The English part of the bilingual caption reads “A desolate place” within the Lantau South Country Park, but it’s not so desolate that there aren’t buildings.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

Although this is postcard-sized, it’s actually a comments card meant to be completed and dropped into a box at any of the LCSD venues.  Unused.  Grade: 1

Unused card on an extraordinarily clear day.  Trust us on that one.  Grade: 1

Two cards are available.  One is unused (Grade: 1, $2) and the other was mailed in 2015 with three different stamps and special philatelic postmark (Grade: 1, $4).

This building reinvents itself from time to time, and one thing we have always appreciated is that the prices of most things are not all that much higher than they are down at ground level.  But don’t go expecting a great view.  Sigh.  Several unused cards are available (Grades: 1, $2).  Also one mailed from Victoria Peak in 2011 with five stamps and two special Peak postmarks (Grade: 1, $6) and another of similar description but mailed in 2012 with three stamps (Grade: 1, $5), and one more mailed in 2012 with the special postmark and one “lighthouse” stamp (Grade: 2, $5).

These are special.  The set of four different unused cards (we only show one here, through the plastic wrap they are provided in) comes directly from the counter in this, Hong Kong Island’s oldest Taoist temple, dating from 1847.   If you buy these, you are contributing to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals that administers the temple.  And if you come to Hong Kong, this temple is a must-see.  Grades: 1

Two of these unused sets are available, from 2010, each set wrapped in the original pre-printed cellophane as officially issued by Hong Kong Post.  Each card has the stamp (with corresponding animal) pre-printed, good for mailing anywhere in the world–if you’re in Hong Kong, that is.  Ocean Park is one of Hong Kong’s two iconic amusement parks.  Grades: 1

An unused set of ten different 4-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ cards, in a photographic wrap and then all inside a sealed plastic wrap.  See item 20308330 for a brief description of the festival, but this photo gives you the idea.  Grade: 1

Unused, contemporary 5″ x 7″ card.  Grade: 1

Two of these unused cards are available, printed on extremely heavy stock and “celebrating 20 years of authentic hospitality.”  Grades: 1

Unused card from (likely) the mid-to-late 1990s, judging from the Salem sign in back and the absence of one very tall building (IFC2) that was just being built.  Alas, this type of scene is more or less gone from Hong Kong now.  It used to be possible to sit in a sampan and other boats would glide alongside and cook a meal for you.  What with pollution and all, that might not be so much fun now anyway.  Grade: 1

Unused card from early 2000s, showing the nightly laser show emanating from the taller buildings of Hong Kong Island.  The one in the middle with all those beams is the newer Bank of China Building.  Grade: 1

Unused card.  Tourists love this place.  Locals don’t, so much.  Grade: 1

Unused and unattributed card from the early 20th century, it’s interesting to read the caption on the reverse–which was directed toward American consumers, we think.  Heavily aged.  Grade: 3

We have eight mint sets of these 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ cards (four different cards per set), issued by Hongkong Post and still in their original cellophane wrapping.  Unlike the earlier set, these are “Postage Prepaid” (airmail postage printed on the card) as “Postage Prepaid Picture Card Series No. 44.”  Grades: 1

We have two mint sets of these 4″ x 6″ maximum cards (four different cards per set), issued by Hongkong Post and still in their original cellophane wrapping.  Unlike other sets, these are first-day-of-issue stamped and specially postmarked on the front of each card.  Grades: 1