Hong Kong SAR of China – Page 14 – Global Postcard Sales

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Multiple views
Mailed from San Francisco (not Hong Kong!) in 1988 with three US stamps, postmark, and an abrasion in the address area that does not really affect any printing. Grade: 4

Code: 20308481
Price: $3.00
Hong Kong Delicacies (3D) (set)
Long explanation follows for these amazing cards. Each set has four 4-1/4″ x 7-3/8″ cards, lenticular printing (3D) on heavy, heavy stock. Each of the four cards has a food or drink typical of Hong Kong, and each card has a pre-printed stamp corresponding to the picture–like a Maximum Card, but not quite the same. Hong Kong Post defines these as “Postage Prepaid Picture Card Series No. 48,” with the pre-printed stamp valid for airmail to anywhere.

We have 11 of these sets in total. All are in their original cellophane wrap. Five sets have no postmark. Two sets have the special “Hong Kong GPO” postmark. Two sets have a special “Philatelic Bureau” postmark. The other two sets have a special “Hong Kong Delicacies” postmark. Those without postmarks are US$22 per set. Those with postmarks are US$26 per set (first day of issue). Feel free to ask for more details, though we’re not sure what else we can say. All are Grade: 1.

Code: 20308482
Price: $22.00
Library of Chinese University
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308483
Price: $2.00
Tai Po Hui, Railway Museum
Unused card. They make this look so rural! Grade: 1

Code: 20308484
Price: $2.00
Hong Kong Park, Museum of Tea Wear (sic)
Unused card. This museum is located in one of Hong Kong’s oldest western (“Greek Revival style”) buildings. Grade: 1

Code: 20308485
Price: $2.00
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308486
Price: $2.00
Happy Valley, Club House of Royal H.K. Jockey Club
Between this and the other track in Shatin, betting turnover in Hong Kong exceeds that of the entire USA. Big Business. Unused Card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308487
Price: $3.00
Punters throng to the race tracks at Happy Valley
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308488
Price: $3.00
Kowloon Tong, City University of Hong Kong
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308489
Price: $2.00
Sai Kung, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308490
Price: $2.00
Main Building of University of Hong Kong
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308491
Price: $2.00
The Hong Kong Peak Tram
We have a similar card with the same photo, listed earlier, but this card is larger (5″ x 6-7/8″). It was written and stamped for mailing, but never sent. Grade: 4

Code: 20308493
Price: $2.00
Central & north Wanchai
This card measures 5″ x 6-7/8″ and is unused. It is also one of very few postcards for sale in Hong Kong where we can see the building we live in. Grade: 1

Code: 20308494
Price: $3.00
The Chinese Lunar New Year dragon dance
Unused card measuring 5″ x 6-7/8″. Grade: 1

Code: 20308495
Price: $3.00
Central and north Wanchai at night – laser show
We have listed another card with the same photo, but this one is larger (5″ x 6-7/8″). Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308497
Price: $3.00
The Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre at night
We have listed another card with the same photo, but this one is larger (5″ x 6-7/8″). The card also shows much of Admiralty District, and, since this photo was taken, most of this part of the harbour has been filled in and reclaimed. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308498
Price: $3.00
The Panorama of Hong Kong & Kowloon at night
Unused 5″ x 6-7/8″ card. Several in this series confusingly have the same captions, but this one has index number 203. Grade: 1

Code: 20308499
Price: $3.00
The Panorama of Hong Kong & Kowloon at night
Unused 5″ x 6-7/8″ card. Several in this series confusingly have the same captions, but this one has index number 236. Grade: 1

Code: 20308500
Price: $3.00
The Grand View of Hong Kong Harbour
Something fishy about the photo on this unused 5″ x 6-7/8″ card, but we will just focus on the red-sailed batwing junk (we hardly see these any more) and the two Star Ferry vessels (also an endangered species in their present format). Grade: 1

Code: 20308501
Price: $3.00
The Peak Tower
Unused 5″ x 6-7/8″ card. This building has been replaced and the scene as you see it here is largely gone. Grade: 1

Code: 20308502
Price: $3.00
City Focus, Volume 2 (set)
See also entry 20308046, this is Volume 2, still wrapped in tattering plastic. There are 28 postcards in this unused set, and based on the scenes on this front cover, they are going to be of Hong Kong urban views between the 1970s and the 1990s. Nice little historical artifact to put away for awhile. Grade: 1

Code: 20308503
Price: $22.00
Causeway Bay, Aerial view of Cross Harbour Tunnel entrance
Unused card. There are three tunnels now, but not so much harbour left to cross. Grade: 1

Code: 20308506
Price: $4.00
Aberdeen, Ocean Park
Unused card of one of Hong Kong’s two great amusement parks. Grade: 1

Code: 20308507
Price: $4.00
Panorama of the Victoria Harbour
Oh for the days when it was clear enough to see this view. Two cards are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $2) and the other was mailed from Victoria Peak in 2012 with stamp and special Peak postmark, and blue trilingual airmail sticker (Grade: 2, $4).

Code: 20308508
Price: $2.00
The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre at night
The header is what the caption says, but actually the card shows nearly all of Admiralty and Wanchai as well. Two are available: one, unused (Grade: 1, $2) and one other, mailed in 2012 with five stamps (four different), two postmarks, and blue trilingual airmail sticker (Grade: 1, $6).

Code: 20308509
Price: $6.00
Tai O Culture Workshop (set of 6)
This set was hard to get. Basically you needed to go to Tai O to find these, and Tai O is a famous but hard-to-reach village at Hong Kong’s extreme southwestern end, on Lantau Island. Quoting the paper sleeve enclosing these six B&W unused cards, “Tai O Culture Workshop published a set of postcards in commemoration of this unique fishing village in a wish to share the unusual beauty with others.” The photos are from the 1960s, the cards are newer. Grade: 1

Code: 20308510
Price: $16.00
Tai O Fishing Village Postcard (set)
A much more elaborate unused set than the previous listing, with eight 5″ x 6-7/8″ colour cards wrapped by another 5″ x 13-3/8″ folded postcard (when opened), altogether enclosed by a full-colour cardboard photo sleeve as you see in the scan. Whereas 20308510 showed Tai O life in the 1960s, this set is contemporary, published by the H.K.Y.W.C.A. Tai O Community Work Office. Exceptional. Grade: 1

Code: 20308511
Price: $29.00
Wong Tai Sin Temple, Reunification
Unused “Celebration Reuniformation of China Postcard 1997” showing (but not hearing) beating that bell 108 times. Grade: 1

Code: 20308512
Price: $3.00
Lantau people celebrate reunification
Another from the “Celebration Reuniformation Of China Postcard 1997” series, unused. The people are very happy to become part of China again. Grade: 1

Code: 20308513
Price: $3.00
Causeway Bay, Lee Gardens Hotel
We remember this! It, like the clear blue sky, is long gone. The unused card looks like it dates from about the early 1970s and is clean but heavily aged. Grade: 3

Code: 20308514
Price: $7.00
Grand Hotel, Grand Viking Restaurant
Mailed in 1973 with stamp and postmarks from sending (Kowloon) and receiving offices. Blue trilingual airmail label affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 20308515
Price: $5.00
Kowloon, Sheraton-Hong Kong Hotel
By Hong Kong standards, this hotel is a real survivor, and still very popular. Unused 1970s-era card, aging noticeably. Grade: 3

Code: 20308516
Price: $5.00
Diaoyu Islands (set of 4)
The scan shows two of the four cards in each set, printed in 2012 and issued by the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands. The other two cards show persons with flags landing on the islands, and a horizon view of one island. For a number of reasons, and we hope you can guess why, we suggest you do your own research into the background of this sensitive issue. Grade: 1

Code: 20308517
Price: $16.00
Hong Kong Busses (set)
A set of ten unused cards showing ten different Kowloon Motor Bus vehicles over the years, including but not limited to: MCW Metrobus 11M, Volvo Wright B9TL, Neoman A34, Daimler E, and Mercedes Benz 0305. If you’ve been noticing our different sets, this one is not the same as #20308362 or 20308363. Grade: 1

Code: 20308518
Price: $30.00
Our Hot Dog’s Postcard (set)
This set of 12 unused cards is distinctive and nicely done. It has nothing to do with hot dogs. It’s a set of 12 cards of old Hong Kong busses in a variety of settings: urban, rural, on the road, being inspected, etc. Captions are all in Chinese. The set is wrapped in heavy cardboard, and our scan shows the cover (which closes using a string tie similar to a mailing envelope) and one of the 12 cards. Postage according to our normal rate schedule. Grade: 1

Code: 20308519
Price: $36.00
Celebration Reuniformation of China Postcard – dancers
For the next several cards, we have a series issued to commemorate the handover of Hong Kong from Great Britain to China in 1997. Understandably there were many festivities and activities connected with this event, and some were captured on postcards as you see here. The captions are always in Chinese only, but we will try to give you a sense of what’s going on. All of these cards are unused. This particular card shows, at the top, the artistic team of gongs and drums from Shangxi province; and a Bell Show from Hubei Province at the bottom. Grade: 1

Code: 20308520
Price: $4.00
Celebration Reuniformation of China Postcard – foreigners and tourism
See also 20308520. Split-view card with foreigners joining and performing at a parade, and a meal for VIPs hosted by the tourism office. Grade: 1

Code: 20308521
Price: $4.00
Celebration Reuniformation of China Postcard – parade floats
See also 20308520. Grade: 1

Code: 20308522
Price: $4.00
Celebration Reuniformation of China Postcard – two views
See also 20308520. On the top of this card, three of 40 chubby kids rehearsing their roles to become pandas in the programme for singer Hsu Xiao-fong; on the bottom, activities prepared by teams from Hong Kong’s Central and Western Districts. Grade: 1

Code: 20308523
Price: $4.00
Celebration Reuniformation of China Postcard – dragons
See also 20308520. On top, a gigantic 3.5 KM lantern dragon to go along Nathan Road; at the bottom, during a fireworks show on 1st July, “970,000 KM Splendid Nuance Lights” over Victoria Harbour. (Forgive us if we missed the translation a little.) Grade: 1

Code: 20308524
Price: $5.00

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