Unused, sepia, Frith’s Series card 26820a.  Heavily aged, but clean.   Grade: 1

First, about the card:  unused, with some smudging around the edges and on the back.  (Not serious, but there.)  Now, about the event, we’ll borrow from Wikipedia’s entry about what had been the passenger and mail vessel RMS Queen Elizabeth:  “Queen Elizabeth was sold to a succession of buyers, most of whom had adventurous and unsuccessful plans for her. Finally she was sold to a Hong Kong businessman, Tung Chao Yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship. In 1972, while undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, she caught fire under mysterious circumstances and was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. In 1973, her wreck was deemed an obstruction, and she was partially scrapped where she lay.”  Grade: 2

This 5-7/8″ x 8-3/8″ advertising card was mailed to local residents in 2016 using Hongkong Post’s pre-printed Circular Service postage.  Fully printed on both sides.  Grade: 1

We ask you to look back to our entry #20307825 (for PR China) and the few that follow, showing a 2015 series of unused cards–blank on the reverse–commemorating specific anniversaries, events, or notable dates.  Each card had pre-printed postage on the front.  So now we have a similar series from 2016, each with an individual reference number as well as the series number, which in this case is JP 220.  Unused.  Grade: 1

Kindly get your coffee and relax because this description may take awhile.  It’s a set of four unused cards, each measuring 4″ x 11-5/8″, so they are well oversized.  The red paper wrap identifies this China Post product, from 2018, and our scan shows the front of one card (the other three are similar but with different places) and the reverse of another.  All cards have pre-printed, coloured postage and a kind of “shadow” graphic further identifying most of what’s on the front.  Clearly these cards fit many of our categories–in fact, they set the record–because Shenzhen is a city of about 15 million people and has everything, including a major university.  So, if you have any questions aboout these Shenzhen postcards, please ask us.  Grades: 1

We’re thinking if you live in, or come from, Providence, you might want this.  Not postally used, it has a message totally covering the reverse, from very long ago.  The scenes are all identified, and may be too small to make out in the scan, so we will identify them for you:  City Hall and Soldiers Monument; State Capitol; New Armory; Brown University; Central Fire Station; New Post Office; State Normal School; St. Francis Xaviers Convent; Westminster St.; Roger Williams Park; and St. Peter’s and Paul’s Cathedral.  That’s a lot for one postcard.  Grade: 4

Mailed in 1959 but the stamps are gone and the back of the card is in bad condition.  A weak Grade: 4

Here’s a set of 24 jumbo (5″ x 7-3/8″) unused cards showing various campus views, mostly buildings, some interiors, some of people.  Our scan has the front of one card and the back of another.  Everything is identified, but only in Chinese.  There’s also a cardboard cover for the set.  Grade: 1