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  • 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

    Looking towards Kowloon
  • 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

    West side of a city
  • 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

    Queens and Princess Buildings
  • N.S. Rosario and typhoon

    A good search engine will give you more of the story, but the caption on this unused M. Sternberg card tells you most of what you need to know. Significant album indents on the corners, and someone has made an inked notation on the reverse of the type of vessel the Rosario was.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20308157

    Price: $54.00

    N.S. Rosario and typhoon
  • Central Market

    This is an unused and unnumbered Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store postcard, with the pencilled notation “c.1920” on reverse. Card is notably aged but the photo is clear and intact, and is an iconic scene of Hong Kong in that era.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20308162

    Price: $59.00

    Central Market
  • View of Queen’s Gardens

    Two of these unused cards from Hongkong Pictorial Postcard Co. are available, and they are identical in every way but one: though they each have some master index number 616:06, one also has #170318 but the other has #102049. Each of these cards has some album indents on the corners but apart from aging, they’re undamaged. Grades: 2

    Code: 20308164

    Price: $29.00

    View of Queen’s Gardens
  • Greetings from Hongkong Chinese Fortune Teller

    This is another card sometimes seen in reference books. It’s published by M. Sternberg #2418, unused but heavily handled, and has a pencilled notation “c.1900” and other index numbers on the reverse. Grade: 4

    Code: 20308165

    Price: $59.00

    Greetings from Hongkong Chinese Fortune Teller
  • Signalstation on the Peak

    Somewhat unremarkable M. Sternberg card 2395, unused but heavily handled and with pencilled notations on reverse including the possible date of 1910. Rounded edges, aged, old.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20308166

    Price: $29.00

    Signalstation on the Peak
  • The Fountain at the Botanical Garden

    Your chance to get this unused O.F. Ribeiro card 34674 at a value price. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just not too exciting. Grade: 2

    Code: 20308170

    Price: $8.50

    The Fountain at the Botanical Garden
  • Botanic Garden

    Really nice, unused and unattributed real photo specimen showing the early Botanic Garden with great clarity. Compare this one with the more professional but far more boring card on the list just before. The reverse is printed upside down. Grade: 1

    Code: 20308171

    Price: $22.50

    Botanic Garden
  • View of Fountain in Botanical Gardens

    Unused Hongkong Pictorial Postcard 674:06 (#170328) with corner album indents. Grade: 3

    Code: 20308173

    Price: $14.50

    View of Fountain in Botanical Gardens
  • Chinese Procession in Hongkong

    This is a magnificent, unused card. It looks just like Central District at lunch hour! (Just kidding.) (Not really.) From Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, the front caption (“Note the long Dragon”) seems like overkill.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20308174

    Price: $89.00

    Chinese Procession in Hongkong
  • Hongkong Habour (sic)

    Unused A.H. & Co. card 352 with the panoramic view and the misspelling of “Harbour” on the front caption. Grade: 2

    Code: 20308175

    Price: $59.00

    Hongkong Habour (sic)
  • Lugard Road The Peak H. Kong

    Lugard Road still exists as a popular way to walk around Victoria Peak, but it looks a lot less formidable now than it did when this real photo card was produced. Unused and unattributed card.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20308176

    Price: $38.00

    Lugard Road The Peak H. Kong
  • Peak Distric (sic)

    Misprint notwithstanding, technically this is the view of Central District and Kowloon from the Peak. The real photo card is unused and unattributed, with album fading on the four corners. The undamaged card is aging, not too gracefully.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20308177

    Price: $49.00

    Peak Distric (sic)
  • Peak Hotel

    Search engines tell us this hotel burned down in 1938. There’s certainly no trace of it now. The real photo card, unused and unattributed, has album indents on the corners, and the lower left corner is significantly creased. We very much wish we could have seen this hotel while it was still standing. Grade: 4

    Code: 20308178

    Price: $129.00

    Peak Hotel
  • Flower Street

    If you’ve a good eye, you’ll think this is the same as card #20308127, and you would be right except for two things: the caption is written differently, and it has a different publisher. The other one is from M. Sternberg, and this one is from Turco-Egyptian Tobacco, the two companies that had a near-monopoly on Hong Kong’s postcards of the day. This card has an abrasion on the front, and is somewhat stained, but the picture is intact–and beautiful.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20308179

    Price: $82.00

    Flower Street
  • Central Harbour and View of Hongkong

    Authentic old unused M. Sternberg card 7745. Mottling a bit on front and reverse, and frankly it’s just a little bleak. But it is the original view, and authentic historical relic.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20308181

    Price: $55.00

    Central Harbour and View of Hongkong
  • Clock Tower from Blake Pier

    Hongkong Pictorial Postcard Co. card 632:06 and 174279, unused and in absolutely terrific condition.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20308182

    Price: $89.00

    Clock Tower from Blake Pier
  • City of Victoria

    Unused O.F. Ribeiro card 5995, aging, but looking exactly like a very old postcard should look. That hill is still there. Nothing else is.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20308184

    Price: $55.00

    City of Victoria
  • The Peak of Hongkong

    This is an unused and unnumbered Turco-Egyptian card, again showing how the Peak area used to be a fair bit more populated down the slopes than it is now. The card shows abrasions around the edge, is heavily aged, and has a vertical crease down the middle. Grade: 4

    Code: 20308185

    Price: $29.00

    The Peak of Hongkong
  • Happy Valley

    Unattributed card No. 22, made in Germany, unused, very minor corner abrasion.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20308187

    Price: $39.00

    Happy Valley
  • Mecca of tourists (Japan Air Lines)

    Post-WWII card sub-captioned “Wings of the New Japan,” issued by Japan Air Lines and showing a tranquil view of a quiet harbour. Mottling on the reverse, with minor edge abrasions. Grade: 3

    Code: 20308189

    Price: $29.00

    Mecca of tourists (Japan Air Lines)
  • Junk in Hongkong-Harbour

    Card 17 printed in Germany, and Specially Made for The Graeco Egyptian Tobacco Store. Unused.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20308192

    Price: $26.00

    Junk in Hongkong-Harbour
  • Repulse Bay

    Multi-coloured, heavily aged postcard printed in Japan. We can’t imagine the original colour looked like this. Grade: 4

    Code: 20308195

    Price: $12.50

    Repulse Bay
  • Repulse Bay Hotel (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. But the fronts are all very good. And very clear, as well. Grade: 2

    Code: 20308201

    Price: $29.00

    Repulse Bay Hotel (photograph)
  • HSBC and Statue Square (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. But the fronts are all very good. And very clear, as well. Grade: 2

    Code: 20308202

    Price: $29.00

    HSBC and Statue Square (photograph)
  • Haw Par Mansion (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. But the fronts are all very good. And very clear, as well. Grade: 2

    Code: 20308203

    Price: $29.00

    Haw Par Mansion (photograph)
  • Kowloon Star Ferry and railroad terminus (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. But the fronts are all very good. And very clear, as well. Grade: 3

    Code: 20308206

    Price: $29.00

    Kowloon Star Ferry and railroad terminus (photograph)
  • Street (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. But the fronts are all very good. And very clear, as well, though this one is a bit dark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20308207

    Price: $34.00

    Street (photograph)
  • Peak from Central (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. But the fronts are all very good. And very clear, as well. Grade: 2

    Code: 20308209

    Price: $34.00

    Peak from Central (photograph)
  • Garden (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. But the fronts are all very good. And very clear, as well. Grade: 2

    Code: 20308210

    Price: $21.00

    Garden (photograph)
  • Main street and rickshaws (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. This one however has been folded in half vertically. The picture is rich in detail, though.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20308212

    Price: $27.00

    Main street and rickshaws (photograph)
  • Peak Tram (photograph)

    This series of 2.5″ x 3.5″ B&W glossy photos appear to have been used as templates for real-photo postcards. We can’t be certain of that, but the presence of captions on some of these photos suggests so. The photos had been attached to albums, so the reverses have some paper adhesions. But the fronts are all very good. And very clear, as well. Grade: 2

    Code: 20308217

    Price: $34.00

    Peak Tram (photograph)
  • Rugby, Hong Kong Football Club (2008)

    Two of these unused advertising cards from 2008 are available. Grades: 1

    Code: 20308218

    Price: $3.00

    Rugby, Hong Kong Football Club (2008)
  • Hong Kong Art School graduation exhibition

    The reverse is mostly taken up by details of the exhibition, but if one was determined to send this as a postcard, it could be done. Don’t think it was meant to be one, though. Grade: 1

    Code: 20308219

    Price: $1.00

    Hong Kong Art School graduation exhibition
  • Operation Santa Claus

    This is an exceptionally worthy Hong Kong charity. Global Postcard Sales is not out to make a profit on any legitimate cause, so the entire proceeds from any sale of the five available cards will go directly to Operation Santa Claus and we will show you that we did so. Unused advertising cards. Grades: 1

    Code: 20308220

    Price: $10.00

    Operation Santa Claus
  • Kwong Sang Hong 1928 new year poster (repro)

    This restorative tonic was a big thing back then. While the poster was from 1928 (and not to be confused with the similar 1927 poster we also have), the five unused cards we have are 50 or 60 years newer. Grades: 1

    Code: 20308221

    Price: $2.00

    Kwong Sang Hong 1928 new year poster (repro)
  • Kwong Sang Hong 1927 new year poster (repro)

    This restorative tonic was a big thing back then. While the poster was from 1927 (and not to be confused with the similar 1928 poster we also have), the unused card we have is 50 or 60 years newer. Grade: 1

    Code: 20308222

    Price: $2.00

    Kwong Sang Hong 1927 new year poster (repro)
  • Victoria Peak, Bubba Gump Restaurant

    This one needs explanation. The whole item is 3-1/2″ x 7-1/2″. It’s a postcard on the left with perforated coupons on the right, for special offers. Issued in 2008, the card was given to customers of this restaurant on Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak. Sorry, the coupons have expired!  But as of this writing, the restaurant is, somehow, still there.  Unused. Grade: 1

    Code: 20308223

    Price: $4.00

    Victoria Peak, Bubba Gump Restaurant