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Lessons of a 100–year-old postcard from an imaginary land
It is affixed to a postcard that shows a fictional walled city called Hilioma and has the two fantasy cancellations which pretend postal use in 1924. People have studied the West Refaim stamp and ...
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Kowloon Walled City: 5 fascinating facts about Hong Kong’s ‘City of Darkness’
This was the Kowloon Walled City. The Kowloon Walled City was built in 1847 as a small fort for Chinese imperial soldiers to keep watch over the coast. During the Japanese occupation, the fort’s ...
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How ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ director spotlighted spirit of Kowloon Walled City
It was the Kowloon Walled City, also called the City of Darkness. For years, this infamous settlement that lacked government oversight was rampant with illegal activities and poor living conditions.