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Saturday, October 7, 1972
The charge will be $1.10 per cover, including the cost of one $1
stamp and a service fee of 10 cents.
The covers must be fully addressed by the applicant and not less than
10 covers will be accepted with each order.
The order forms will be available at the General Post Office, Kowloon
Central Post Office and Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office on Wednesday, October 11, 1972.
Any person ordering serviced covers addressed to a local destination
may collect them on October 21, 1972 from the office where the order was placed.
Covers addressed overseas will be sent forward by ordinary post, surface
mail, unless sufficient stamps are affixed to cover airmail and/or registration
charges.
The latest acceptance date for advance orders of serviced covers will
be 12 noon on Tuesday, October 17, 1972.
A service will be provided on Friday, October 20, 1972, at all post-
offices, where First Day Covers will be accepted over the counter, impressed
with the normal post office steel date stamp and handed back to the person
presenting them. No time type will appear in the postmark.
The special conditions for this service are:-
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Only articles bearing an indication that they are "First Day Covers"
will be so treated;
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The articles must be addressed to a local address;
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The articles must not bear any other cancellation; and
No registered Items will be processed by this method.
Special posting boxes will also be available at the General Post Office,
Kowloon Central Post Office and Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office on October 20, 1972
for those wishing to have First Day Covers carefully hand-postmarked before despatch
to the address on the cover.
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