SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1975
THREE NEW STAMPS ON HONG KONG BIRDS
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A SET OF THREE HONG KONG BIRDS COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS WILL GO ON SALE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THE THREE STAMPS, IN 50 CENTS, $1.30 AND $2 DENOMINATIONS EACH DEPICT A HONG KONG BIRD - THẺ HUAMEI, THE CHINESE BULBUL AND THE BLACKCAPPED KINGFISHER.
THEY WILL BE ON DISPLAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR LOBBY OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN PEDDER STREET ON OCTOBER 21 AND 22 FROM 9.30 A.M. TO 4.30 P.M. AND WILL BE SOLD AT ALL POST OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29.
SPECIAL FIRST DAY COVERS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND WILL BE PLACED ON SALE AT 20 CENTS EACH AT ALL POST OFFICES FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO GET THEM FARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
ADVANCE ORDERS FOR THE SERVICING OF THESE FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN PEDDER STREET, THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE IN NATHAM ROAD AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE IN SALISBURY ROAD.
THE ADDRESSED FIRST DAY COVERS MUST BE HANDED IN WITH AN ORDER FORM TOGETHER WITH A REMITTANCE TO COVER THE COST. THE CHARGE WILL DE $4 PER COVER $3.80 FOR THE STAMPS AND 20 CENTS SERVICE FEE.
THE COVERS MUST BE FULLY ADDRESSED AND NOT LESS THAN TEN WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH EACH ORDER.
ORDER FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SAME THREE POST OFFICES AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FIRST DAY COVERS. THE LATEST ACCEPTANCE DATE FOR ADVANCE ORDERS OR SERVICED ORDERS IS 5 P.M. ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24.
ANYONE ORDERING SERVICED COVERS ADDRESSED TO A LOCAL DESTINATION WILL BE ABLE TO COLLECT THEM ON OCTOBER 30 FROM THE OFFICE WHERE THE ORDER WAS PLACED, COVERS ADDRESSED OVERSEAS WILL BE SENT FORWARD BY ORDINARY POST, SURFACE MAIL, UNLESS THERE ARE SUFFICIENT STAMPS TO COVER AIRMAIL AND/OR REGISTRATION CHARGES.
IN ADDITION, FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT ALL POST OFFICE COUNTERS ON THE ISSUING DAY, IMPRESSED WITH THE POST OFFICE-DATE CLOP AND HANDED BACK TO THE PERSON PRESENTING THEM.
HOWEVER NO TIME TYPE WILL APPEAR IN THE POSTMARK AND THE ARTICLES MUST BEAR AN INDICATION THAT THEY ARE FIRST DAY COVERS+= BE ADDRESSED TO A LOCAL DESTINATION- AND MUST NOT BE REGISTERED.
SPECIAL POSTING BOXES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE THREE POST OFFICES THAT DAY FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE FIRST DAY COVERS CAREFULLY HAND-POSTMARKED BEFORE DESPATCH.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE THREE SPECIAL STAMPS WILL BE DOXED FOR COLLECTION THIS AFTERNOON.
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