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Hong Kong (3D)
The Landsat-7 fusion image was published by Geocarto International Centre, and the 3D effect (ridged plastic) is realistic. You can see two airports in here if you know where to look. Grade: 1

Code: 20308359
Price: $8.00
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence (set)
This set of an unknown number of unused cards (maybe 5, judging by the number of photos in the cover scan) is in its original cellophane wrap, sealed, which we won’t disturb. Grade: 1

Code: 20308360
Price: $14.00
Fireworks above Central Plaza
Not just above Central Plaza (as the caption states) but above the Convention Centre and all of Wanchai. This 5-1/8″ x 7″ card was mailed from Victoria Peak in 2008 and has a special Peak Post Office postmark, along with an embossed jellyfish stamp. Grade: 2

Code: 20308361
Price: $9.00
Kowloon Motor Bus Company – Neoplan (set)
Another set that we don’t want to disturb just to find out how many cards there are–it’s wrapped tightly in cellophane and we estimate about 10 different unused cards but we cannot guarantee the exact number. In any event if you collect postcards of busses, this is right up your alley for sure. Two sets are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308362
Price: $30.00
Kowloon Motor Bus Company – Dennis Jubilant (set)
Yet another set we don’t want to disturb just to find out how many cards there are–it’s wrapped tightly in cellophane and we estimate about 10 different unused cards but we cannot guarantee the exact number. In any event if you collect postcards of busses, this is right up your alley for sure. Two sets are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308363
Price: $30.00
Kowloon Motor Bus Company – Daimler A (set)
Yet another set we don’t want to disturb just to find out how many cards there are–it’s wrapped tightly in cellophane and we estimate about 10 different unused cards but we cannot guarantee the exact number. In any event if you collect postcards of busses, this is right up your alley for sure. Grade: 1

Code: 20308364
Price: $30.00
Hong Kong and Kowloon from the Peak
Somebody started to write on the back of this 5″ x 7″ card and then gave up. The photo dates from roughly 2003. Grade: 4

Code: 20308365
Price: $2.00
Kuan Yin (Guanyin) (not a postcard)
Simplistically called the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy and Compassion, this deity appears in many Asian religions under different names. However because we obtained these items at the Man Mo Taoist temple in Hong Kong, we list them here. First, they are not postcards, but rather 5-1/8″ x 8-1/4″ glossy single-sheet tracts fully preprinted in Chinese on the reverse. If you’d like to read what that says, we can scan that for you. By their nature, they are unused. Four are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308366
Price: $4.00
The North Point Commercial Area
Unused 1980s card. Here’s some trivia we’ll bet you don’t know: the harbour at the spot shown in this photo is about 45′ deep. Grade: 1

Code: 20308368
Price: $4.00
Tsim Sha Tsui, The Harbour City
If there is a photo less representative of urban Hong Kong, we can’t imagine what it is. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308369
Price: $3.00
Kowloon, Whampoa Square
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308370
Price: $4.00
View of North Point
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308371
Price: $4.00
Hong Kong – An International Metropolis
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308372
Price: $4.00
New Town in Shatin
Apart from this, Shatin is also the home of one of the world’s major horse racing tracks. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308373
Price: $5.00
Fairview Park in Yuen Long, N.T.
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308374
Price: $2.00
Repulse Bay
We can assure you that on a hot summer weekend this beach is far from empty, even if the water isn’t quite as clean as it should be. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308375
Price: $3.00
The night view of Victoria Harbour
Unused card from several years ago while IFC2 was still being built and while we still had more of the harbour than we do now. Grade: 1

Code: 20308376
Price: $5.00
The Victoria Harbour
Unused 1980s card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308377
Price: $5.00
The Causeway Bay Praya
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308378
Price: $5.00
Night scene
Photo on this unused card predates construction of IFC2, one of the world’s tallest buildings. But the Bank of China–another in the world’s top 20 right now–is there. Grade: 1

Code: 20308379
Price: $4.00
The Tsim Sha Tsui Eastern District
Many changes before and after the photo on this unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308380
Price: $5.00
The Victoria Harbour and Star Ferry terminal
The Star Ferry terminal in this photo has been replaced and now sticks further out into what’s left of the harbour. And what had been the Ritz-Carlton Hotel–also gone, now relocated as The World’s Highest Hotel, across the harbour in Kowloon. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308381
Price: $5.00
The Chinese Resources Building & Harbour Centre
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308382
Price: $2.00
The Eastern Corridor at night
This is on Hong Kong Island. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308383
Price: $4.00
Facinating (sic) night views of Wanchai & Admiralty
Not only is there a spelling error in the caption, we need to tell you that Admiralty only starts behind the tall, well-lit Bank of China Building; and Wanchai is even further behind that. This photo mostly shows the area near what is now the Macau Ferry terminal. We would never know this if we didn’t live here. Grade: 1

Code: 20308384
Price: $5.00
The Bank of China Tower
Currently one of the world’s 20 tallest buildings. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308385
Price: $4.00
The Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower
All that’s left of what had been the Kowloon-Canton Railway terminus. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308386
Price: $5.00
Hong Kong Exhibition Center and Central Plaza
We keep writing about how so many of the world’s 20 tallest buildings are in Hong Kong. Here’s another one. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308388
Price: $3.00
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Established in 1991, and out there in Sai Kung. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308389
Price: $4.00
The Shatin Race Course
One of two horse racing venues in Hong Kong, where turnover on a race day can exceed US$130 million. Hongkongers take their horse racing very seriously. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308390
Price: $5.00
The Legislative Council Building
Many buildings, actually. Legco has moved out of its building, to be replaced by the Court of Final Appeal. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308391
Price: $4.00
The Statue of the Budha (sic) at Lantau Island
Purported to be the world’s largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha, we have no way to prove otherwise. Just across from the Po Lin Monastery, and a scary cable car ride up from Tung Chung. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308394
Price: $4.00
New Look at the Peak
Actually by now it’s an Old Look at the peak, but what makes this 5-1/2″ x 7″ card special is that it was mailed from Victoria Peak, with stamp and special Peak postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20308395
Price: $8.00
Wanchai, Pacific Coffee and Vine Church
An advertising card, mailed in 2011 with pre-printed postage and apparently due to religious reasons exempted from the “circular mail” opt-out law Hong Kong residents may opt into. This is a somewhat odd pairing of one of Hong Kong’s two largest coffee chains with a church. Grade: 1

Code: 20308396
Price: $4.00
Wing Lee Street, Wai Che Printing Co.
You need to have seen, or know about, the Hong Kong film Echoes of the Rainbow to understand Wing Lee Street fully. It’s a long story, but the film triggered public interest in restoring and renewing “historical” areas of Hong Kong. This card is one of a set of four that is sold by a small shop on that street. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308397
Price: $3.00
Wing Lee Street, printer’s type
You need to have seen, or know about, the Hong Kong film Echoes of the Rainbow to understand Wing Lee Street fully. It’s a long story, but the film triggered public interest in restoring and renewing “historical” areas of Hong Kong. This card is one that was sold by a small shop on that street. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308398
Price: $3.00
Wing Lee Street, printing apparatus
You need to have seen, or know about, the Hong Kong film Echoes of the Rainbow to understand Wing Lee Street fully. It’s a long story, but the film triggered public interest in restoring and renewing “historical” areas of Hong Kong. This card is one of a set of four that is sold by a small shop on that street. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308399
Price: $3.00
Wing Lee Street, printer at work
You need to have seen, or know about, the Hong Kong film Echoes of the Rainbow to understand Wing Lee Street fully. It’s a long story, but the film triggered public interest in restoring and renewing “historical” areas of Hong Kong. This card is one of a set of four that is sold by a small shop on that street. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308400
Price: $3.00
Chek Lap Kok Airport
Three of these unused 5-1/2″ x 7″ cards are available. A “must” for anyone who collects airport postcards. Grades: 1

Code: 20308401
Price: $3.00
International Airport viewed from Ngong Ping 360
It helps to know the context. Ngong Ping 360 is a complex containing a large seated outdoor Buddha, and one way to reach it is by these cable cars that have an annoying habit of stopping mid-ride while they sort out technical problems. But they get a spectacular airport view while they wait. Unused card measures 5-1/8″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 20308402
Price: $3.00

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