Name: Auction: Hong Kong postcard album 72 postcards and postcard-sized images, early 20th century
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 600 GBP
Availability: InStock

Lyon &amp; Turnbull are pleased to announce their October 2025 Books &amp; Manuscripts auction, taking place live and online from Edinburgh. The sale will present a carefully curated selection of printed books, manuscripts, maps, autographs and archives that span centuries of intellectual, literary and cultural achievement. &nbsp;Highlights from the autumn sale include fine bindings and library sets from the libraries of the late Earl of Airlie and from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie, signed documents and letters from literary and historical figures ranging from John Ruskin to Duleep Singh, an important collection of Middle Eastern photography documenting the transformation of the region with the discovery of oil, and a large collection of travel narratives from the 18th to the 20th centuries.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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comprising: 6 photographic cards printed in red and black “Peace Celebration Day at Hongkong 18th-19th July 1919”; 26 photographic postcards with early colour printing, sometimes heightened by hand, showing scenes, buildings and people in Hong Kong, each with printed captions in red to the card; 12 sepia-toned postcards showing people and scenery in Hong Kong, each with printed captions in red to the card; 14 small oil paintings of scenery in and around Hong Kong; 14 Japanese postcards of butterflies, contained in a black lacquer album with mother of pearl bird and snake decoration to the upper cover, spine disintegrated, album leaves loose, each card loosely tacked into album and not laid-down

Hong Kong postcard album

72 postcards and postcard-sized images, early 20th century

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