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Chinese junk
The photo on this unused card dates from the late 1970s or so. The only sails like this now visible in Hong Kong Harbour are on tourist vessels, and almost none of those. You know how else we know it’s an old picture? The crystal-clear sky. Mailed in 2011 with five stamps, two full postmarks, and blue trilingual airmail sticker. Grade: 2

Code: 20308337
Price: $8.00
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
Two of these unused cards are available, printed on extremely heavy stock and “celebrating 20 years of authentic hospitality.” Grades: 1

Code: 20308338
Price: $3.00
New Look at The Peak
Unused 5.25″ x 7″ card, and despite the caption of “New Look at The Peak,” there is actually a much newer look now. Grade: 2

Code: 20308339
Price: $3.00
Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel
Eight of these contemporary, unused 4″ x 7.88″ cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308340
Price: $1.00
Boat People in Causeway Bay
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

Code: 20308341
Price: $4.00
Hong Kong Island at night
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

Code: 20308342
Price: $2.00
Hongkong Post Greetings
Looks like an envelope, but of course not–it’s a 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card mailed by Hongkong Post in 2010 to subscribers of its new stamp issue programme. The reverse has pre-printed postage, our address, and seasonal greetings. Grade: 1

Code: 20308343
Price: $1.00
The Panorama of Hong Kong & Kowloon at night
Two of these unused cards from the early 2000s are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308345
Price: $4.00
Stanley Market
Unused card. Tourists love this place. Locals don’t, so much. Grade: 1

Code: 20308346
Price: $2.00
Harbor of Hong Kong, China
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

Code: 20308347
Price: $18.00
Repulse Bay Hotel by night
Though the photo itself is beyond unexciting, the hotel did have its history, and because it was mailed in 1924 with stamp and postmark, it has historical value. Grade: 3

Code: 20308348
Price: $11.00
Chinese villagers
We’re not certain whether the scene was meant to represent Hong Kong or China, but the publisher was Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, Hong Kong’s most prominent postcard supplier of that early era. So we list this in Hong Kong. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308352
Price: $21.00
Poor Chinese Children
We’re not certain whether the scene was meant to represent Hong Kong or China, but the publisher was Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, Hong Kong’s most prominent postcard supplier of that early era. So we list this in Hong Kong. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308353
Price: $21.00
Hong Kong Island and Kowloon (3D)
The Landsat-7 fusion image is published by Geocarto International Centre, and the 3D effect (ridged plastic) is realistic. We have two of these. Grades: 1

Code: 20308357
Price: $8.00
Lantau Island (3D)
The Landsat-7 fusion image was published by Geocarto International Centre in 2009, and the 3D effect (ridged plastic) is realistic. You can see Chek Lap Kok Airport as the lighter area on the northern shore. Grade: 1

Code: 20308358
Price: $8.00
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
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
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

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