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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
Kwangchow (folio)
This is a folio of eight unused cards published in 1975 by the Foreign Languages Press in Peking. As you may know, China was just starting to emerge from isolation and postcards were a novelty. Grade: 2

Code: 20307179
Price: $16.00
Red-crowned crane
Card issued by the China State Postal Bureau, with one pre-printed stamp and one more; two full postmarks. Grade: 2

Code: 20307180
Price: $5.00
Shenzhen, Shangri-La Hotel
Five of these unused 5″ x 7″ postcards are available, from 2010. Grades: 1

Code: 20307181
Price: $2.00
Beijing Airport
Unused card most likely from the early 2000s. Grade: 1

Code: 20307182
Price: $2.00
Beijing, train station
The caption on this unused card, as with others in this series, is only in Chinese. Grade: 1

Code: 20307183
Price: $3.00
Beijing, market complex
On this unused card, the long caption is only in Chinese, but we think it says this is something like a mega-market shopping mall. Feel free to give us correct information! Grade: 1

Code: 20307184
Price: $2.00
Beijing area, forestry development
We’re not sure of this either–should have spent more time learning to read Chinese captions–but we think it is something connected with forestry. Unused. Stain on upper border. Grade: 3

Code: 20307185
Price: $0.50
Beijing, museum
Long Chinese caption, and though we know it’s a museum, we don’t know which one. Unused. Grade: 2

Code: 20307186
Price: $1.00
Beijing, exhibition centre
Long caption in Chinese on this unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20307187
Price: $2.00
Beijing, aerial view of road
Unused card. Can you tell us which road this is? A very long caption, in Chinese only. You might wonder why, since we live in Hong Kong, we can’t figure this out for ourselves. Well, it’s a long story. Grade: 1

Code: 20307189
Price: $2.00
Beijing, expressway interchange
Unused card. If you read Chinese, the caption will tell you all you want to know. Grade: 1

Code: 20307190
Price: $2.00
Beijing, reservoir
Unused card. We think the primary use of this reservoir is for electricity generation, but aren’t 100% certain of that. Grade: 1

Code: 20307191
Price: $1.00
Great Wall (UNESCO World Heritage)
This 4-5/8″ x 6-1/2″ card was mailed in China with stamp and full postmark. There’s a red Par Avion rubber stamp and another similar red postal marking on reverse; and the caption is in Spanish. Go figure. Grade: 1

Code: 20307194
Price: $7.00
Beijing, Dazhaimen Restaurant
From the restaurant, with a perforated tab still attached. The card was mailed in 2010, with a bird stamp and fully legible postmark. The preprinted reverse is bilingual Chinese and English, just somewhat more the former than the latter. Grade: 1

Code: 20307195
Price: $4.00
The Postcard of Old Canton (folio)
Directly from Guangzhou in 2010, this is a shrink-wrapped folio of black-and-white card reproductions. It has never been opened, and we do not know how many cards are in there (probably 10) or what they show. Grades: 1

Code: 20307196
Price: $8.00
Beijing, Peking Palace Museum
Nice, clean card from 2010, with three different stamps, two full postmarks, and bi-lingual Par Avion rubber stamp as well. Grade: 1

Code: 20307197
Price: $4.00

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