Hong Kong SAR of China – Page 6 – Global Postcard Sales

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HK Tramways, Whitty Street Depot
See our description for 203081110. Unused, Grade: 1

Code: 203081114
Price: $6.00
FinDING Principal Treasure Hunt
Although these 5-7/8″ x 7-7/8″ items are not intended to be postcards, they could be used like that, and maybe some people did, since they were issued at the same time as the cards in our series just before this. The idea was that people would wander through Central Market and collect “chops” on the reverse, showing that they saw the intended elements. We have three of these cards. Two are unmarked, and one has one chop from one of those stations. Your choice. By the way, the “DING” is capitalized because Hong Kong people often refer to trams as “Ding Ding” due to the sound they made. Grade: 1

Code: 203081115
Price: $4.00
Hongkong Post, Postal Gallery
Another innocent postcard needing a longer description. Hongkong Post organised a series of tours of its Central Mail Facility in Kowloon Bay. Only 30 people could join each tour, and they did this for a month. At the end of each visit, they gave these postcards to participants. The catch was: it was a different postcard for each week, so if you wanted the other cards for the other weeks, in theory you needed to do the same tour three more times. We chose not to do that, so this card represents Week 2. We have one completely unused, and another with rubber-stamped “chops” on the reverse signifying our obligatory visit to the Postal Gallery. Grades: 1

Code: 203081116
Price: $9.00
Hong Kong Disneyland, Government Picture Card Series No. 76 (set of 8)
The explanation needs to be long, and the set needs to be a bit expensive. In 2024, Hongkong Post issued this set of eight “Postage Prepaid Picture Card Series No. 76”, printed with stamp replicas good for global posting. Our scan shows you how our (unopened) sets look, front and back, with original price on the outer wrap removed so as not to confuse anyone. We have one set with no postmark; one with a Philatelic Bureau postmark; two sets with a mouse ears postmark (in the scan); and one with a more standard GPO postmark. These sets are unopened, so we don’t know precisely what each card shows, but we do assume they will show various characters like variations of what you see here. Make your choice! Really, iconic for Disney card collectors. Each set is Grade: 1.

Code: 203081117
Price: $49.00
Hong Kong Disneyland, World of Frozen, Village
This unused card, and the two others in this series, comes in a cello-wrap sleeve warning of the dangers of suffocation, and also advising that the card’s retail price includes international postage if it is mailed from the Park. We did not see anyone doing that, and it also helps explain why the cards were so expensive at point of sale. Grade: 1

Code: 203081118
Price: $8.00
Hong Kong Disneyland, World of Frozen, Mountain
See our description for 203081118. Unused, Grade: 1

Code: 203081119
Price: $8.00
New Territories, Amah Rock
An amah is a domestic helper. This rock presumably looks like one, carrying a baby. Card was mailed from Malaysia in about 1991, has a Malaysian stamp but little of a postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20308112
Price: $5.00
Hong Kong Disneyland, World of Frozen, Shore and mountain
See our description for 203081118. Unused, Grade: 1

Code: 203081120
Price: $8.00
Happy Days in Hong Kong Disneyland (Postcard and Gift Card Set)
We show both sides of this set, still unopened in its original cellowrap. But we’ve cleared out the original price so as not to frighten or confuse you. The orange tape, black text, and price tag are, of course, on the outer wrap and not on what’s inside. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 203081121
Price: $22.00
Hong Kong Jockey Club – Millennium Celebration
Unused card, 4-7/8″ x 7-1/8″, from 2002, of the event at Happy Valley Racecourse. Grade: 1

Code: 203081122
Price: $4.00
Ka Lee Building fire
A good card of a dismal event. The fire was in 1996; the card was mailed in 1999, using three stamps of which only one was postmarked, and that mark is legible. There’s a blue tri-lingual airmail sticker affixed, and the US Postal Service has, again, graciously imprinted their orange barcode across the front. Grade: 2

Code: 20308113
Price: $13.00
Queer dress of boat women and children
Lux Co. card 75 was mailed in 1985 with stamp, full postmark, and blue airmail sticker attached (Grade: 2, $6). We have another, unused copy with clear signs of aging (Grade: 3, $3).

Code: 20308114
Price: $6.00
1972 landslide
This was close to home, literally. Card was mailed in 1999, with three stamps of which one is bizarre by any standard; two full postmarks and also a blue airmail sticker. Grade: 1

Code: 20308115
Price: $16.00
Tsim Sha Tsui, Avenue of the Stars
Homage to Chinese cinema. Several unused cards are available (Grades: 1, $3) and another mailed in 2010 with five stamps, full postmark, and blue trilingual airmail label affixed (Grade: 2, $6).

Code: 20308116
Price: $3.00
Wanchai, 1983 flood
Front: some postmark smudging, and the US Postal Service orange barcode along the bottom. Reverse: mailed in 1999, three stamps of which one is torn but the odd one is OK; partial postmark; blue airmail sticker obscured by (yet again) US Postal Service sticker and more barcode. For you, this is probably a foreign postcard. For us, it’s home. Grade: 4

Code: 20308117
Price: $7.50
The Botanical Gardens
Unused Raphael Tuck “Vignette Super Glosso” card, unnumbered, and only showing minor album indents on reverse corners. You would notice across many cards the different names used to describe the same place. Grade: 1

Code: 20308119
Price: $19.00
View of Cape Stanley
This unattributed card 219 was made in Japan. What we can tell you is that the same view is unrecognizable today, and a quick trip to Stanley Market will bear that out. Grade: 2

Code: 20308120
Price: $49.00
Year of the Rabbit
Issued by Hongkong Post, this card was mailed in 2011 with five stamps (including one commemorating the Rabbit year) and blue trilingual airmail label affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20308121
Price: $11.00
Reservoir
Unused real photo card, unattributed. The lower left front corner is missing. Grade: 5

Code: 20308122
Price: $11.00
Hongkong by Night
Unused real photo card, definitely by night … there are many more lights these days. Grade: 2

Code: 20308124
Price: $38.00
Chinese Cemetery
Yes, there’s a symbolism to the price. Unused card published by Lau Ping Kee of Hongkong (#18125), with a small stain on the reverse and significant corner indentations from having been in an album for a very long time. Grade: 3

Code: 20308126
Price: $24.44
Flower Street
Something is very, very nice about this unused card. It makes Hong Kong look so peaceful. Sigh! Significantly aged on the reverse, and published by M. Sternberg 3693, it has minor edge abrasions but those of us who live here find it compelling to look at. Grade: 3

Code: 20308127
Price: $112.00
Water Front of H. Kong
Unused, unattributed, and somewhat faded real photo card with very pale white caption on lower front. Not sure of the year, but it has been a long, long time since Hong Kong Island looked like this. Grade: 2

Code: 20308128
Price: $47.00
Night View
This is actually the same photo as card 20308130 but the conditions are greatly different so we list them separately. Unattributed, unused, unspectacular real photo card, overexposed on the right side. But if you’re looking for a genuine old Hong Kong card–and it’s true there were not a lot of lights in those days–here it is. Grade: 3

Code: 20308129
Price: $32.00
Night View
This real photo card was mailed on 30th November 1926 to a Mr. Minagawa in Tokyo. There’s an extensive message (in Japanese) and the fully readable postmark went right through to the front. The 4-cent stamp is there, and in every respect this is a classic old Hong Kong postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 20308130
Price: $78.00
Hongkong University
Not postally used, nonetheless this unattributed card 150 (“Made in Japan”) has a full message on the reverse and was ready to be mailed to Taipeh. You can translate? Great sepia-toned item for specialty collectors of university cards. Grade: 4

Code: 20308131
Price: $39.00
View of harbour
An old Graca & Co. card 18861, mailed to Hong Kong from Japan in 1983, with (therefore) a contemporary stamp and full Kyobashi postmark. The card has significant edge and corner abrasions, but these would disappear with proper framing. By the way … bamboo scaffolding persists to this day. Grade: 4

Code: 20308132
Price: $49.00
Praya East
Looking a lot like today’s Western or Sheung Wan area, this unused card “specially made for: The Graeco Egyptian Tobacco Store, Hongkong” No. 28 (but made in Germany) is still in excellent condition. Grade: 2

Code: 20308133
Price: $65.00
Hong Kong by Night
These real-photo “Hong Kong by Night” cards somehow all look the same, and maybe they were way back when, but this one is definitely brighter than the previous entries. It’s unattributed, unused, and normally aged. Grade: 2

Code: 20308134
Price: $52.00
Hongkong Hotel from Pedder Street
This unused card 311 published by A.H. & Co. has seemingly random colors all over it. Grade: 2

Code: 20308137
Price: $62.00
Island view (Japanese caption)
For many years we’ve held several cards of non-Japanese locales but whose captions (and, usually, messages) are all in Japanese. This is an unused card showing what is now Central and Western Districts. It does have the name “Koto” printed in a tiny diamond on the reverse. There is also a visible but unobtrusive hole punched through the top front, just below the mountaintop line. Grade: 5

Code: 20308139
Price: $16.00
Sedan Chair Rickshaw
Can you imagine that sedan chairs were still running in Hong Kong as late as the 1950s? Of course you can. This card definitely predates the 50s. It’s unused, published by M. Sternberg, and is often seen in various postcard reference books. Grade: 2

Code: 20308143
Price: $95.00
Indian Policemen and Prisoner in Stocks
This too is an iconic Hong Kong postcard, to be found in various reference books. Published by Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, unused, yet aged and a little bit abraded, it is an important part of Hong Kong’s postcard history. Grade: 3

Code: 20308144
Price: $79.00
General view from the harbour
This “General View from the Harbour” puts a lot more emphasis on view than on harbour. It’s an unused card, published by The Hongkong Pictorial Postcard Co., and with three different index numbers: 170310, 57 (on the front), and 635:06. There’s that bamboo scaffolding again. Grade: 2

Code: 20308145
Price: $89.00
Wanchai Harbour
The Wanchai District of Hong Kong changes notably by the week. The original shoreline is now quite far inland. The batwing junks are gone. The postcard lives on. Unused. Grade: 3

Code: 20308148
Price: $99.00
Barracks on The Peak, formerly Austin Hotel
It seems odd that in Hong Kong’s early days there were hotels on the Peak, but now, with many visitors, there are none. If you go to the lookout points these days, it’s hard to imagine where this scene actually was. Unused card, mottling on reverse, published by M. Sternberg. Grade: 3

Code: 20308149
Price: $61.00
New Post Office
The good news about this unused card, published by Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, is that it will appeal to specialty collectors of cards with postal themes. The bad news is that the card is abraded on the front and heavily stained on the reverse. As people say these days, “it is what it is.” Grade: 5

Code: 20308150
Price: $19.00
Looking towards Kowloon
Fading and atmospheric unused real photo card #71 published by Brewer & Co., Hongkong. Apart from aging, the card is in great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20308153
Price: $65.00
West side of a city
Classic antique card. Interesting caption, “WEST SIDE of A CITY. HongKong.” All those tiny dots in the harbour look to be sampans. The card is unused and unattributed, and the usual post card printing on the reverse is upside down. Grade: 2

Code: 20308154
Price: $59.00
Queens and Princess Buildings
Unnumbered, unused Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store card, normally aged on the front and a bit stained on the back. The land is still there. The buildings aren’t. This is Hong Kong. Grade: 3

Code: 20308156
Price: $64.00

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