SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1987
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STAMP SET TO SHOW 19TH CENTURY HONG KONG
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A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS WITH SCENES OF NINETEENTH CENTURY HONG KONG WILL BE ISSUED ON APRIL 23, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY).
IN FOUR DENOMINATIONS 50 CENTS, $1.30, $1.70 AND 35 SPECIAL STAMPS WILL BEAR NINETEENTH CENTURY PAINTINGS FROM THE ART COLLECTIONS OF THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART AND THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
THE SPECIAL STAMPS TO BE ISSUED ARE:
* 50 CENTS
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$1.30
* $1.70
* $5
A VILLAGE SQUARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 1838, BY AUGUSTE BORGET, DEPICTED IS A TEMPLE NEAR A LARGE TREE WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY VILLAGERS INVOLVED IN THEIR DAILY CHORES AND ACTIVITIES,
BOAT DWELLERS IN KOWLOON BAY, 1838 ALSO BY BORGET. DEPICTED ARE BOAT-HOUSES DRAWN ASHORE AND SHELTERED NEAR TREES AND BY ROCKS,
FLAGSTAFF HOUSE, 1846, BY MURDOCH BRUCE. THIS WAS THE RESIDENCE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MAJOR-GENERAL D'AGUILAR AT THE TIME AND CONTINUED TO BE THE RESIDENCE OF THE MILITARY COMMANDER UNTIL 1978 WHEN THE VICTORIA BARRACKS AREA WAS TAKEN OVER FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT PURPOSES AND
A VIEW OF WELLINGTON STREET AND LYNDHURST TERRACE IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY BY C. ANDRASI. DEPICTED IS A LIVELY CHINESE STREET SCENE SHOWING AN OPERATIC STAGE SHOPS AND TRADESMEN VENDING THE IR WARES.
THE STAMPS WERE DESIGNED BY MR JOHNNY YIM AND PRINTED IN IRELAND,
THE
OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS, AT 50 CENTS EACH, WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES FROM APRIL 9. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED CLOSER TO THE DAY OF ISSUE.
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