Chinatown – Page 2 – Global Postcard Sales

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San Francisco, Chinatown and Cable Car
Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 33000045
Price: $3.00
San Francisco, China Town – Peking Bazaar
We like to think it’s an unintended irony that this card was printed in China. Grade: 1

Code: 33000046
Price: $3.00
Toronto, Chinatown Gates
Compare this with our 33000040 — different city. Issued by Canada Post in 2013, pre-printed maximum-card-style postage on the reverse, and mailed in 2013 with legible postmark and bilingual Par Avion. Grade: 1

Code: 33000047
Price: $5.00
San Francisco
Classico card 710-009, mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, and postmark. Postal barcoding on both sides, though only barely visible on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 33000048
Price: $2.00
Toronto, Canada
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 33000049
Price: $2.00
Old Chinese Store, Coloma (California)
There’s more: this is in the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. Unused Colorscope card S-3228. Grade: 1

Code: 33000050
Price: $2.00
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, “Chinatown” on the Maroni River (French Guiana)
The card has aged since it was mailed in 1983, but it has a commemorative (French, of course) stamp and two large Cayenne postmarks. Just more special than most, and not what one would normally expect from a “Chinatown” postcard. Grade: 3

Code: 33000051
Price: $16.00
Winnipeg, Chinatown Gates (Canada)
An official Canada Post card from 2013, mailed in 2014 with pre-printed postage and large, special philatelic postmark in addition to a regular one. Bilingual Air Mail sticker. Nice addition to your collection of Chinatown postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 33000053
Price: $3.00
San Francisco, Looking down California Street from Chinatown
Colourful old, unused, Pacific Novelty card I-78. Minor smudging. Grade: 2

Code: 33000054
Price: $4.00
Toronto, Chinatown
Not postally mailed, but with a message taking up all of the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 33000055
Price: $1.00
New York City Chinatown, Looking up Pell Street
Mailed in 1957, with 2-cent stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33000056
Price: $3.00
São Paulo – SP – Bairro da Liberdade, Bairro Oriental (Brazil)
This unused card has acquired a bluish tint over time. Grade: 2

Code: 33000057
Price: $2.00
San Francisco, Chinatown at Night
We took particular care to research this card. It’s not common, and desirable, even more because the 2-cent stamp and 1952 postmark are there. Grade: 1

Code: 33000058
Price: $8.88
San Francisco
Unused 1971 Jaqua sketch postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 33000059
Price: $1.00
San Francisco, Sing Fat Co.
Unused, really very old ad/trade card pubished by Pacific Novelty Co. If you Google this, you’ll see an impressive variety of similar cards with a wide range of possible dates and descriptions, ranging from 1870 (definitely not) to late 1920’s (probably not then, either). Most likely, +/- 100 years ago, and our card is generally cheaper than the others anyway. Grade: 2

Code: 33000060
Price: $6.00
Manila, Binondo, Filipino-Chinese Friendship Arch (Philippines)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 33000061
Price: $2.00
San Francisco, Chinatown (folio) (California)
Greetings from San Francisco Chinatown, in this fold-out folio of pictures from a Stanley A. Piltz “Pictorial Wonderland” item D-4291, unused. Technically these are not postcards because the photos are on both sides of the paper, and these include (among others) The Soothsayer, Picturesque Costumes, Chinese Telephone Exchange, Bulletin of Latest News, Fortune Teller, Tin How Temple Interior, and a “Golden Dragon” parade of good luck. This would be the iconic postcard-style representation of one of the world’s most famous Chinatowns. As a bonus, the inside cover has a long story about the area and its attractions. Grade: 1

Code: 33000062
Price: $39.00
Los Angeles
Being where we are (Hong Kong), we have a special affection for Chinatown postcards. Here’s a Mike Roberts unused version, C1113, of California’s “other” Chinatown. Grade: 1

Code: 33000063
Price: $3.00
Los Angeles, New Chinatown
An incredibly florid caption for this snapshot along Gin Ling Way, on this unused Western Publishing card 3C-K350. Grade: 1

Code: 33000064
Price: $2.00
Los Angeles, Chinatown, night scene
We’re going to ask you (and then answer) a trick question about this unused Mike Roberts card C22687: considering that it’s Chinatown, what is the unusual thing about the photo? Our answer: no readable Chinese characters. Grade: 1

Code: 33000065
Price: $2.00
San Francisco, Dupont Street
Before it was Grant Avenue, it was Dupont Street. The card has a few other things going for it: an odd message (never saw that word before), and overlapping postmarks from 1906 with sending and receiving stations. It took three days to get from SF to Minneapolis. Also keep in mind, the earthquake was in April and this card was mailed in late January. Appropriate aging. Grade: 1

Code: 33000066
Price: $4.00
Parade of the Tongs (USA)
An old, unused Edward H. Mitchell (San Francisco) card, not specifically saying this scene is in San Francisco, but that would be a reasonable guess. Appropriately aged and a nice example of an old Chinatown postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 33000067
Price: $5.00
San Francisco Chinatown, and Cable Car (3D)
This unused 3D (lenticular printing, no motion effect) Tri-D card SFT-4 has a number inked into the postage area. Grade: 3

Code: 33000068
Price: $3.00
San Francisco, multiple views
Mailed in 1987 with 33-cent stamp and full postmark. By the way, for those of you who can read Chinese, you might not be too late for the Lee clan’s functions. Grade: 1

Code: 33000069
Price: $1.00
San Francisco, Chinatown, Good Luck (USA)
Look closely at the picture and you’ll guess why this old postcard is so politically incorrect. Then read the caption on the back and you’ll know for certain. Mervyn D. Silbersten, the artist-photographer, was right on it. By the way, the Chinese characters on the right say “Happy (Lunar) New Year”. Unused card in terrific condition. Grade: 1

Code: 33000071
Price: $7.00
Evening street scene in Chinatown (Singapore)
Pre-printed postage on this card mailed in 1978 but it has multiple thumbtack holes. Grade: 5

Code: 33000072T
Price: $1.00
Los Angeles, New Chinatown (USA)
This may have been a “quaint and fascinating community” (as the caption says) once upon a time, but less so now. The linen card was mailed in 1946 with stamp and postmark, and someone in the post office kindly provided the correct address. Grade: 2

Code: 33000073
Price: $4.00
San Francisco, Chinese Children (USA)
With a caption that wouldn’t pass many editors today, this linen Pictorial Wonderland card 8A-H2820 (60) was mailed in 1945 and has its stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 33000074
Price: $3.00
Los Angeles, Chinatown (USA)
Unused Curteichcolor card 6C-K1596 (L.3) showing a scene that’s nothing close to what we saw the last time we went through there. Grade: 1

Code: 33000075
Price: $3.00

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