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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
Lunar Year of the Tiger 2022 (set of 6)
Issued by China Post, with pre-printed postage and remarkable lottery and QR code attachments … our scan shows the cover and two of the unused cards in this set of six. Hard to believe we’ve already cycled through the Chinese calendar, but so it is! Grade: 1

Code: 20307942
Price: $12.00
Ancient Towns (Maximum Cards) (set of 4)
Issued by China National Philatelic Co., Ltd., in 2022, this is unused set MC(E)-23. The artwork is remarkable, and it’s a desirable set of maximum cards. Grade: 1

Code: 20307943
Price: $16.00
Fight against the Epidemic (set of 32)
These are notable. Very much so. The unused set (with pre-printed postage) came from China Post in 2020, and we’re showing you two cards as well as the front cardboard cover as examples. All 32 cards in the set have the same serial number. This will be an historical reference, however oblique, to Covid for many years. Grade: 1

Code: 20307944
Price: $99.00
Shanghai, The Bund
Not postally used, but with message covering the reverse, and sticker/thumbtack hole, this card is only good as a space filler. It manages, however, to make The Bund look a lot less busy than it actually is. Grade: 5

Code: 20307945T
Price: $0.20
Guilin, Pagoda Hill
Mailed several years ago with two different stamps and partial postmark, the sticker and abrasions make this card a space-filler only. Grade: 5

Code: 20307946T
Price: $0.40
Back Lake in the Summer Palace
Mailed in 1981, with stamp and postmark and a prominent thumbtack hole. Grade: 4

Code: 20307947T
Price: $0.50
The Three Pagodas, Reflected
The Three Pagodas of the Chongsheng Temple are arranged on the corners of an equilateral triangle, near the old town of Dali in Yunnan province, dating from the time of the Kingdoms of Nanzhao and Dali in the 9th and 10th centuries. This card seems to have been mailed in 1988, with two different stamps, postmark, and an honestly inconspicuous thumbtack hole at the top. Grade: 4

Code: 20307948T
Price: $2.00
Xinjiang (set of 30, and seven singles)
Sorry for the unruly scan but it was all we could manage. This entire lot includes one unopened, original wrapped set of what we believe to be 30 cards based on thumbnail shots on the back cover. As well, seven individual cards we believe came from a second, identical set. The only problem with these wonderful pictures is that the cards themselves have no captions in any language. The only identification is on the unopened set’s cardboard cover — in Chinese only. (Google Translate can handle that for you.) Grade for all eight items — the seven singles and one full set: 1.

Code: 20307949
Price: $36.00
Yunnan – Lujiang Dam of Baoshan
Beginning a series of unused individual cards taken from a set, as indicated by their perforated left edges. The set promotes various areas of Yunnan Province, and has Chinese and English captions on both sides of each card, along with two QR codes urging you to look even further. This is an ambitious tourism project! As for this card, it says there’s a dam in the photo. Grade: 1

Code: 20307950
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Yuanmou Soil Forest of Chuxiong
Continuing a series of Yunnan cards as described in our #20307950, this one also captioned “Chuxiong, hometown of Yi, a wonderful place!” Double QR codes to tell you who Yi is, we suppose. Grade: 1

Code: 20307951
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Cangshan Mountains and Erhai Lake of Dali
Continuing a series of Yunnan cards as described in our #20307950, this one also captioned “Romantic Dali, livable place”. Faint praise! Please note: those are not stamps on the card. They are part of the design. Two QR codes to help you. Grade: 1

Code: 20307952
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Seventeen-Arch Bridge of Honghe
Continuing a series of Yunnan cards as described in our #20307950, this one also suggesting “Terraces in Clouds, Dream like Honghe”. Two QR Codes for you. Grade: 1

Code: 20307953
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Kunming Gudian Yihai Wharf
Continuing a series of Yunnan cards as described in our #20307950, this one also captioned “Kunming, City of Flowers, City of Eternal Spring”. Two competing QR codes. Grade: 1

Code: 20307954
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Lugu Lake of Lijiang
From the Yunnan series, this unused card whose feature (the lake) is so distinctive that we will give you a condensed Wikipedia description of it: “Lugu is called the ‘mother lake’ by the Mosuo people. The lake is also well-known in Chinese travel pamphlets as the region of “Amazons,” “The Kingdom of Women” and “Home of the Matriarchal Tribe”, this last name highlighting the dominant role of the Mosuo women in their society. It is also known as “A Quaint Realm of Matriarchy.” The matriarchal and matrilineal society of the Mosuos is also termed the “Women’s World” … and this goes on, but you get the idea. QR Codes are there. Grade: 1

Code: 20307955
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Fugong Stone Moon of Nujiang
An unused card with perforated left edge from the Yunnan set as described earlier. Two QR Codes are available for more information about this striking province. Grade: 1

Code: 20307956
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Pu-er Tea Mountain and Vine Bridge
An unused card with perforated left edge from the Yunnan set as described earlier. Two QR Codes are available and two scenes here, an impressive mountain of tea and the Vine Bridge of Ximeng in Wa Autonomous County. Grade: 1

Code: 20307957
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Xishuangbanna Wanda Theme Park
An unused card with perforated left edge from the Yunnan set as described earlier. Two QR Codes are available and there’s plenty online about this gigantic theme park. Grade: 1

Code: 20307958
Price: $3.00
Yunnan – Fuxian Lake of Yuxi
Fuxian Lake (抚仙湖) stretches through Chengjiang, Jiangchuan and Huaning Counties in Yunnan Province, spanning an area of 212 square kilometers. The lake is ranked third-largest in Yunnan, after Dian and Erhai Lakes. Also the deepest lake in Yunnan, it is 155 meters deep at its greatest depth and also the third-deepest fresh water lake in China, after Tianchi and Kanas Lakes. This unused card with left perforated edge comes from the Yunnan set described earlier, with two QR Codes. Grade: 1

Code: 20307959
Price: $2.00
Yunnan – Water-Splashing Festival of Dai Ethnic Group
Another unused card from the Yunnan series: left perforated edge, but this card only has one QR Code. What look like stamps on the front are not stamps — just part of the design. Grade: 1

Code: 20307960
Price: $3.00
Yunnan – Jingpo and Wa Ethnic Groups
From the Yunnan set with left perforated edges and QR Codes (just one this time), an unused card celebrating two events: Manau Festival of Jingpo Ethnic Group, and the elegantly named “Smear You Black” of Wa Ethnic Group. Wow! Grade: 1

Code: 20307961
Price: $5.00
Yunnan – Kingdom of Animals
The last of our series of Yunnan cards from the set, and they have perforated left edges. This unused example has one QR Code, and those stamp-like photos on the front are not stamps, but part of the design. Grade: 1

Code: 20307962
Price: $2.00

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