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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1983
STAMP ISSUE MARKS OBSERVATORY'S CENTENARY
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THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE WILL BE ISSUING FOUR STAMPS TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ON NOVEMBER 23.
THE COMMON THEME FOR ALL THE STAMPS IS THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SINCE IT WAS FORMED IN 1883.
THE DESIGNS FEATURE THE ORIGINAL MAIN BUILDING AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN 1883 AND THE NINE-STOREY BUILDING COMPLETED IN 1982 (40 CENTS), A WIND VANE AND CUP ANEMOMETER AND THE DOPPLER ACOUSTIC RADAR SYSTEM ($1), THE THATCHED SHED USED TO HOUSE THERMOMETERS IN THE EARLY DAYS AND A GEOSTATIONARY METEROLOGICAL SATELLITE SYSTEM ($1.30), AND THE EARLIEST SEISMOMETER CONSTRUCTED BY ZHANG HENG, A CHINESE SCIENTIST, IN 132 A.D. AND A MODERN SEISMOMETER ($5).
DESIGNED BY CLIFFORD SHUN WAH, THE STAMPS WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE AND IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE DAILY FROM NOVEMBER 16-27 BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 4.30 PM.
OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9.
EACH COVER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INSERT CARD CONTAINING INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND BRIEF STAMP PRINTING DETAILS. SUFFICIENT FIRST DAY COVERS HAVE BEEN PRINTED TO MEET ANTICIPATED DEMAND, AND THERE WILL BE NO RESTRICTION ON THE NUMBER PURCHASED BY EACH CUSTOMER.
ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SERVICING FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM NOVEMBER 9-18 AT ALL POST OFFICES.
FOR THIS SERVICE, ADDRESSED FIRST DAY COVERS MUST BE HANDED IN WITH AN ORDER FORM WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT ALL POST OFFICES DURING THAT PERIOD TOGETHER WITH A REMITTANCE TO COVER THE COST.
THE CHARGE WILL BE $8.70 PER COVER, AND THIS INCLUDES THE COST OF THE STAMPS ($7.70) TOGETHER WITH A SERVICE FEE OF $1.00.
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THE COVERS MUST BE FULLY ADDRESSED BY THE APPLICANTS, NO FEWER THAN 10 COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH EACH ORDER.
ANY PERSON ORDERING SERVICED COVERS ADDRESSED TO A LOCAL DESTINATION MAY COLLECT THEM ON NOVEMBER 25 FROM THE POST OFFICE WHERE THE ORDER WAS PLACED.
COVERS ADDRESSED OVERSEAS WILL BE FORWARDED AS ADDRESSED.
A LIMITED NUMBER OF COLOURFUL POSTERS SHOWING ENLARGED VERSIONS OF THE STAMPS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $20 EACH AT THE PHILATELIC COUNTERS OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE FROM WEDNESDAY.
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