CAPA DA COLECÇÂO (18 cm x 13 cm x 0,5 cm)

Uma colecção de 10 postais intitulada “Ten Scenic Spots of Macau”, uma colecção especial emitida na ocasião da transferência de Macau, em 1999.

VERSO DA CAPA

Os dez postais têm registos em três línguas: chinês, inglês e japonês. (1)
Sem indicação do nome do autor ou autores das fotografias. (2)
Não consta também o nome do editor.
Ten Scenic Spots of Macau
“Macau consists of three parts, Macau peninsula and two islands, namely Taipa and Coloane. The total área is about twenty square kilometers .
At the northern part of Macau, the enclave shares the border with  People´s Republic of China. 95% of some half a million people in Macau are Chinese, 12,000 are Portuguese and the rest are foreigners. People in Macau enjoy the moderate tropical climate.
From a small fishing village to a developing city.
Macau has experienced its four hundred years of change. The local Portuguese government is preparing to transger (sic) the sovereignty to China at the end of 1999.
Macau has been called “Oriental Monte Carlo” with its typical Portuguese style stone roads  and other sightseeing attractions such as famous Ruin of St. Pual (sic) , Ma Kok Temple, Church of our Lady of Penha and so on.
Twenty-four open casinos and Grand Prix F3 race each attract over 8 million tourists flowing from all over the world.
O postal n.º1. –“Church of our Lady of Penha
“The chapel was founded in 1622 by the crew and passengers of a Portuguese ship which had narrowly escaped capture by the Duch raiders. Lacated at the top of Penha Hill, it affords views of the inner harbour, the magnificent Macau-Taipa bridge and nearlytowns in China” (3)

Verso do postal n.º 1

(1) Nesta minha coleção, não possuo o postal n.º 2 – Guia Fort
(2) Embora sem indicação, creio ser do fotógrafo Wong Wai Hong
Ver anteriores fotografias deste fotógrafo em:
https://nenotavaiconta.wordpress.com/tag/wong-wai-hong/
(3) Meus antecedentes referentes à Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha de França em:
https://nenotavaiconta.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/noticia-de-29-de-abril-de-1622-ermida-da-nossa-senhora-da-penha-de-franca/
https://nenotavaiconta.wordpress.com/tag/igreja-da-penha/