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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1975
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BUSINESS HAS BEEN DRISK AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE'S PHILATELIC SALES COUNTER SINCE ITS OPENING ON JANUARY 16 THIS YEAR.
A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN ITS FIRST MONTH OF OPERATION, BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AT THE COUNTER AMOUNTED TO $16,730, WITH A TOTAL OF SOME 3,500 CUSTOMERS.
SALES AT THE COUNTER COMPRISE RECENT COMMEMORATIVE STAMP ISSUES AND SOUVENIR FOLDERS CONTAINING STAMPS OF THE CURRENT DEFINITIVE ISSUE. ♦THE STAMPS MOST IN DEMAND ARE THOSE COMMEMORATING THE CENTENARY OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID. THE CENTENARY SET CONSISTS OF THREE STAMPS IN THE 10-CENT, 50-CENT AND $2 DENOMINATIONS.
ANOTHER FACILITY AVAILABLE IS THE HAND-STAMPING OF COMMEMORA- TIVE TIVE COVERS. LOCAL CUSTOMERS GAN HAVE THEIR ADDRESSED COVERS STAMPED AND RETURNED IMMEDIATELY OVER THE COUNTER. AS FOR COVERS SENT OVERSEAS, A SPECIAL POST BOX IS PROVIDED TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE HAND-STAMPED BEFORE DISPATCH.
DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF OPERATION, A TOTAL OF 6,250 COVERS HAVE DEEN STAMPED AND HANDED OVER THE COUNTER FOR LOCAL CUSTOMERS WHILE 920 COVERS HAVE DEEN RECEIVED IN THE SPECIAL POST DOX FOR OVERSEAS RESIDENTS.
WITH REGARD TO OVERSEAS ONDERS. THE SPOKESMAN SAID AT PRESENT THEY WERE ACCEPTED ONLY WHEN NEW COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS WERE ISSUED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE PLANS TO EXPAND THIS SERVICE TO INCORPORATE DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS FOR OVERSEAS PHILATELISTS,
THIS SPECIAL COUNTER SERVICE HAS ALSO ATTRACTED QUITE A NUMBER OF TOURISTS INTERESTED IN STAMP COLLECTION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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