TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1981
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ROYAL WEDDING STAMP COVERS ON SALE TOMORROW
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FIRST DAY COVERS FOR A SPECIAL SET OF THREE POSTAGE STAMPS COMMEMORATING THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER WILL GO ON SALE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT ALL POST OFFICES AT 50 CENTS EACH, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED.
THE STAMPS, VALUED AT 20 CENTS, $1.30 AND $5, WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, THE DAY OF THE ROYAL MARRIAGE, WHICH IS ALSO A PUBLIC HOLIDAY.
+EACH COVER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INSERT CARD CONTAINING A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE STAMP DESIGN FEATURES, TOGETHER WITH BRIEF PHILATELIC INFORMATION.
+AN INCREASED NUMBER OF FIRST DAY COVERS HAS BEEN PRINTED TO MEET ANTICIPATED PUBLIC DEMAND, BUT TO ENSURE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE TO BUY OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS, NO MORE THAN TEN COVERS MAY BE PURCHASED BY A CUSTOMER AT ANY ONE TIME, A SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE DESIGN OF THE 20 CENTS STAMP DEPICTS AN HERALDIC GARLAND SYMBOLISING THE MARRIAGE, AND A WEDDING BOUQUET COMPOSED OF BAUHIN A FLOWERS THE DESIGN OF THE $1.30 STAMP SHOWS PRINCE CHARLES DOTTING THE EYE OF A DRAGON DURING HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG IN MARCH 1979- AND THE $5.00 STAMP DESIGN INCORPORATES AN OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPH.
ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SERVICING OF FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE, NATHAN ROAD AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, PEKING 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 CHARGE WILL BE $7.00 PER COVER, WHICH INCLUDES THE COST OF THE STAMPS ($6.50) TOGETHER WITH A SERVICE FEE OF 50 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 JULY 8.
/ANY PERSON