Monday, November 19, 1973
FESTIVAL STAMPS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY
Three special postage stamps to commemorate the Festival of Hong
Kong will go on sale at all post offices from Friday (November 23).
Sir Yuet-keung Kan, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the
Festival of Hong Kong, will buy the first set at the General Post Office
at 8 a.m. on Friday.
The stamps, of 10 cents, 50 cents and $1 denominations, were
designed by Mr. Kan Tai-keung, a local artist and art director of a
commercial design organization, and were printed by Bradury Wilkinson
and Company Limited using the lithographic process.
Each of the stamps features a stylised version of a Chinese
character made up of festival symbols. Together the characters on the
three stamps represent Festival of Hong Kong.1
Special first day covers, also designed by Mr. Kan, have been
produced and are on sale at all post offices at 20 cents each.
Advance orders for serving the covers are accepted at the General
Post Office in Pedder Street, the Kowloon Central Post Office in Nathan
Road and the Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office in Salisbury Road.
For this service, addressed first day covers must be handed
in with an order form together with a remittance to cover the cost.
The order forms are available at the three post offices and
the charge will be $1.70 a cover which includes the cost of one $1,
one 50-cent and one 10-cent stamp, and a service fee of 10 cents.
/In order