’s nicely detailed, heavy, and along with the unused postcard it becomes a desirable addition to your collection. The box measures 6-1/8″ x 3-1/2″ x 2-3/4″. Grade: 1
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Disney-related school supplies
Where to start … issued by PRC’s State Postal Bureau in 2000, this unused card has pre-printed Beijing 2008 Olympics postage. They were really planning ahead, and we had to go to Beijing to get this. Some smudging on the back but a genuine prize for Disney collectors. The text says that a Chinese Light Industry company wishes Beijing to have a successful bid for the Olympics. Grade: 2
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Snow White, sleeping
Unused card from the Chinese Government, long before Disney announced they would build a park in Shanghai. There’s a long caption, all in Chinese, and this was card #4 in a series. Compare with our entry 20307621. Looking a bit tired on the back, but still clean and unmarked. Grade: 2
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Snow White, and witch
Unused card from the Chinese Government. There’s a long caption, all in Chinese, and this was card #3 in a series. Compare with our entry 20307620. Often handled over the years, as it’s straight from Beijing. Grade: 3
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Mutianyu Great Wall (set)
If you go to Beijing and want to see the Great Wall, the closest access is called Badaling. Don’t go there. Trust us. Spend a little extra, and go a little further, to the Mutianyu entrance. Go early in the morning. You won’t regret it. When you’re there, you will see vendors selling these sets of cards. They will ask outrageous prices, and you need to bargain. With us, you don’t need to. We have two of these unused sets of ten cards available. Our scan shows the cover and three of the cards. Grades: 1
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New Beijing (set of 10)
A set of ten unused cards. The photo shows the cover and three of the cards, which include Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing 798 Art Zone, National Centre for the Performing Arts, National Stadium, The Capital International Airport Terminal 3, and other contemporary features. Grade: 1
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China-France Joint Issue (Maximum Cards) (set of 2)
A set of two Maximum Cards, issued on 27th March 2014. One card features Qinhuai River in Nanking, with a French postmark. The other shows the Seine River in Paris–with a Chinese postmark. The set comes enclosed in China Post’s standard printed “Maximum Card” polywrap. Ten sets are available. Grades: 1
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McDonalds – Healthy Eating – Vegetables
This item is the size and shape of a postcard, and when you first see the fully pre-printed reverse (main text all in Chinese), you might believe it is not a postcard at all. But it is, and it says so, in tiny print in English: “Apr/13 – iBoard – Postcard – Trust – Vegetable”. Compare with our two other, similar cards of different colours. If you would like one of each of the three versions, total would be $12. Grade: 1
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McDonalds – Healthy Eating – Kitchen Hygiene
This item is the size and shape of a postcard, and when you first see the fully pre-printed reverse (main text all in Chinese, a mother’s testimony), you might believe it is not a postcard at all. But it is, and it says so, in tiny print in English: “Apr/13 – iBoard – Postcard – Trust – Kitchen Hygiene”. Compare with our other, similar cards of different colours. If you would like one of each of the three varieties, total would be $12. Grade: 1
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McDonalds – Healthy Eating – Chicken
This item is the size and shape of a postcard, and when you first see the fully pre-printed reverse (main text all in Chinese, about a mother’s concern for her children), you might believe it is not a postcard at all. But it is, and it says so, in tiny print in English: “Apr/13 – iBoard – Postcard – Trust – Chicken”. Grade: 1
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Qingdao, European Jail
Government-issued card, printed and mailed in 2013. It has one pre-printed stamp and one beautiful, large real one, along with full postmark. Faint red airmail chop also. Grade: 1
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Shanghai (set of 36)
This is an unopened set of 36 cards, and the photo shows the front cover. Based on what we see, and on the quality of the back cover too, these are nice cards, a snapshot in time of Shanghai’s constant changes. But we cannot verify what’s in the pack. Great value. It’s a heavy item. Grade: 1
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Beijing’s Hutong (set of 36)
You probably already know two things: (A) Hutong are the fabled residential alleyways in Beijing, and (B) they are disappearing as quickly as we can type this. Here’s an unopened set of 36 cards featuring hutong scenes in all seasons. Very nice, and also heavy. Grade: 1
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New Beijing (set of 20)
We’ve scanned the back cover of this set of 20 cards (minus the original price), so you can see what they are. Facilities, architecture, terminals … all the city’s showcases. Grade: 1
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La Fille aux Cheveux Blancs (modern revolutionary ballet)
This card from Peking’s (sic) Foreign Language Press is unused, old, and extremely smudged from having been handled and passed along many times. It needs to find a permanent home. Extensively captioned, but only in French. Grade: 3
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Bei Jing Dongqu P&T Office 2000 (set of 13)
This odd set is like a window into the past of the issuing “Bei Jing Dongqu P&T Office.” Three of the 13 cards, and the cover, appear in our scan. All the other (unused) cards are variations on this same theme of postal functions. Grade: 1
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee
Here’s an unusual, unused card, with a serial number (3002), apparently promoting the Olympics bid. The captions are only in Chinese, but as we know, the bid was successful and so were the Games. Grade: 1
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Lunar New Year 2008, and Olympics
It’s a Chinese New Year lottery card, with a big “thank you” to security volunteer workers from the State Security Bureau for their diligence and hard work. Serial numbered for a long-finished contest. Unused, with pre-printed postage and issued by the State Postal Bureau. Heavily handled but otherwise unmarked. Grade: 3
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Beijing United Bank Ltd.
This seems to be an unused lottery card from 1997. It’s been heavily handled over the years but is unused. It has pre-printed postage with a kind of cancellation mark over that. In any case it was issued by the Government and not by the bank–which might have been a State bank anyway, so no difference there. And it says how a square of water and soil can support one person. Grade: 2
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EMS 1993 – Lottery Card
Unused though heavily handled and aged lottery card (050601, though you’re not going to win). Pre-printed postage. Grade: 3
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1993 Lottery Card
The back of this card 343439, which we haven’t scanned, is much busier than the front. It will keep you active for hours, trying to figure out what it’s all about. Grade: 3
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Beijing, Imprenable (sic) pass, Badaling Great Wall
This is a lovely card on both sides, mailed in 2013 with three large and different stamps, two full postmarks, and a red bilingual Par Avion chop. As for the Wall itself, it is most improbable how they got such a good photo in this location. If you’re a tourist, go to Mutianyu entrance instead. Grade: 1
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Daddy, where are we going? (set of 30) – front cover + 1 card
As far as we can tell, “Daddy, where are we going?” began as a reality TV show in Korea (MBC) and became popular in China too, on Hunan TV. Here’s a set of 30 unused cards, extra-long to incorporate detachable stubs as you can see in the photo. See also entry 20307642B. Grade: 1
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Daddy, where are we going? (set of 30) – back cover
See 20307642A.
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McDonald’s and Apple – scratch off (not a postcard)
Though postcard-sized, unlike similar McDonald’s promotional cards in China, this doesn’t actually say “postcard” in English anywhere on it, and it would be hard to mail as one, though not impossible. The scan shows front and back, with the small silver area being a scratch-off promotion. Unused. Grade: 1
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YoYo set with 10 cards and more
China Post continues to find new ways to surprise us. See also our entry 20307644B for what’s inside the 11-1/2″ x 8-3/4″ x 3-1/8″ box, and we’ll try to describe briefly. First, a yoyo for the Auldey Yoyo Blazing Team. Lots and lots of instructions on the back of that, but all in Chinese. Next, a “Blazing Teens” anime CD or DVD, we’ve not tried it. Finally, the pack of 10 postcards, each unused and with pre-paid postage. This was produced in 2009, and though it is unused and in good condition, the outer box only has very minor effects of handling. The postcards are Grade: 1.
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Yoyo set with 10 cards and more – contents
See description for 20307644A.
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The Supplies Equipments for China Post – money pouch
Please see entries 20307603/617/618/646 for others in this series of six “supplies equipments” (sic) items from China Post. Somehow, for now we have at least one of each of the six items. Apart from being models of things China Post actually uses, these all have one element in common: a small postcard with pre-printed postage enclosed in the box. What you see right here is a cloth money pouch. Grade: 1
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The Supplies Equipments for China Post – different postboxes
Please refer to items 20307603/617/618/645 for descriptions of other items in this series. Because the two in this photo (20307646) are still sealed, we have not broken the seals to show the insides. One is a green pillar box (the taller one); the other is shorter, and while we don’t know the correct name for these, it is green and in the shape of many public mailboxes in the USA. Each box that you see in our photo contains the corresponding postbox along with a small postcard having pre-printed postage. Each is unused and somewhat heavy. Grades: 1. (Price for each of the two items, not both: $62) (or, both for $92).
