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Negative Image (first set of 4)
This is the first of three different sets of four unused cards each, and we call them “negative image” because they are like what you saw through a filmstrip of negatives back in the days before digital photos. We can give you a discount if you want more than one of the sets. Grades: 1

Code: 20308844C*
Price: $36.00
Negative Image (second set of 4)
Please see our description for item 20308844C. This is the second of three sets. Grade: 1

Code: 20308845C*
Price: $36.00
Negative Image (third set of 4 cards each)
Please see our description for item 20308844C*. This is the third set of four cards. Grade: 1

Code: 20308846C*
Price: $36.00
Perry H (set of 6)
Similar in spirit to other sets like this, with photographs of clarity and impact. A couple of these particularly resonate with us because we were nearby at the time. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308847C*
Price: $52.00
Cats, Pig, Bird, Frog
This unused card was explained to us, by the vendor, as “something you can send to your friends in Taiwan as a New Year greeting”. Perhaps. There’s faint design and even fainter captioning (in Chinese) on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20308848C
Price: $18.00
C. Leung (set of 4)
These unused cards in a set of four tell a story, and while we didn’t quite catch what it was, they were in hot demand at the stall where we found them. Cats of this world, unite! Remember, if you want to see full scans, ask us and we can probably e-mail them to you. Grade: 1

Code: 20308849C*
Price: $32.00
A. Chow
We would rather not censor any card, particularly this one, but some selective searching on your part will tell you the story behind Mr. A. Chow and why he merits a postcard of his own. We have a few of these, unused, blank on the reverse. The Chinese text recalls old song lyrics from a popular TVB show. Grade: 1

Code: 20308850C
Price: $4.00
Victim
There was an incident in which a young lady was injured. The designers of this card — unused, blank on the back — maybe did not take full advantage of their opportunity with it; but it belongs with other cards from the same series of events. No, we don’t know her name. Grade: 1

Code: 20308851C
Price: $2.00
Embrace
A few of these cards, also with blank reverses, are available. The missing Chinese text basically says: I will wait as long as necessary. Grade: 1

Code: 20308852C*
Price: $12.00
Press
You’ll notice we’ve made no cuts to this card. Why should we? … Many persons like this appear at all the events, sometimes outnumbering the actual participants. Grade: 1

Code: 20308853
Price: $16.00
Washing Eyes
Very few people in Hong Kong had first-hand experience with tear gas until turmoil began in mid-2019. It might be safe to say, now, that few people don’t. Water seems to be the best remedy. Unused card, blank on the back. Grade: 1

Code: 20308854C
Price: $12.00
An Aggregate of Anger
For this unused card (blank on the back), we had to make a decision whether or not to white-out the whole thing. So we’re taking a liberal approach — this time. Grade: 1

Code: 20308855C*
Price: $12.00
Personal Protective Equipment
We’re writing this from the relative safety of our home office during the apex of the COVID-19 virus pandemic. And why are we telling you this? Because this card, under different circumstances, could be said to reflect the way persons try to protect themselves against this virus. But that’s not what it’s doing. Demonstrators in 2019 got there first, as protection against tear gas. Unused card, blank on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20308856C
Price: $7.00
Chinese University
One of the more vivid examples of events in 2019, a pitched battle at Chinese University in Hong Kong’s New Territories. This unused card has extensive information on the reverse, along with two different QR codes that will lead you into other, darker territories. Grade: 1

Code: 20308857C*
Price: $29.00
Fists
Unused card, blank on the reverse. The words we’ve blotted out loosely translate as “revenge” and, in Cantonese, sound like “dan kong” if that helps you. Grade: 1

Code: 20308858C*
Price: $12.00
Walk Together
It might have been acceptable to show this card uncut but all its neighbours might have made it guilty by association. The missing characters suggest “we’re all in this together”. Unused, and blank on the back. Grade: 1

Code: 20308859C
Price: $8.00
Polytechnic University, Dyed Water
It was a bright day, and somehow we found ourselves observing this action, in Kowloon. Guess what? It looked like this, and one would not want to be caught in that spray. It’s blue for a reason. The unused card has extensive captioning on the reverse, and the two QR codes. Grade: 1

Code: 20308860*
Price: $29.00
Under the Lion Rock
Hong Kong people will recognise our title for this card as an iconic TV series, but here we give it a different meaning for this artwork. The missing characters suggest a message of hope for the future of HK. Unused card, blank on the back. Grade: 1

Code: 20308862C*
Price: $9.00
Extreme
Sorry that we couldn’t allow most of the image or text to display here. But we’re certain you will get the idea. Unused card, blank on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20308863C*
Price: $12.00
Hong Kong Way
In any other context, this would be a nice, clear night view of the territory. There’s nothing sensitive about the photo, so we show it uncensored. But it is part of the broad series of cards documenting 2019 events, so there’s something going on here we’re not quite certain about. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20308864
Price: $6.00
Blockade
During all the turmoil, it has been a common tactic for persons to open umbrellas and hover behind them while roads were blocked or other activities were being planned. It’s so tempting to say more here, but we can’t. Unused card, blank on the back. Grade: 1

Code: 20308865C*
Price: $14.00
Ambulance
You need to look closely at this to see it’s actually artwork and not a photograph. Yet it accurately represents the occasional situation where throngs parted to allow ambulances through. Unused card, and the reverse has extensive political captioning and two QR codes. One of our personal favourites. Grade: 1

Code: 20308866C
Price: $29.00
We will keep …
If blocking out certain sections were necessary on any card, it would be this one. (The characters we felt secure enough to include just say “Hong Kong”.) Unused, and blank on the back. Grade: 1

Code: 20308867C
Price: $12.00
Dark Tower
Just dark. Much activity took (takes) place at night anyway. Unused, and blank on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20308868C*
Price: $12.00
Sunrise
Heavily symbolic. Unused, blank on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20308869C*
Price: $12.00
The night view of Central district
Mailed in 2019, with four different hand-cancelled stamps and blue trilingual airmail label. All you could hope for in a typical Hong Kong postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20308870
Price: $4.00
Newsstand during 1997 Handover
What we definitely can say about this card: it has character. Let’s hope we don’t forget everything we should say about it. Published in Hong Kong, commemorating events during the 1997 handover from Great Britain to China; and mailed from Hong Kong (in 2019) with four stamps and three postmarks, along with a blue Airmail label. Someone in the post office marked off the address, as if to help someone else find it — an unnecessary move. But the photo itself is of a newsstand in PR China, not Hong Kong, and we know this because the newspaper and the blue road sign (“alight here”) are in simplified and not traditional Chinese characters. Of course if you can read Chinese, you’ll know more. Grade: 2

Code: 20308871
Price: $6.00
Global Postcard Sales
Of course, this is us! The front and back of our one and only (so far) ad card. If you’d like one, just write and tell us … and we will mail one to you, stamped, for no charge. Can’t beat that offer!

Code: 20308872
Price: $0.00
Tram 143 (not a postcard)
We took this photo some years later to show you what the same tram looks like now, and in a different part of the city. Reminder, this is not a postcard.

Code: 20308872A
Something Wrong
… in the text, and with the card, which had been on public display and which has tape around all four edges. Otherwise unused, there’s a full explanation on the reverse. As with other cards having a “*” in the index number, this card is not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 5

Code: 20308873C*
Price: $4.00
2030
This unused item is printed on very flimsy paper stock, and could be a postcard or just a small poster. As you see, we had to remove a fair amount of text, all in Chinese. As with similar items in this series, it has a “*” in the index number, so is not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 1

Code: 20308874C*
Price: $6.00
Rock Climbing
Unused card, blank on the reverse, whose theme and situation you will understand from similar entries. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 1

Code: 20308875C*
Price: $9.00
Laser
Unmailed card with a strip of white paper bearing a QR code taped to the reverse — which itself has a lot of information and explanation. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 4

Code: 20308876C*
Price: $9.00
City scenes
Unused card with a QR Code on the reverse. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 1

Code: 20308877C*
Price: $12.00
We are Always Here
Unused card with a QR Code on the reverse. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 1

Code: 20308878*
Price: $6.00
I hope …
Unused card with a QR Code on the reverse. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 1

Code: 20308879C*
Price: $14.00
You Don’t Listen
One of the most comprehensively iconic cards we have to represent the 2019-2020 situation. Unused, with different QR Codes on the reverse. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 1

Code: 20308880C*
Price: $24.00
Theme
Unused, with QR Code on the reverse and smudging from being handled. The design which plays with characters is creative and refers to one term but we can show none of it here. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 3

Code: 20308881C*
Price: $9.00
Keep Your Heart Warm
The legend on this unused card is a bit confusing even to our local friends, but we’ve had to blank it out anyway. Maybe the QR Code on the back will explain. Or maybe not. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 1

Code: 20308882C*
Price: $12.00
Spider
We didn’t know what to call this, but it’s graphic in all ways. Unused but heavily smudged from handling. QR Code on the reverse. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents. Grade: 3

Code: 20308883C*
Price: $10.00

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