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

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

See also 20308520.  At top, the late TV and film celebrity Lydia Shum (“Fei Fei”) participating, and at the bottom, big celebrations at Happy Valley Racetrack.  Grade: 1

See also 20308520.  On 3rd July, the Hang Seng stock exchange re-opened.  Grade: 1

See also entry 20308520.  “Thousands of People, One Heart Towards China.”  This grand “puzzle activity” took place at the Happy Valley horse racing track, where a total of 1997 students from schools of all grade levels formed seven kinds of configurations.  Grade: 1

See also entry 20308520.   Any excuse for “yum cha”!  This one, in Causeway Bay.  Grade: 1

Mailed in 2018 with three different stamps and philatelic postmark.  Grade: 1

See also entry 20308520.   Split-view card of academics forming a display, and banners and posters celebrating the reunification.  Grade: 1

See also entry 20308520.   If we understand correctly, this is a group of well-known persons from Philippines who were attending a party at the Marriott Hotel.  Grade: 1

See also entry 20308520.   Four ladies joining in the celebration of “Thousands of People, One Heart owards China.”  Forgive errors in spelling, but clockwise from top left:  Chen Show-wen, Hsu Xiao-fong, Chen Mei-ling, May Yen-fong.  Grade: 1

See also entry 20308520.   Grade: 1

Also known as Chek Lap Kok.  Unused card, 5-1/4″ x 7″.  Grade: 1 

Hong Kong has a rich and varied geological history.  Postcards of it are, however, relatively hard to find.  These locations are Tung Ping Chau (top) and High Island (bottom).  Unused card, 5-1/4″ x 7″.  Grade: 1 

It takes some effort to reach Tai O from the urban areas, but it’s worth the effort as long as you’re not in a hurry.  Unused card, 5-1/4″ x 7″.  Grade: 1 

This book of 21 cards was published by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in 2000, and contains full-colour covers of iconic local and international comic books.  All are captioned in Chinese and English, and the size of the set is 4-1/8″ x 6″ x 3/8″.  Unused, and a wonderful little glimpse into what molded today’s Movers and Shakers.  Grade: 1

Sold by Hongkong Post, and produced by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department as well as Friends of the Country Parks, this is a set of cards still in the original shrink wrap, unopened.  The photo you see here probably (we stress: probably) represents some of the cards inside.  The back of the cover has 11 more, different butterfly photos.  This suggests there could be something like 23 butterfly postcards inside but we don’t know.  That looks about right.  Two sets are available.  Grades: 1

As reference, this set is included as one of the four different sets in 20308557A/B.  Issued by Hongkong Post in 2013, this set of eight “lovely and precious animals viz. Arctic Fox, Gentoo Penguin, King Penguin, Northern Sea Lion, Pacific Walrus, Snowy Owl, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, and Spotted Seal” on postage-prepaid postcards measures about 7-1/2″ x 10″ and consists of the cards wrapped in a designed cover and further wrapped in heavy plastic.  We have eight sets available, all unused, but they differ in these ways:  four sets have no postmarks (Grades: 1, $28) and four sets have datestamped first-day postmarks (Grades: 1, $34).

 

 

Just not here any more.  We miss them.  Unused, aging card whose caption refers to “the background of Modern Buildings being the tourist centre in Kowloon.”  That’s partly true (on the right) but the majority of the background is Hong Kong Island.  Grade: 2