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2015 Lunar New Year Chinese Government lottery card – Minsu
As with similar cards from other years, these have individual numbers for the annual lucky draw. Your chances of winning more than a set of chopsticks were remote. We have five of these, unused, and you will also have instructions on how to claim your prize — if you had won. We show the front and back of a single card. Grades: 1
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2012 International Year of Cooperatives
Primarily for domestic correspondence use, we have two of these sturdy unused cards. The reverse is blank. Grades: 1
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The 80th Anniversary of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee (Maximum Card)
A catchy subject for MC-97, issued in 2013 and unused. Bilingual caption in Chinese and English, with a small smudge of postmark ink transfer on the reverse, caused by stacking. Grade: 1
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Lei Feng (Maximum Cards) (set of four)
If by now you’re not certain who Lei Feng was, you might want to look him up. A very colourful history, and here’s a set of four unused maximum cards from 2013. Grade: 1
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Guilin, Dawn at Jin Bao River
Unused card. Captioned in Chinese and English. Grade: 1
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Lunar New Year transition set of two cards
Not unusually for China and Hong Kong, stamps and cards may be issued to illustrate the transition in the Chinese zodiac from one animal to another, and so it was done in PRC by China Post in 2012 with this set of two (unused) cards. They appear along with the front cardboard cover in our scan. These cards have an etched finish and pre-printed postage on the backs. The set: Grade: 1
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Stadium
We can see this card came from the post office at Tiananmen Square, but, sorry, we don’t know which stadium this is. (It is identified in Chinese on the front.) The card has one perforated edge, and looks like a lottery card, so it may have been part of a set, or had a stub. Regardless, it was mailed in 2013 and has four stamps and two official postmarks alongside a bilingual red Par Avion chop and another large red 60th anniversary logo in the message area. Grade: 1
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Guangdong sketches 5 (set)
This is an unused set of a few cards, still sealed in the original cellowrap. We’re not certain how many or what they are, because we can’t see them. It looks like about 8-10 cards. Grade: 1
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Guangzhou New Scene (set)
This is an unused set of a few cards, still sealed in the original cellowrap. We’re not certain how many or what they are, because we can’t see them. It looks like about 8-10 cards, probably of stadiums or key buildings. Grade: 1
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Tour in Southern China (boxed set)
In the scan, you see what this boxed set looks like from the outside. Slide off the blue sleeve and open the box, there is a softcover book whose cover is what appears in the front window of the box. The book is all in Chinese and has lots and lots of coupons for holiday and scenic destinations in Southern China. Not sure when these expired–probably the end of 2015–but there is (was?) website information and a QR Code. Behind the book are ten large, square postcards with stamps attached (not pre-printed), each postcard showing a Chinese scene, though not all of these are in the South. This entire production is unused and measures 7.5 ” x 7.5″ x 1″. Grade: 1
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Shanghai International F1 Circuit
Mailed in 2014, with stamp and postmark. The card identifies this as Shanghai and the writer filled in other details. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, Life by the Sayram Lake
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, Kanas Lake
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, The vast Tianshan Grassland
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, Kazak Grassland
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, The ice wall of a glacier on Tianshan Mountains
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, The Red Mountain Canyon in Kuga
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, The Multi-Coloured City
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, Boating on the Karakury Lake
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, An ancient beacon tower in Kuga
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, Devoted Muslim worshippers
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Xinjiang, Markit Dance Festival
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Changing world, new perspectives
Beginning a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Changsha 2014 – 16th All China Philatelic Exhibition
Continuing a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 186. Grade: 1
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China Tourism Day
Continuing a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 187. Grade: 1
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2014 FIFA
Continuing a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 188. Grade: 1
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2014 China Maritime Forum
Continuing a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 189. Grade: 1
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The 12th National Student Sports Games
Continuing a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 190. Grade: 1
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45th Fig Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
Continuing a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 191. Grade: 1
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The 1st Anniversary of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone
Continuing a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 192. Grade: 1
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30-Sep
Continuing a short series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 193. Grade: 1
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20th Anniversary of China Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park
Continuing a series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 194. Grade: 1
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National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims
Continuing a series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 195. Grade: 1
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70 Years of the Convention on International Civil Aviation
Ending a series of unused cards from 2014. Pre-printed postage. What you see is what you get, as there’s nothing printed on the reverse. This is item JP 196. Grade: 1
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Salt Well
Mailed in 2013, with stamp and postmark and bilingual Par Avion chop. One perforated edge means this came from a set, and that edge got chewed up during mailing. Grade: 5
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Mill Bridge
This card was mailed in 2014 and the stamp is there but the postmark is not. Bilingual caption. Grade: 4
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Shanghai, train art
Mailed in 2014, with large stamp and Shanghai postmark. Grade: 1
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Beijing, The Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Palace Museum – UNESCO
Nice, clean card mailed in 2014 with stamp and postmark. Captioned in six languages, including English. The “World Heritage Site of China” attribution is printed on the back. Grade: 1
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Attendant
In this official card issued by China Post, with pre-printed postage, two extra stamps cover the caption. Everything you need to know is probably on the front of the card. There are two postmarks and assorted other markings. Very busy. Grade: 2
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Feng Huang
Feng Huang is in Hunan Province and the writer nicely explains this (in English) in the message. Mailed in 2014 with a stamp and clear red postmark. Perforated edge means it came from a set. Grade: 1