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Hong Kong Island viewed from harbour
Brilliant early 1900s card with labels for all key buildings. Never mailed, some edge abrasion typical of age. One thing: it’s a postcard, but there is no printing at all on reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20308061
Price: $79.00
Harbour, old and new
Unused card from late 1990s, in as-new condition. The hotel that issued it has changed its name, though. Grade: 1

Code: 20308062
Price: $4.00
HK Island viewed from Kowloon
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308063
Price: $4.00
HK and Kowloon from The Peak
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308064
Price: $4.00
Kowloon, Nathan Road in Mongkok
Three of these unused cards are available. We think the photo is from late 70s and the cards from the 80s. Nathan Road is still there, as crowded as ever, or it was, until Covid came. Grade: 1

Code: 20308065
Price: $6.00
Kowloon, signboards
Three of these unused cards are available. As-new. Grade: 1

Code: 20308066
Price: $4.00
Central District, step street
1980s card of Hong Kong ladder street, mailed in 1991 with one stamp, full postmark, and blue airmail sticker. The front is excellent; the reverse has an abrasion along the top. Grade: 3

Code: 20308067
Price: $11.00
HK and Kowloon from The Peak
Before the Convention Centre was built. It would be prominent in this photo now. Card was mailed in 1995, has three intact stamps but postmark is not legible. Minor creasing around edges. Grade: 2

Code: 20308069
Price: $6.00
Repulse Bay
Oversized (5″x7″) card mailed in 1997. It has five different stamps and mostly legible postmark. Affixed airmail sticker a bit torn, and minor water stain to part of message. Grade: 3

Code: 20308070
Price: $8.00
Kowloon, Shanghai Street
Trivia point: Shanghai Street is famous for kitchen utensils. Oversized card (5×7) was mailed in 1997, has three stamps but only partial postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20308071
Price: $6.50
Stanley Market
Oversized (5×7) view of the popular outdoor tourist area. Card was mailed in 1996, has a stamp with a tiny tear, and a legible postmark. Card is just a bit battered–due to its size. Grade: 3

Code: 20308072
Price: $4.00
Chinese New Year fireworks
Oversized (5×7) card mailed in 1996, with stamp and postmark. A little battered around the edges but an interesting photo because it shows fireworks disappearing into the ever-present clouds. Grade: 3

Code: 20308073
Price: $5.00
Kowloon, herbal tea seller
Oversized (5″x7″) card mailed in 1995, one stamp and legible postmark. Card has minor corner creasing. A very Hong Kong postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 20308074
Price: $6.00
Tram
Oversized (5×7) card mailed in 1996. Three different stamps and legible postmark. Nice message on the side of the tram, and we love trams too. Grade: 2

Code: 20308075
Price: $7.00
Stanley Market
Another oversized (5″x7″) card, mailed in 1996, with three stamps and partly legible postmark. A bit of creasing on corners and edges. Grade: 3

Code: 20308076
Price: $7.00
Hello from Hong Kong
Two of these unused 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ cards are available. They were issued by the Hong Kong Government in 2003 as an incentive for residents to invite their friends and family to visit. The cards have a photo of the airport printed where the stamp would go, along with a legend that airmail postage has been paid and is valid through the end of 2003. Quite unusual, and desirable. Grades: 1

Code: 20308078
Price: $6.00
Harbor (Northwest Airlines)
First, in HK it is “Harbour” (or at least what’s left of it). This card was issued by Northwest Airlines in 1952 and was never mailed though it has large black rubber stamp from a travel agency on the reverse. It also was folded significantly, diagonally, through the upper left corner. See past all that and you see a long-gone view of the Harbour. Grade: 4

Code: 20308079
Price: $6.00
New World Harbour View Hotel
Need a few lines to describe this. It’s 5″ x 10″ and was mailed in 1997. It did not survive the mailing unscathed. Front has a half-inch abrasion in pool area. Reverse has six stamps and two mostly legible postmarks, and a blue airmail sticker that has been obscured by another white sticker with a postal bar code. And FYI, the hotel has changed its name since then. Grade: 4

Code: 20308080
Price: $4.50
Hotel Miramar
This hotel is a survivor. The unused card is probably from 1970s or 1980s. Grade: 1

Code: 20308081
Price: $3.50
Kai Tak Airport, night
Nice time-lapse view of a plane landing at the long-gone Kai Tak Airport. Were you ever lucky enough to make one of these landings? Wow–what an experience. Card was mailed in Malaysia in about 1990, has Malaysian stamp but illegible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20308083
Price: $14.00
Aberdeen, Jumbo Floating Restaurant
Pretty much everything you could want in a used, contemporary card. It’s 5″ x 7″, mailed in 1997 with six stamps and mostly legible postmark. It has a blue airmail sticker affixed. Minor edge battering, nothing significant. A well-travelled card. Grade: 2

Code: 20308086
Price: $9.50
Wanchai, Chili Club
Eight unused, new (2008) cards are available from what we think is Hong Kong’s best Thai restaurant–and they don’t pay us to say this, either. Grade: 1

Code: 20308087
Price: $3.00
Repulse Bay
Nice card and a nice beach but it’s a shame about the water. Mailed in 1996, this postcard has two stamps (one a little abraded) and full postmark, and blue airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 2

Code: 20308088
Price: $4.00
View from the Peak
Ah, the view from the Peak. If you pick one of the few days when you can actually see something, it’s really impressive. Card was mailed in 1998, with four stamps, full postmark, and blue airmail sticker. Grade: 2

Code: 20308089
Price: $5.00
Street scene with tram
This would be a normal card except that it was mailed in Macau, in 1998, with two really nice stamps and nearly full postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20308090
Price: $5.50
Traditional junk
These are not to be seen in Hong Kong’s harbour any more, unless it is the one sponsored by the Tourist Association, which is definitely not the one pictured here! The card is probably from the 1970s, not mailed but with an extensive message written on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 20308091
Price: $5.00
Victoria, from East District
Only official documents and old postcards call Central District “Victoria” any more. And there have been major changes to the skyline, and a loss of a sizeable chunk of the harbour, since this was printed, probably in the 70s. Not mailed, it has an extensive message on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20308092
Price: $4.50
Chinese child and girl
Unused and old card published by Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store in the Old Post Office Building. We tell you all that because there’s not a whole lot else to say about the card … Grade: 2

Code: 20308094
Price: $27.00
Hilton Hotel, Wan Fu
When there still was a Hilton in Hong Kong, it was a rare treat to be invited aboard the Wan Fu. Now, no more Hilton, and no more Wan Fu. We think. Where did it go? Card mailed in 1984, two stamps, full postmark, blue tri-lingual airmail stamp affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20308095
Price: $8.50
Great Wall (sic)
Either this is the all-time error or the all-time stupidity or the all-time fraud. Take your pick: the Great Wall is thousands of kilometers north of Hong Kong. Oversized (5-1/2″ x 7″) card mailed in Hong Kong with four stamps and a blue airmail sticker in 1996, also two full postmarks. Grade: 2

Code: 20308096
Price: $19.00
Repulse Bay, Buddhist Garden
Oversized (5-1/2″ x 7″) card mailed in 1995 with one stamp, full postmark, and blue tri-lingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20308099
Price: $11.00
Tai O, Kwan Tai Temple
Oversized (5-1/2″ x 7″) card mailed in 1995 with one stamp, just part of a postmark, and blue tri-lingual airmail sticker affixed but also partly obscured by the US Postal Service’s ubiquitous white pasted strip. The front is fine, just the reverse suffers. Grade: 4

Code: 20308100
Price: $8.00
Multiple views 115
Unused Tourist Cards series #115 (5-1/2″ x 7″) with 12 views from all around the territory. Grade: 1

Code: 203081000
Price: $5.00
Dragon Dance 118
Usually seen during Lunar New Year, and occasionally at various grand openings; but here, on unused Tourists Cards item 118. Card measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081001
Price: $4.00
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Bilingual English/Chinese caption defines this view as Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, and it is (completed in 1997), but the background is almost all of Wanchai District. Unused Tourists Cards #308, measuring 5-1/2″ x 7″, unused. Grade 1

Code: 203081002
Price: $4.00
Shumchun River
We recall once again when the only view of China from Hong Kong was to trudge out into the New Territories and climb a hill at Lok Ma Chau, be greeted by an ancient couple in traditional Hakka clothes, pay them, and gaze ahead. This is what we would see. Not now. The postcard is not postally used, and has a party invitation written on the back. Based on what we recall, this card is likely from the 1970s. Grade: 4

Code: 203081008T
Price: $7.00
Castle Peak, Ching Chung Koon
Ching Chung Koon is a Taoist temple first established in Kowloon during 1950. A permanent temple was eventually built in Tuen Mun during 1960 and a branch temple at Kowloon was established in 1974. As this card was mailed in 1983 (with stamp and postmark), and knowing where Castle Peak is, we can tell you this is the structure in Tuen Mun. The card has a sticker on the lower right front corner. Grade: 4

Code: 203081009T
Price: $3.00
The Central business centre
An exceptionally nice unused mid-20th-century card showing Central District of Hong Kong Island. Not many of those buildings remain today. Or that water, either. Grade: 1

Code: 203081010T
Price: $16.00
Panorama of Kowloon
Central District of Hong Kong Island is in the foreground, with a really old view of Kowloon in the background, on this unused Hong Kong postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 203081011T
Price: $16.00
Aberdeen Harbour
The caption on this unused old card (“Scenery of Aberdeen Harbour, the fishing junks sailing, with the floating restaurant in the distant view”) reveals that the card’s producers were determined to include all possible icons. Aberdeen is still there, but … Grade: 1

Code: 203081012T
Price: $16.00

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