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Shoreline
No western caption on this unmailed card, but plenty of printed and added writing front and back. It meant something to someone. Grade: 3

Code: 20307129
Price: $4.00
Nanking
This old unused card from Yamadashi Kaigakenkyukai is probably Nanking–we just need to get the captions translated. Grade: 3

Code: 20307130
Price: $7.00
Shanghai, Japanese military, Sikh guard, more …
A whole lot of symbolism in this unused Matsumura postcard from Kanda, Tokyo. Surprisingly few cards from this company turn up on Google. Grade: 2

Code: 20307131
Price: $12.00
Market
It’s a wonderful unused vintage China postcard but it’s also another one that we’re not quite sure what city it is. Grade: 2

Code: 20307132
Price: $8.00
Peking, Corner of Peihai Park
Unused Peking Publishing House card from the 1970s. Grade: 1

Code: 20307133
Price: $2.00
Beijing, Square of the Supreme Harmony Gate
This card was mailed from Beijing in 1994, with two stamps and full postmark, and a little bit of postal crinkling around the edges. Grade: 2

Code: 20307134
Price: $3.00
Harbin, Zhong Yang Street centenary (folio)
This is a folio of eight unused cards of Harbin’s main street. The cardboard wrap has a wonderful little poem in English and Chinese, commemorating the folio itself. The folio (and therefore the cards) was new in the 1990s but the photos are old pictures as main street used to be–not all of it 100 years ago. Plus, each card has 40 fen postage pre-printed on it. So now we tell you the cards were issued by the Ministry of Information. Grade: 1

Code: 20307135
Price: $19.00
Kweilin, scenery
Card was printed in Hong Kong of this famous Chinese scenic location, and mailed in Malaysia in 1991. The Malaysian stamp is there, and the card is aging significantly on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20307136
Price: $3.00
Peking, Imperial Palace, Hall of Supreme Harmony
Fading card, printed in Hong Kong but mailed in Malaysia in 1991. It has a Malaysian stamp, and the card has aged significantly on both sides. Grade: 3

Code: 20307137
Price: $3.00
Yangshuo, scenery
Mailed in Hong Kong in 1984, this card has two Hong Kong stamps (one is a little abraded) and a full postmark. There is a blue tri-lingual airmail sticker affixed, and also some postmark smudging on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 20307138
Price: $2.00
Wudalianchi Volcanic Park (folio)
In Heilongjiang, this park has five connected lakes. The folio of nine cards, published by the Posts and Telecommunications Administration of Wudalianchi and which explains everything in Chinese and English, is as-new. Grade: 1

Code: 20307139
Price: $17.00
Harbin, ice festival, temples
One of four unused cards from the 1990s, showing a spectacular annual winter event that tests your ability to be cold. (If all four cards are still available, have the lot for $8.) Grade: 1

Code: 20307140
Price: $3.00
Harbin, ice festival, large temple
One of four unused cards from the 1990s, showing a spectacular annual winter event that tests your ability to be cold. (If all four cards are still available, have the lot for $8.) Grade: 1

Code: 20307141
Price: $3.00
Harbin, ice festival, candles
One of four unused cards from the 1990s, showing a spectacular annual winter event that tests your ability to be cold. (If all four cards are still available, have the lot for $8.) Grade: 1

Code: 20307143
Price: $3.00
Guangzhou, skyline
Even in the years since this card was mailed (1996), Guangzhou has changed so much–all for the better, we should add–so this is a great contemporary yet historical artifact. Card has three different stamps, two full postmarks, and a Postal Service bar code on bottom reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20307146
Price: $6.00
Scenery of China (folio)
There are ten unused cards and a cardboard wrapper (pictured) to this folio, undated but probably from 1990s. The folio includes several other cards we have listed separately, including the masterpiece from Suzhou that we once used as the graphic on our home page. Grade: 1

Code: 20307147
Price: $39.00
Beijing, Tian Tan (Temple of Heaven) (folio)
Wrapped folio of ten unused cards from 1997 (cover is pictured) of this iconic Chinese landmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307148
Price: $21.00
Beijing, White Dagoba
The Beihai Park (Chinese: åŒ—æµ·å…¬å›; Pinyin: BÄ›ihÇŽi GÅngyuán) is an imperial garden northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing. We thank Wikipedia for this. And the White Dagoba is there. Card was mailed in 1988 with two stamps and most of a postmark and a tale of tourism gone wrong. Grade: 2

Code: 20307149
Price: $4.00
Fushun, Third Power House
We like to call these “specialty cards” because unless you specialise in power facilities or utilities–and we know lots of you out there do just that–the antique Chinese postcard itself won’t be winning any beauty contests. The artists did a nice trick with fog, though. Unused card with some album indents on the corners. Grade: 2

Code: 20307153
Price: $6.00
Hongkew, Recreation Ground
Unused card and because it’s mostly white, you can see faint album indent marks on the corners. You might also want a good sense of history to know that this was where “the late General Baron Yoshinori Shirakawa was fatally bombed in 1932.” Grade: 2

Code: 20307154
Price: $8.00
Beijing, Rostrum of Tienanmen
This card was mailed from Beijing in 1991. It has a stamp, a fully readable postmark, a large red bi-lingual Par Avion chop, and some kind of abrasion on right reverse. Card was published by Hai Feng Publishing House in Hong Kong. Grade: 3

Code: 20307156
Price: $5.50
Great Wall
There are many ways to look at the Great Wall of China. Postcards show them all. One story has it that the Wall was built to stop the advance of horses. Card mailed in 1980, with one stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307157
Price: $5.00
Yearning Resort
When you visit this sprawling resort in southern China, you get a large ticket whose perforated portions are collected the further in you go, leaving you with pre-stamped postcards with maps filling the message space, but room for address. It sounds more complicated than it is. Two of these are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20307159
Price: $6.00
Classic Chinese film posters (set)
We’re not certain how many cards are in this (unused) set because the original plastic wrapping, while a bit beaten up on the outside, has not been opened. So the cards should be in as-new condition. Printed in Hong Kong, we think there must be some cinematic treasures inside. Grade: 1

Code: 20307160
Price: $12.00
Fujian, Tou Lou (set of 20)
At less than $1 per card, these are tremendous values. The set, called “Fujian Classic Earth Buildings”, is unused and in the original plastic shrink wrap. The cards depict the extraordinary round communal dwelling units (Tou Lou) of Fujian Province. Grade: 1

Code: 20307161
Price: $18.00
Chengdu, Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza
Two unused cards are available, from the 1990s. At the time, it seemed quite luxurious to have a Holiday Inn in Chengdu. Probably still does. Grades: 1

Code: 20307162
Price: $4.00
Dalian, Furama Hotel
Five cards are available, apparently issued or at least sanctioned by the Shanghai Posts and Telecommunications Administration–not sure why, as Dalian is quite far from Shanghai. Four are unused, and these show a misprint near the stamp area: “the Pelple’s Republic of China” (Grades: 1, $4). The fifth was mailed in 1997 with three stamps and two complete postmarks, but those stamps cover the misprint (Grade: 1, $6).

Code: 20307163
Price: $4.00
Beijing, Jianguo Hotel
Two cards are available, commemorating the hotel’s 15th anniversary in 1997. One is unused (Grade: 1, $4). The other was mailed from Malaysia (NOT China!) in 1998, with two Malaysian stamps but only partly readable postmark (Grade: 3, $5).

Code: 20307164
Price: $5.00
Shanghai, Jianguo Hotel
Nice unused card that makes this hotel look quite formidable. Grade: 1

Code: 20307165
Price: $4.00
Guangzhou, Gitic Riverside Hotel
Unused card, beginning to age a little bit. Grade: 2

Code: 20307166
Price: $3.50
Guangzhou, Gitic Riverside Hotel room
Unused card, beginning to age a little bit but still excellent. Grade: 1

Code: 20307167
Price: $3.00
Beijing, Holiday Inn Downtown Beijing
Two unused cards are available. As-new. Grades: 1

Code: 20307168
Price: $4.00
Hangchow, West Lake, Taukwong Temple
We are guessing the writer of this card, mailed in the USA in 1925 with a one-cent stamp and full Pennsylvania postmark, was a Catholic nun who was either in transit or who got the card out of the country somehow for mailing. Grade: 3

Code: 20307169
Price: $7.00
Wuhan University
A card mailed in 2009 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20307171
Price: $5.00
The West Lake
The writer took care to load up the reverse with four different, large, and colourful commemorative stamps plus a blue bilingual airmail sticker. There are three postmarks, the card is in good condition, and it’s worth the cost. Grade: 1

Code: 20307172
Price: $9.00
Train
When we get around to it, we’ll check the Chinese caption on the reverse to see where this actually is in China, but for now we just focus on the railroad. Card was mailed from Hong Kong (not yet China) in 1979, with stamp and its colourful margin strip, and completely full Hong Kong postmark, as well as blue tri-lingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 20307174
Price: $3.00
Shanghai, The Bund
One of the most famous riverfronts in the world, on a card from the late 1970s mailed with four brilliant different stamps and two full postmarks. Rapidly becoming a vintage Chinese postcard! Grade: 1

Code: 20307175
Price: $18.00
Kwangchow, Bird’s-eye view
In the 1970s, when China was opening up, Canton was becoming Kwangchow, on its way to becoming Guangzhou now. You may know–and if you don’t, just trust us–that the city doesn’t look at all like this now. Of course, neither does any other city in China. Two of these cards are available, each with a stamp and different postmark. Grades: 1

Code: 20307176
Price: $11.00
Kweilin, Green pinnacles by the river
Kweilin has developed as a tourist area but this card predates all the glitz and kitsch. Mailed in 1978, the card is captioned in three languages, of which one is English and two are Arabic script. The stamp is there, and full postmark. Postal marking on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 20307177
Price: $9.50
Nanning, China International Travel Service
Mailed in 1978, with stamp, full postmark, and some postal imprints on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 20307178
Price: $8.00

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