Hong Kong SAR – Individual – Page 18

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Kowloon, Temple Street
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. Temple Street, more or less in between Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon, is what many tourists come to think of as the only thing to do here at night. It’s a colourful night market in the heart of a red light district. Grade: 1

Code: 20308778
Price: $1.00
Central District, tram and bus
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. Grade: 1

Code: 20308779
Price: $1.00
Western Market Tram Terminus
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. (Western Market is on Hong Kong Island.) Grade: 1

Code: 20308780
Price: $1.00
Causeway Bay, tram
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. Well, China is a Communist country. Grade: 1

Code: 20308781
Price: $1.00
Tram 73 (not a postcard)
To repeat, this is not a postcard, just a photo we took to show you what Tram 73 in our entry 20308781 looked like in early February 2025. The trams change appearance every time an advertising contract expires, which is really quickly.

Code: 20308781A
Admiralty, tram
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. This is very, very close to home, and it’s Tram 147. Grade: 1

Code: 20308782
Price: $1.00
Tram 123 (not a postcard)
This is not a postcard, but a photo we took of the same tram you see on our entry 20308782, just updated to now (December 2024).

Code: 20308782A
To Kwa Wan, bus stop signs
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. No matter where you are, you need to navigate these signs to get where you’re going. Grade: 1

Code: 20308784
Price: $1.00
Hong Kong Island, #2 bus
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. If we’re coming back from the Cheung Chau Ferry Pier to Wanchai, we usually take this bus. Grade: 1

Code: 20308785
Price: $1.00
All forms of transport
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. In this case we can’t say exactly where, but if you lived here you could tell when the photo was taken by the number plates on the vehicles. Grade: 1

Code: 20308786
Price: $1.00
Central District, busses
From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken. Grade: 1

Code: 20308787
Price: $1.00
Look Right –>
Ending a series of unused cards that don’t have captions. Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken, but this sign is fairly common and could be anywhere in the city. Grade: 1

Code: 20308788
Price: $1.00
Hung Hom
Hung Hom, near the railway station, is not an area featuring on many Hong Kong postcards. Two of these unused cards, from the Tourism Board, are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308792
Price: $2.00
The Peak
Captioned “The Peak,” more properly From The Peak, this atmospheric photo on an unused card from the Tourism Board. Two cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308793
Price: $2.00
Tai O, Lantau Island
Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308794
Price: $2.00
Tung Ping Chau
Tung Ping Chau, not the same as Peng Chau, sits in Mirs Bay and is the easternmost outlying island of Hong Kong. This crescent-shaped island, measuring 600 metres long and 2000 metres wide, is renowned for strange rock formations. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 20308795
Price: $2.00
Tian Tin Buddha
Unused “postcard bookmark” (yes, it says that) measuring 4″ x 7.125″. Grade: 1

Code: 20308796
Price: $2.00
Hong Kong Tian Tin Big Buddha
Unused card measuring 5.125″ x 7.125″ from the nearby Ngong Ping Village area. Grade: 1

Code: 20308797
Price: $3.00
Hong Kong Island at night
The same card as our entry 20308342, but mailed in 2018 with three stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20308800
Price: $3.00
Yuen Long Industrial Estate & Sewage Treatment Works, N.T.
The same as earlier card 20308476, but this one was mailed with three different stamps and two special philatelic postmarks. We like “unusual” but this tops our list of weird postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 20308801
Price: $4.00
Having a moment
This is an ad card for two F&B outlets in Swire Properties’ “Star Street Precinct” of Wanchai. Looks good, right? All of that building you see on the right, with Classified and Pizza Express, is now gone — pulled down by Swire and to be replaced with something undoubtedly much larger. (We live nearby, and see daily changes.) Mailed with three different stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20308802
Price: $3.00
Trams (A. Eichman)
An understated ad card for the photographer Andre Eichman, mailed with three different stamps and faint postmark. To make one thing clear, the stamp and postmark you see in the scan are part of the design of the card and not an actual attached stamp. What’s on the reverse is real, of course. Grade: 1

Code: 20308803
Price: $2.00
Hong Kong Island
Brilliant, unused, 5-1/4″ x 7″ card showing Victoria Harbour and a Star Cruises ship, among many other things — including, most rarely for a postcard, the building where we live. A shame we cannot see the harbour as clearly as the postcard sees us. Grade: 1

Code: 20308804
Price: $3.00
The Peak Tower
Yes, this is the same card as our entry 20308324, though mailed in 2018 with three different stamps and postmark. We’ve priced it lower to reward you for reading this far. Grade: 1

Code: 20308805
Price: $2.00
The grand view of Hong Kong Harbour
Same as our entry 20308671, except this one was mailed in 2018 with three different stamps and a large, clear philatelic postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20308806
Price: $3.00
Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree
Beginning a short series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. The original, and auspicious, attraction was overcome by an event detailed in Wikipedia and abridged here: “On Feb 12, 2005, the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, one of the branches was broken due to (the) large amount of oranges and paper offerings thrown onto the banyan tree. The accident injured a man and a boy. Tree experts examined the condition of the wishing tree, concluding that all unhealthy branches would be removed, and the throwing of “Bao Die” was quickly prohibited by the government, (though continuing) the wishing tradition by letting people hang offerings on a wooden frame placed next to the original tree. Due to the lack of attractiveness of the attraction, a new plastic tree from Guangzhou was purchased in late 2009, and plastic mandarin oranges are now only allowed to be tied to the branches.” Hmm … plastic tree, plastic oranges. Sounds like a thoroughly modern tradition to us. Grade: 1

Code: 20308807
Price: $3.00
Tai Mo Shan
Continuing a series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. This is only captioned as “Hong Kong’s highest point,” which — because we live here — we know to be Tai Mo Shan (Chinese: 大帽山) at 957m. We think it would have been nice to put that on the card, but still … Grade: 1

Code: 20308808
Price: $3.00
Chinese New Year sincere prayers
Continuing a short series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. Grade: 1

Code: 20308809
Price: $3.00
Traditional shrimp paste making
Unused card issued by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. The bridge is not identified in the caption, but we think it is Kap Shui Mun (汲水門大橋,) and if we’re wrong, someone will surely let us know. Grade: 1

Code: 20308810
Price: $3.00
The new and the old
Continuing our series of unused cards from the Hong Kong Tourism Board, this one talks about “The new and the old coexist in harmony” but doesn’t say exactly where that is. Give us a lot of time and we could figure it out, but does it matter? Grade: 1

Code: 20308811
Price: $1.00
Mid-Autumn Fire Dragon dance
Continuing the series of unused “Reframing Hong Kong” postcards from Hong Kong Tourism Board. Grade: 1

Code: 20308812
Price: $3.00
Enjoy a hot cup of tea
Continuing the series of unused cards from the Hong Kong Tourism Board. This fellow, and others like him, have an impressive aim. Grade: 1

Code: 20308813
Price: $3.00
Tai O
Continuing a series of unused cards from Hong Kong Tourism Board. The card calls Tai O “The Venice of Hong Kong.” Maybe, but they need to see Venice first. Grade: 1

Code: 20308814
Price: $3.00
Siu Mei
Ending our series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. Siu mei is the generic name in Cantonese cuisine (popular in Hong Kong and Macau) given to meats roasted on spits over an open fire or a wood-burning rotisserie oven. It creates a unique, deep barbecue flavor and the roast is usually coated with a flavorful sauce. Grade: 1

Code: 20308815
Price: $3.00
The Peak Tower
Same card as our entry 20308805, but mailed in 2019 with three different stamps, two full postmarks, and blue Air Mail sticker from a now-closed post office. Grade: 1

Code: 20308817
Price: $3.00
Black & White night view
The same card appears elsewhere, but not like this: mailed in 2018 with five stamps, blue Air Mail sticker, and two philatelic postmarks from a now-closed post office. On this, you can’t lose. Grade: 1

Code: 20308818
Price: $3.00
The 150th Anniversary of Stamp Issuance
Postage Prepaid Picture Card Series No. 47, a single card with pre-printed airmail postage, and mailed in 2018. Full philatelic postmark from a now-closed post office. Grade: 1

Code: 20308819
Price: $3.00
Panorama of the Victoria Harbour
Yes, a card like this is listed before, but different condition. In 2011, Hongkong Post made an offer that HK persons could mail a card for free on one day as long as they put their return address on it. How strange. But we did, and it went. Hongkong Post used a postage meter where the stamp would have gone. Grade: 1

Code: 20308820
Price: $3.00
Liberty Leading
No, the unused postcard does not look like this, and neither do any of those with empty white areas that follow. It’s the first of many different cards showing certain events in Hong Kong beginning in summer 2019 — in this case, one specific action on Hong Kong Island. If we showed these cards in full, we would be quite foolish. These will be rare postcards eventually. If you want to see the full scan of this or the others, we can probably e-mail you, depending on where you live, but it will depend on circumstances of the day. Grade: 1

Code: 20308821C*
Price: $29.00
No Rioters
Please see our explanation for item 20308821C. This unused card is a reasonably typical view of an individual participant. Grade: 1

Code: 20308822C*
Price: $19.00

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