Photos and Postcards

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Early 20th century postcard of Chinese criminals in stocks. Note the Indian police. B

Price: $20.00

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Complete booklet of 10 postcards of the Chinese Pavilion at the Laeken Exposition. 

Price: $200.00

Note: The Chinese Pavilion was commissioned by Leopold II and now form part of the Museums of the Far East. The rooms of the Chinese Pavilion are designed in chinoiserie Louis XIV and Louis XVI styles. They are decorated with Chinese motifs, chinaware and silverware. The Japanese Tower is a pagoda (known as a Tō), inspired by a construction Leopold II saw at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Leopold II asked his architect Alexandre Marcel to build him a similar one in Laeken.

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Three postcards of the Dominican Mission in Formosa. Rare.

Price: $150.00

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Vintage postcard of a Chinese Chin-chin-jos procession in Hong Kong. B

Price: $30.00

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1924 British humor postcard, The Mutual Aid Society. Text on reverse. B

Price: $20.00

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Four original non-commercial photos of the meeting between Lord Mountbatten and Chiang-Kai-Shek, 1945-1946. B

Price: $90.00

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Three early 20th century postcards of Hong-Kong. B

Price: $75.00

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Photo album belonging to an officer with the Italian Royal Navy during the Boxer Rebellion. The photos are set into a ledger a quartermaster used to record the inventory of goods on board. In that regard there are several pages with manuscript notations inventorying the stores found in the repair shop, the carpenters shop, the metal workers shop, musical instruments, depth gauging equipment, chairs, etc. 112 photos in all, no captions. m

Price: $2500.00

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Rare complete set of 8 postcards forming a panorama of Tsingtao during World War 1. There is story on the back of the cards which is to be read consecutively. m

Price: $400.00

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3 early 20th century postcards of Hong Kong: a church, colonial school performance, Japanese school teachers in Hong Kong. m

Price: $100.00

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