THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1977
JUBILEE STAMPS ON DISPLAY *****
THE OMNIBUS SERIES OF SILVER JUBILEE STAMPS ISSUED BY THE 24 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN CONNAUGHT PLACE FROM NEXT MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 5).
THE STAMPS WILL BE EXHIBITED ON THE FIRST FLOOR PUBLIC COUNTER DAILY FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD.
EACH POSTAL AUTHORITY PARTICIPATING IN THE SERIES COMMEMORATING THE ACCESSION TO THE THRONE OF THE QUEEN HAD ISSUED STAMPS IN THREE DENOMINATIONS.
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ONE SHOWS A ROYAL CONNECTION WITH THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY. ANOTHER AN ITEM OF CORONATION REGALIA OR RELATED SUBJECT, WHILE THE THIRD DEPICTS A SCENE FROM THE CORONATION CEREMONY IN A CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE ACCORDING TO THE ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE COUNTRY.
+THUS THE ASCENSION ISLAND STAMP WHICH FEATURES FIRST IN THE CORONATION SEQUENCE SHOWS HER MAJESTY LEAVING BUCKINGHAM PALACE IN THE GOLDEN CORONATION COACH, THE BARBADOS STAMP DEPICTS THE QUEEN LEAVING THE COACH AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE EXPLAINED.
+THE LAST IN THE SEQUENCE - THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOWS THE QUEEN AND THE ROYAL FAMILY ON THE BALCONY AT BUCK | NGHAM PALACE AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM THE ABBEY.
+HONG KONG WAS THIRTEENTH IN THE ALPHABETICAL LIST AND OUR THEME IN THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WAS THE PRESENTATION
OF THE ORB IN THE CEREMONY WITHIN THE ABBEY, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE UNIQUE POSTAGE STAMP ISSUE WAS VERY POPULAR WITH SALES OF THE HONG KONG SET OF THREE BREAKING ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS.
THE FIRST DAY SALES ON FEBRUARY 7 THIS YEAR TOTALLED OVER $1,295,000, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS BEST OF $1,248,000 FOR THE DEFINITIVE STAMP ISSUE IN 1973.
OVER 204,000 FIRST-DAY COVERS FOR THE ISSUE WERE SOLD ALMOST 70,000 OF WHICH WERE SENT OVERSEAS TO COLLECTORS AND DEALERS, HE ADDED.
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