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Not a single automobile in the photo!
Of course, the photo could have been taken much earlier than 1930...
Any idea what the large "RI" indicates? Looks like it was added by the writer of the card.
I have also been accumulating "Picture Postcards" at a rapid pace recently, mostly French, mostly from the period 1908-1912. A selling point for me is whether the sender's message relates to the image on the card. Such cards seem to be less common than ones with "How are you?" -type messages.
Nice! Keep 'em coming!
-Paul
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Paul, I wondered the same thing for years now: what does the "RI" mean? My best guess is that it was some sort of secret code between the sender and receiver, and only they knew what it meant. I got postcards from all over I could dig out and show. I will post a couple more soon.
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03:19:30pm
"Not a single automobile in the photo!"
But not a single horse, either!
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Could the RI actually be an R 1 (one)? As in Route One? Rural delivery or something like that?
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I would suggest that the "R1" is a lazy man's "RFD 1", but that's me ... and Sally 
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
http://www.virtualshanghai.net/Data/Buildings?ID=1659 ... more photos of the market
https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/jc-s021 ... including a valuable, copyright-reserved photograph that rings a bell
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Honkyu Market - Built in 1915 as an indoor vegetable market and later evolved into commercial stores.
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Ah yes...R1 is Route One, makes sense to me. Thanks for adding to this thread everyone.
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Scanned below is another postcard from my collection showing a real photograph of the Hongkew Market in Shanghai, China. This RPPC was mailed from Shanghai to Marysville, Washington, USA in 1930. I acquired this in a trade deal with a stamp dealer named "Rusty" at a stamp show in Chicago years ago. I gave him about a dozen various postcards from Russia and he gave me $75 cash and this postcard in the deal.
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Not a single automobile in the photo!
Of course, the photo could have been taken much earlier than 1930...
Any idea what the large "RI" indicates? Looks like it was added by the writer of the card.
I have also been accumulating "Picture Postcards" at a rapid pace recently, mostly French, mostly from the period 1908-1912. A selling point for me is whether the sender's message relates to the image on the card. Such cards seem to be less common than ones with "How are you?" -type messages.
Nice! Keep 'em coming!
-Paul
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re: China RPPC From 1930
Paul, I wondered the same thing for years now: what does the "RI" mean? My best guess is that it was some sort of secret code between the sender and receiver, and only they knew what it meant. I got postcards from all over I could dig out and show. I will post a couple more soon.
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re: China RPPC From 1930
"Not a single automobile in the photo!"
But not a single horse, either!
Roy
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re: China RPPC From 1930
Could the RI actually be an R 1 (one)? As in Route One? Rural delivery or something like that?
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I would suggest that the "R1" is a lazy man's "RFD 1", but that's me ... and Sally
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
http://www.virtualshanghai.net/Data/Buildings?ID=1659 ... more photos of the market
https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/jc-s021 ... including a valuable, copyright-reserved photograph that rings a bell
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Honkyu Market - Built in 1915 as an indoor vegetable market and later evolved into commercial stores.
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Ah yes...R1 is Route One, makes sense to me. Thanks for adding to this thread everyone.
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