Hong Kong SAR – Individual – Page 11

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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
Plane flying over Kowloon City to old Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport closed in 1998, replaced by the magnificent Chek Lap Kok facility. CLK may be safer, but lacks the kind of views like this that passengers used to get. Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ card, and we have three of them. Grades: 1

Code: 20308403
Price: $5.00
Central and Kowloon from the Peak (3D)
You (and we) already know that these 3D cards made of heavy ridged plastic don’t scan well at all. But the unused card is perfectly clear. Grade: 1

Code: 20308404
Price: $9.00
Victoria Harbour (3D)
You (and we) already know that these 3D postcards made of heavy ridged plastic don’t scan well at all. But the unused card is perfectly clear. Grade: 1

Code: 20308405
Price: $9.00
Yaumati, Dundas Street
Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ Cameraman Card CBL 27. Grade: 1

Code: 20308406
Price: $3.00
Tsim Sha Tsui, Bruce Lee statue
Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ Cameraman Card CBL 101. Grade: 1

Code: 20308407
Price: $3.00
Mong Kok, Temple Street Night Market
Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ Cameraman Card NC 11. Grade: 1

Code: 20308410
Price: $3.00
Kowloon, Star Ferry
Our home is in this photo, and despite so many various cards of Victoria Harbour, this is the only one so far where we can spot it. No, it’s not that tall gold tower (Central Plaza). Unused 5-1/2″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308411
Price: $3.00
Peak Tram 120th Anniversary Celebration Pass (not a postcard)
This might appeal to collectors of Peak Tram ephemera, but please note that it is not a postcard. It is a glossy little item measuring 3″ x 4-1/8″, and the reverse gives details of special offers you would have received had you presented this pass at different locations on the Peak. Grade: 1

Code: 20308421
Price: $5.00
Belfry at Tsim Sha Tsui, and Kowloon Star Ferry
Normally people would call this the Clock Tower of the old railroad station. The card was mailed from Los Angeles (not Hong Kong) in 1990, with three stamps, full postmark, and various ink stains on the front and on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20308422
Price: $2.00
Chinese junk
The junks are gone now but the card is here, mailed in 1985 with stamp and postmark and blue trilingual Air Mail sticker. What sets the card apart from others is the caption on the reverse: “Chinese junk – With the background of Modern Buildings being the tourist centre in Kowloon, Hong Kong.” The problem is that the background is Hong Kong Island, not Kowloon. Grade: 1

Code: 20308423
Price: $9.00
Ocean Park
Unused card of a deeply conflicted theme park. 5-1/8″ x 6-3/4″. Grade: 1

Code: 20308426
Price: $6.00
Convention and Exhibition Centre
Unused, high-quality card, 5-1/8″ x 6-3/4″. It’s getting to the point that the only clear skies we can see here in Hong Kong are on postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 20308427
Price: $5.00
International Commerce Centre and West Kowloon Cultural District
It would take pages to tell you all the stories about this area. We won’t try, except to tell you that as of this typing (and it will change soon), Hong Kong has five of the world’s 20 tallest buildings–and this is the highest right now. This entire scene is in rapid transition. Unused, brilliant card, 5-1/8″ x 6-3/4″. Grade: 1

Code: 20308428
Price: $6.00
Happy Valley Racecourse and Causeway Bay
One of two race tracks in Hong Kong, where horse racing is a very, very big thing–and major contributor to the economy. Unused, beautiful card, 5-1/8″ x 6-3/4″. Grade: 1

Code: 20308429
Price: $7.00
Old Kai Tak Airport, multiple views
The airport closed in 1998. Unused card with iconic views, 5-1/8″ x 6-3/4″. Grade: 1

Code: 20308430
Price: $7.00
Central District at night
Black & white ad card with an especially nice view of Central District — and no advertising. Two unused cards are available (Grades: 1, $2). One other, mailed in 2014 with four stamps and trilingual blue Air Mail label, and two large philatelic postmarks (Grade: 1, $6). Finally, one more: mailed in 2016 with commemorative stamp, airmail label, and philatelic postmark (Grade: 1, $4).

Code: 20308433
Price: $2.00
Pirate Postcards (set of 6)
The six cards in the set are unused, in their original wrapping, and we suppose the cover art (in our scan) represents them. They are dated 1996. Grades: 1

Code: 20308434
Price: $14.00
Junk and two city views
This 5-1/2″ x 7″ card was mailed from Hong Kong in 2011 with five stamps and two postmarks, along with blue trilingual Air Mail sticker affixed. Grade: 2

Code: 20308435
Price: $7.00
The Kai Tak Airport runway
Though the airport closed in 1998, the card was mailed in 2011 with six stamps and three full (and specially hand-stamped) General Post Office postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20308437
Price: $14.00
A Mosaic of Happy Valley Racecourse
Unused card of Hong Kong’s older race track, and to get this we had to go to the Jockey Club museum at the track itself. Grade: 1

Code: 20308438
Price: $9.00
A mosaic of Sha Tin Racecourse
Unused card of Hong Kong’s newer race track, and to get this we had to go to the Jockey Club museum at the Happy Valley track itself. Grade: 1

Code: 20308439
Price: $6.00
Millennium celebration at the Happy Valley Racecourse
Unused 4-3/4″ x 7-1/4″ card of Hong Kong’s older race track, published in 2002 by the Jockey Club. To get this, we had to go to the Jockey Club museum at the track itself. Two are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308440
Price: $9.00
Hong Kong 1865 and 1995
Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ card. Who would have thought, or imagined. Well, the British, apparently. Grade: 1

Code: 20308441
Price: $5.00
San Tin Road, Yuen Long
Yuen Long is one of the fast-growing satellite cities, north of the principal urban areas and in the New Territories. Be assured the area has changed quite a lot since this photo was taken. Unused card, Grade: 1

Code: 20308442
Price: $4.00
H.K. – Macau Ferry Terminal, Sheung Wan
We remember when the terminal was not much more than a wooden shed. The photo on this unused card probably dates back to the 1980s as it looks like those twin towers are still under construction. Grade: 1

Code: 20308444
Price: $4.00
North Point, Aerial view Eastern Highway
In a situation where there are almost literally more vehicles than road space, what’s the solution? Build more highways, of course! Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308446
Price: $4.00
Sheung Shui
This unused card shows the border city (no longer “town”) adjoining the Chinese megalopolis of Shenzhen. Grade: 1

Code: 20308447
Price: $5.00
Discovery Bay at Lantau Island
So much we could say, but so little space. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308448
Price: $4.00
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
The long building extending out to the left in front is Ocean Terminal, where really large cruise ships used to berth before the harbour became too small for them. You can still spend a lot of money in the shops, though. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20308450
Price: $4.00

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