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Des Voeux Road, Central
Des Voeux Road is still one of two east-west traffic arteries through Central District and now has modernized beyond recognition. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 203081013T
Price: $16.00
Grand View from Midlevel
Maybe about half of this water is gone now, due to land reclamation, and the view spans Central District and the Star Ferry, to Wanchai and on towards North Point. This unused card dates from the mid-20th century. Grade: 1

Code: 203081014T
Price: $16.00
Kowloon, New Star Ferry Pier
Our header for this entry is the unused card’s caption. In the early 1950s, construction of the present twin-piered terminal commenced on both sides of Victoria Harbour, designed to handle 55 million passenger trips a year. The structure was completed in 1957, concurrent with the Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier built on the island side. So that helps to date the postcard’s use of “New”. Grade: 1

Code: 203081015T
Price: $16.00
Beautiful Hong Kong
The multiple views are identified in the caption on this unused, mid-century card. Grade: 1

Code: 203081016T
Price: $14.00
Welcome to Hong Kong
Unused mid-century card showing Kowloon district, the Peak Tram (some generations ago), and normal trams running along King’s Road in North Point. Grade: 1

Code: 203081017T
Price: $16.00
Aberdeen, Fishing Centre
Far less congested there now, so you can relive the past with this unused mid-20th-century unused Yat Sun Hong Kong postcard. Grade 1

Code: 203081018T
Price: $12.00
Sea view at Aberdeen
Unused, older, Yat Sun Printing Co. card No. 330. Grade: 1

Code: 203081019T
Price: $14.00
Causeway Bay, evening scene
The bad things about this oversized 5-1/2″ x 7″ card: postal battering, a US Postal Service white strip with a bar code pasted across the reverse, and one (of three) stamp cancelled by using a pen. The good things: full postmark, two of the stamps are good, the picture is nice, and the card is cheap. Grade: 4

Code: 20308102
Price: $3.00
Floating Village
Unused, mid-century card. Such scenes might still exist, but far less common than before. Grade: 1

Code: 203081020T
Price: $12.00
Aberdeen, Fishing Centre
Not to be confused with another card having the same caption … this is Yat Sun Printing No. 338. It’s from mid-20th century and is unused. Grade: 1

Code: 203081021T
Price: $14.00
Sea Palace
Were you to Google Sea Palace, you would (as we did) be confounded by complicated and incomplete information about it and other floating restaurants that passed through Hong Kong for varying lengths of time. What we show you here, condensed from Wikipedia, demonstrates what confronts you: “In 1991, Sea Palace was renamed “Jumbo Palace”. (Our note: nothing about it pre-1991 under that name.) Shortly after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, it was sold for US$800 million and towed to Manila Bay and rebranded as “Jumbo Kingdom Manila”, with much of the original ancient Chinese imperial palace style renovation retained. It closed in 2008 and was donated to the government of Shantung province in 2011, then towed to Tsingtao to be part of a seaside park. It was intended to undergo reconstruction and reopen in May 2014 catering primarily to wedding events, but renovations were still incomplete as of 2021. Local residents have tried to tour the closed boat on their own, despite the rusting hull and a safety perimeter, but the operator has not been able to reopen the restaurant.” There’s more, but you get the idea. Unused card from the mid-20th century has two expansive captions and would be a gem for you to own. Grade: 1

Code: 203081022T
Price: $19.00
New Territories, the Fishman’s (sic) Children
Unused old card, just beginning to show its age. Grade: 1

Code: 203081023T
Price: $14.00
New Territories, Farmer working with his ox
Unused mid-century postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 203081024T
Price: $8.00
Tiger Balm Pagoda
Haw Par Mansion, better known for its public gardens known as Tiger Balm Garden or Aw Boon Haw Garden, was a mansion and gardens in Hong Kong Island’s Wanchai District. The Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004 though Haw Par Mansion and its private garden have been preserved. When Tiger Balm Garden was demolished, many murals and statues were salvaged; the site is now occupied by residential development The Legend at Jardine’s Lookout. In any event, this unused old card is Grade: 1

Code: 203081025T
Price: $12.00
Sea View at Sunset
A lightly cliched view at that, but romantic enough, on this old, unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 203081026T
Price: $5.00
Aberdeen at Night
This mid-century Yat Sun Printing Co. card No. 312, unused, might have chosen a more appropriate caption as the scene is hardly reflective of Aberdeen then or now. Apart from that, it’s nicely atmospheric. Grade: 1

Code: 203081027T
Price: $8.00
A Junk in Hong Kong Waterfront
This wonderful view was mailed through British Forces Air Mail using two English stamps in 1967. The card itself was published by Japan Air Lines and went to Singapore. So it has a huge international aura to it. By the way, we are here in Hong Kong now and miss scenes like this, but such junks are long gone. Grade: 1

Code: 203081028T
Price: $10.00
Panoramic View of HK After Dark
Doesn’t seem very dark outside, but that’s what this unused 5″ x 7″ Tourists Card 032 uses as a caption. Even though this photo is also not new, notice how the harbour is getting progressively smaller. Grade: 1

Code: 203081029
Price: $4.00
Tsimshatsui
A general view on this unused 5″ x 7″ Tourists Card 068. When you come to visit, be prepared to take the Star Ferry and snap your own photo from this very same location. Grade: 1

Code: 203081030
Price: $4.00
Night view from the Peak
Unused Tourists Card 060, 5″ x 7″. We can’t say this is a typical Peak view, but it’s a colourful one. Grade: 1

Code: 203081031
Price: $4.00
Modern Ferry and Ancient Junk
Though heavily aged for its date (1972), this card strikingly holds most of the iconic images of Hong Kong all in one view. The stamp, postmark, and purple Air Mail chop are there, and as we’ve often remarked, about the only thing left in this view that still exists is the Star Ferry and even that’s at risk. Grade: 2

Code: 203081032T
Price: $14.00
Aberdeen, Squatters Huts
Those days are gone but the 1990 postcard lives on, not postally used but with a message fully covering the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 203081033T
Price: $1.00
Cheung Chau, Bun Festival
An official postcard issued as Hong Kong Post Office Postcard Series No. 5, on 4 May 1989 and replicating the stamp design of the same day … though this is not a maximum card and the stamps used to mail it (two of them) are not this design. That doesn’t diminish the value of the card. Grade: 1

Code: 203081034T
Price: $3.00
Bird’s Eye View of Central and Eastern District
Although this card is fully intact, it has been heavily handled and folded in half. Mailed in 1978 with two different stamps and Kowloon postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 203081035T
Price: $1.00
Tsing Ma Bridge
Unused Tourists Cards 018, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081036
Price: $3.00
Night view from the Peak
Unused Tourists Cards 020, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081037
Price: $3.00
Major Bldg. in Wanchai District
Our header is the card’s caption, but what you see is most of Wanchai’s waterfront at that time. So, more than one building. Unused “Tourists Cards” 029, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081038
Price: $3.00
Night view from Kowloon
The view is of Hong Kong Island, entirely Central District just skirting Admiralty. Unused Tourists Cards 041, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081039
Price: $3.00
Kowloon, Mongkok, Nathan Road
Quite a colourful and congested area of town, still. Card mailed in 1995, with one stamp and full postmark and slightly abraded tri-lingual blue airmail sticker attached. Grade: 2

Code: 20308104
Price: $5.50
Panoramic view from the peak
Dating from roughly the very early 2000s. We are typing this from one of the buildings in the photo … Unused Tourists Cards 042, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081040
Price: $3.00
Panoramic view from the Peak
Unused Tourists Cards 049, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081041
Price: $3.00
Night view from the Peak
Variations on the same theme … Unused “Tourists Cards” 067, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081042
Price: $3.00
Fire Cracker Night of Victoria Harbour
Unused Tourists Cards 069, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081043
Price: $3.00
Panoramic view of Hong Kong at Evening
Unused Tourists Cards 072, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081044
Price: $3.00
Firework show during the Chinese New Year
Unused “Tourists Cards” 073, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081045
Price: $3.00
Peak Tram Tower towards Victoria Harbour
Perhaps, but you’re actually seeing an earlier generation of the tram and not the tower itself. Unused Tourists Cards 085, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081046
Price: $3.00
Hong Kong, Multiple views
Unused Tourists Cards 113, exceptionally not captioned at all, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. But we can identify all this for you. Clockwise from upper left: Hopewell Centre in Wanchai; the Big Buddha on Lantau Island; a Chinese “junk” of a type no longer seen; and an older view from Victoria Peak area of Central, Admiralty, and Wanchai … much changed now. Grade: 1

Code: 203081047
Price: $3.00
Three views
Unused Tourists Cards 117, measures 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081049
Price: $3.00
Panoramic view of Hong Kong at Evening
Unused Tourists Card 004, measuring 5-1/2″ x 7″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081050
Price: $3.00
Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel
Cards from the hotels near this park can be surprisingly hard to find, including anything from the park itself. This has not always been the case, but selfies and smartphones have taken over, making postcards like these even more desirable. Unused, 5″ x 6-3/4″. Grade: 1

Code: 203081051
Price: $4.00

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