Note: there is a mismatch between the printed English caption and the image on this card. The caption reads “Chinese junk — With the background of Modern Buildings…”, but the front photograph is actually a serene study of a cluster of moored fishing junks with their battened sails raised, reflected in still water, with misty hills behind — there are no modern buildings visible. This appears to be a caption/image pairing quirk in the National Co. series (the N851 caption text does not match its picture). I’ve described the actual image and noted the discrepancy.
Title:
1970s Hong Kong Chinese Fishing Junks Battened Sails Misty Harbour China N851 Postcard
Front Description:
A serene, atmospheric colour photograph of a cluster of traditional Chinese fishing junks moored together on calm, mirror-still water, their tall battened sails raised. Around a dozen junks are rafted closely together in the centre of the image, their characteristic ribbed, fan-shaped lug sails — in weathered shades of brown, tan, russet, grey, and cream — overlapping to form a dramatic silhouette of masts, battens, and canvas against a soft, hazy pale sky. The dark hulls of the junks and their rigging are reflected, along with the sails, in the glassy surface of the water below, creating a striking symmetrical mirror image. A couple of small sampans float nearby on the calm water to the left and right. In the background, the faint misty outlines of hills or mountains fade into the pale haze on both sides. The muted light, still water, and soft mist give the scene a tranquil, almost painterly quality, capturing the timeless beauty of Hong Kong’s traditional sailing junks.
Back Description:
Chinese junk—With the background of Modern Buildings being the tourist centre in Kowloon, Hong Kong
香港名物のジャングそのバック建物は九龍の旅遊ホテル群
POST CARD
STAMP
N851
PUBLISH BY National co.
(The card is unused/unposted with no handwritten message or postmark.)
Estimated Era:
Approximately 1970s. The scene of traditional battened-sail fishing junks is consistent with the 1970s, when such vessels were still a common sight in Hong Kong waters. The divided back with bold “POST CARD” lettering, the paired English and Japanese captions, and the “Publish by National Co.” imprint with catalogue code N851 place it firmly within the same National Co. Hong Kong tourist series as the other N-series cards in this group (anchored to circa 1975–1985 by the dated N818, N829, and N839 examples).
A note on the caption: the printed English caption (“Chinese junk — With the background of Modern Buildings being the tourist centre in Kowloon, Hong Kong”) and the Japanese caption both describe a junk set against modern Kowloon buildings — but this does not match the actual photograph, which shows moored junks with raised sails reflected in still water against misty hills, with no modern buildings in view. This is a caption/image mismatch within the National Co. series (the same “Chinese junk with modern buildings” caption text was used on the earlier V105 multiview card, where it correctly described a junk against the skyline). Here the wrong caption text appears to have been paired with this tranquil junk image.
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