TUESDAY, APRIL 2?, 1936
10
SPECIAL QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY STAMPS ON SHOW
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AN OMNIBUS SERIES OF SPECIAL STAMPS ISSUED BY 23 POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS, INCLUDING HONG KONG, IN HONOUR OF THE QUEEN'S 60TH BIRTHDAY IS ON DISPLAY AT THE PHILATELIC CENTRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
THE DISPLAY IS ORGANISED BY THE POST OFFICE IN COLLABORATION WITH CROWN AGENTS STAMP COMPANY.
THE ONMIBUS SERIES CONSISTS OF FIVE STAMPS IN EACH SET SHOWING:
FIRST VALUE:
A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE QUEEN AT A TIME BETWEEN HER BIRTH IN 1926 AND HER ACCESSION TO THE THRONE IN 1952.
SECOND VALUE: AN EVENT IN THE QUEEN'S LIFE FROM HER
ACCESSION TO THE PRESENT.
THIRD VALUE:
A ROYAL VISIT TO THE COUNTRY OF ISSUE OR A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE QUEEN FULFILLING HER DUTIES AS HEAD OF STATE.
FOURTH VALUE: A MODERN PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN.
FIFTH VALUE: THE QUEEN VISITING THE CROWN AGENTS'
HEADQUARTERS IN 1983.
TEAMS INVITED FOR TUEN MUN BOAT RACES *****
TUEN MUN WILL CELEBRATE THE TRADITIONAL TUEN NG FESTIVAL WITH A SERIES OF RACES FEATURING A VARIETY OF DRAGON BOATS ON JUNE 11.
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN TO ORGANISATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, FIRMS AND COMPANIES IN AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO FORM TEAMS FOR THE RACES, WHICH ARE ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT DRAGON BOAT RACE COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
THE TUEN MUN DRAGON BOAT RACES, NOW IN ITS 13TH YEAR, WILL BE HELD IN THE CASTLE PEAK BAY TYPHOON SHELTER NEAR WU KING ESTATE.
THE COURSE