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There’s a considerable back-story to this unused maximum card, and we are absolutely unable to explain it. We consulted Hong Kong friends who said, in effect, nobody in Hong Kong now really understands this calendrical cycle well. It’s apparently an old tradition in Mainland China. Please don’t hold it against us that we can’t go much further than this, but the (Chinese-only) text on the reverse caption sounds something like “Mao Zi”. It’s China Post’s card MC(E)-9 and postmarked 2008 but only went on sale in the Shenzhen post office in 2018. Confused? Not just you! Grade: 1

Code: 20307906
Price: $3.00
Shenzhen, attractions (set of 4)
Kindly get your coffee because this description may take awhile. It’s a set of four unused cards, each measuring 4″ x 11-5/8″, so they are well oversized. The red paper wrap identifies this China Post product, from 2018, and our scan shows the front of one card (the other three are similar but with different places) and the reverse of another. All cards have pre-printed, coloured postage and a kind of “shadow” graphic further identifying most of what’s on the front. Clearly these cards fit many of our categories–in fact, they set the record–because Shenzhen is a city of about 15 million people and has everything. Grades: 1

Code: 20307907
Price: $14.00
Hangzhou, Hong Kong handover basket
In the runup to the handover of Hong Kong back to China in 1997, celebrations and festivities took place all over the country. This basket, showing Hong Kong’s symbolic Bauhinia flower, was in Hangzhou. We think. The card was mailed much later, from Shenzhen, using a postage meter. Grade: 1

Code: 20307908
Price: $5.00
Shanghai, Hong Kong handover festivities
In the runup to the handover of Hong Kong back to China in 1997, celebrations and festivities took place all over the country. This particular scene was in Shanghai. The card was mailed much later, from Shenzhen, using a postage meter. Grade: 1

Code: 20307909
Price: $5.00
Beijing, Hong Kong handover festivities
In the runup to the handover of Hong Kong back to China in 1997, celebrations and festivities took place all over the country. This particular scene was in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The card was mailed much later, from Zhangmutou, using three stamps and with two full postmarks . Grade: 1

Code: 20307910
Price: $5.00
Fujian, Hong Kong handover festivities
In the runup to the handover of Hong Kong back to China in 1997, celebrations and festivities took place all over the country. This particular scene was in Fujian Province (we think). The card was mailed much later, from Zhangmutou, using three stamps and with two full and one more partial postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20307911
Price: $5.00
2019 Lunar New Year lottery card (Year of the Pig)
Unused 4″ x 7-1/4″ card, the same in all material respects as other New Year cards from PRC in previous years. Grade: 1

Code: 20307912
Price: $2.00
Zhu Meng Zhong Guo
A hardcover book of 40 postcards in a cardboard cover measuring 1/2″x 8-3/4″ x 11-1/2″. Our scans A-C for this item show you, respectively, (A) the book as it slides into the cover; (B) sample of the fronts and reverse of the cards; and (C) a “Collection Certificate” inside the back cover. The cards all have pre-printed postage and are, of course, unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20307913A
Price: $59.00
Zhu Meng Zhong Guo – sample cards
See description for 20307913A.

Code: 20307913B
Price: $59.00
Zhu Meng Zhong Guo – certificate
See description for 20307913A.

Code: 20307913C
Price: $59.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong, depicting 29 June
Refer to a few recent entries (example: #20307911) and their descriptions. This was mailed from Shenzhen much later, with stamp and fully legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307914
Price: $5.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong – parade
Refer to a few recent entries (example: #20307911) and their descriptions. This was mailed from Shenzhen much later, with stamp and fully legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307915
Price: $5.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong – lanterns
Refer to a few recent entries (example: #20307911) and their descriptions. This was mailed from Shenzhen much later, with stamp and fully legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307916
Price: $5.00
Humen Feeling (set of 4)
Set of four art cards issued by China Post (pre-printed postage), captioned only in Chinese, noted as “Humen Feeling,” by the artist Tan Zhu Yao (we’ve transliterated the name) from an art academy in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. Our scan shows the fronts of three of the four cards; and the reverse of the fourth, which is the only card to have a “chop” from the Opium War Museum where they were bought. The little brown strip holds all four cards together. Grade: 1

Code: 20307917
Price: $7.00
Memory of Dongguan (set of 6)
A set of six cards, art from Leung Wing Ming (transliterated) with, presumably, sites in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. One of the six cards has a “chop” from the Opium War Museum where they were first bought; all six cards have an uncancelled stamp, so if you’re in China, they’re ready to mail. Grade: 1

Code: 20307918
Price: $11.00
Dongguan, Dream Postcard (set of 20)
Set of 20 unused cards, issued by China Post in 2010 with pre-printed postage. Our scan shows two of the cards — with scenes around Guangdong — and the cardboard cover holding them all together. Grade: 1

Code: 20307919
Price: $19.00
Dongguan, Opium Wars (set of 10)
The fronts of two cards and the back of another (the only one having this “chop” from the Opium War Museum in Dongguan), representing ten cards issued by China Post with pre-printed postage. We’re not certain how many opium postcards there are in the world — probably a few from Southeast Asia and the like — but here’s a start for you. The front of the set’s cardboard cover only is smudged with some ink transfer from those chops. It does not affect the postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 20307920
Price: $29.00
Dongguan, opium, four se-tenant panels
We think this item commemorates activities of Lin Zexu (Wikipedia: “Lin Zexu, courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese scholar-official of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Lin’s forceful opposition to the opium trade was a primary catalyst for the First Opium War.” Sorry that our scan doesn’t make any of this very clear. When fully extended, it is the size of four normal postcards. On one side, the first panel is Chinese-language text and the other three panels are one long artwork of actions during the Opium War that began in 1839. Now flip this over and the other side shows two panels (in the scan) and the reverses of two cards. So there are three actual postcards in those four panels, each with pre-printed postage because these come from China Post. One card (also in the scan) has the “chop” from the Opium War Museum in Dongguan. Grade: 1

Code: 20307921
Price: $19.00
Dongguan, Opium War Museum (set of 12)
This set of 12 unused cards from Dongguan’s Opium War Museum was, unusually, not issued by China Post. All information is in Chinese on the front of each card (we show four of the 12), and the reverse only says “Best wishes for your” in English. OK! One card has the large rubber “chop” from the Museum, which is an interesting and unusual way to spend a couple of hours if you happen to find yourself there. Grade: 1

Code: 20307922
Price: $16.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong back to China – first-day covers
To make it completely clear right now: these are not actual first-day covers, but one postcard showing two of them from this 1997 event. The postcard itself was mailed from Shenzhen in 2019, with stamp and clear postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307923
Price: $5.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong to PR China – mass event
From our short series of cards prepared in China for the 1997 Handover, then mailed from Shenzhen (in China) in 2019 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307924
Price: $5.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong to PR China – schoolchildren
From our short series of cards prepared in China for the 1997 Handover, then mailed from Shenzhen (in China) in 2019 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307925
Price: $5.00
New Look of Guangzhou City
For almost too many reasons to mention, this is a wonderful unused postcard. We’ll try. Issued by the Chinese Government in 1990, it has pre-printed 15f coloured postage that matches the card’s main photo. The bilingual caption lets non-Chinese persons know what city this is. But most importantly, China is changing so fast that this would have become a historical record the day after it was issued. Trust us that the view is not “new” any more. Grade: 1

Code: 20307926
Price: $14.00
Ancient Towns of China III (set of 4) (Maximum Cards)
You may compare this set of four maximum cards with our entry 20307863, as it’s the next in the series. Our scan shows at least part of all four cards along with the cardboard cover holding them. Issued by China National Philatelic in 2019 with series reference MC(E)-20. Grade: 1

Code: 20307927
Price: $10.00
Paired sets (12)
There are 12 “First Day Covers” issued by China Post using postage meter imprint instead of stamps, and each with an actual postmark for the same day as the meter. But even though this is a sequence of 12 covers issued in 2018, the dates on each are different and run into 2019 also. On the back of each envelope, there’s Chinese text and a serial number. Those serial numbers are not the same for each envelope, and they’re not sequential either.

Now, imagine that each FDC has a corresponding postcard with the same meter and postmark date as its envelope. The serial number on the card does not match that on the FDC. The reverse of the postcard has a graphic the same as its FDC, and with more (Chinese) text.

So all in all there are 24 pieces: 12 FDCs and 12 postcards. In some ways they match, but in others they don’t. No, we don’t understand this either. Unused (of course) and Grades: 1

Code: 20307928
Price: $34.00
Trains (Maximum Cards, joint issue, set of two)
A joint issue between PR China and Spain, though China-based, with China National Philatelic set reference MC(E)-21. Issued in June 2019. QR codes on the backs of the cards. Grade: 1

Code: 20307929
Price: $12.00
Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – Snow Sports (folio) – Cover
The whole thing comes in a cardboard cover measuring 8-1/2″ x 10″ (shown here). Inside, one piece that folds open to four panels. Do that, and on one side, each panel holds one postcard of a different sport (Cross Country Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, and Freestyle Skiing. The cards of course are unused though each has an uncancelled stamp corresponding to the card’s particular sport. Now, flip this whole thing over and one of the panels has bilingual Chinese/English text, and one has a mint set of eight of those stamps. Another panel has details of issue from China National Philatelic, with QR code and holographic sticker guaranteeing authenticity. See our entry 20307930B for one panel. Grade: 1

Code: 20307930A
Price: $44.00
Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – Snow Sports (folio) – one panel
See description for 20307930A.

Code: 20307930B
Price: $44.00
70th Anniversary of China-Slovakia Diplomatic Relations (maximum cards)(set of two)
One might think this was an odd topic for a set of maximum cards, but here it is nevertheless: a set of two cards jointly issued by PR China (set MC-123) and Slovakia in October 2019, with two different dates on the respective Chinese and Slovak stamps. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20307931
Price: $6.00
Ancient Thinkers (II) (maximum cards)(set of six)
Our scan shows the cardboard cover and two of the six (otherwise unused) cards in this set MC-124 from China National Philatelic. (The other four cards are in a similar style.) Cards are captioned in Chinese only, and have QR Codes for your further enlightenment. Grades: 1

Code: 20307932
Price: $12.00
140th Anniversary of Large Dragon Stamps (folio) – cover
Issued by China National Philatelic in 2018, this item measures 7″ x 10-1/4″ when folded. It opens to reveal four panels, so it is 28″ long when fully extended. This scan shows you the cover, with the orange sleeve off to the side. Remove the sleeve and open the folio. Each panel contains something different: three FDCs, and one postcard bearing a serial number (see our entry 20307933B). The back of the postcard is blank and the postage on the card is pre-printed. Grade: 1

Code: 20307933A
Price: $34.00
140th Anniversary of Large Dragon Stamps (folio) – postcard
See our entry 20307933A for explanation.

Code: 20307933B
Price: $34.00
7th CISM Military World Games, Wuhan 2019 (Maximum Cards) (set of 4)
These four (unused) cards, issued in October 2019, come in a cardboard cover with holographic sticker. We cannot help but observe that they must have breathed a sigh of relief (so to speak) that the Games ended when they did, despite Covid controversies. Two sets are available. Grade: 1

Code: 20307934
Price: $19.00
The View of God: China
Mailed in 2020 with four different stamps and clear postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307935
Price: $1.00
Speed of China! CRH
CRH in this case means China Railway High-speed, and this 4-1/8″ x 7-1/4″ card is one of theirs. It’s on thick paper stock, and with four different stamps and two clear and full Guangzhou postmarks, it would be an iconic addition to a collection of railroad postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 20307936
Price: $6.00
Dali Lijiang Shangri-La (set)
In Yunnan Province, this is a spectacularly scenic area and we assume all that would be reflected in this set of oversized (4-3/8″ x 8″) cards. We just don’t know how many cards there are, because the set is firmly sealed in Cello-wrap that we don’t want to disturb: the set deserves to remain as a set. Our best guess — no guarantees, sorry — is that there are 20 unused cards. The two photos we do see, on front and back, are wonderful. Grade: 1

Code: 20307937
Price: $35.00
Nagqu (Tibet), A city of festive tents
Yes, that’s the English half of the bilingual caption on this 1992 unused card issued by the PRC with pre-printed postage matching the card’s main picture. Grade: 1

Code: 20307938
Price: $5.00
Wenzhou, school garden
This may be the largest number of different stamps (7) we’ve ever seen on a postcard, and the postmark over just one of them is a brilliant, clear red. You’ll need to know Chinese to make out the caption, but Wenzhou is one of those large Chinese cities you don’t know: a port and industrial city in Zhejiang Province, straddling the Oujiang River, on the East China Sea. Grade: 1

Code: 20307939
Price: $3.00
23rd Olympic Games, Women’s Platform Diving
Maybe lesser-known among Olympics postcards, but a simple example issued by the Chinese Government “In commemoration of gold medals won by China at the 23rd Olympic Games”. Postmarked August 1984, with pre-printed coloured postage. The reverse is blank. Grade: 1

Code: 20307940
Price: $3.00
The World of Meilin: Chinese Zodiac Signs (set of 12)
A famous and accomplished artist, though you may not know the name, Han Meilin ( 韩美林) has a resume far longer than our arms, and has added this unused set of 12 postcards, issued by China Post, to it. We do not know what the cards look like because they are still shrink-wrapped and in their original cardboard cover, which as you see does not give many clues. Grade: 1

Code: 20307941
Price: $14.00

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