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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1994
SPECIAL STAMPS ON COMMONWEALTH GAMES 1994
GAMES MR MIKE
"COMMONWEALTH A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS ON THE THEME OF 1994" WILL BE ISSUED ON AUGUST 25, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, PAGLIARI, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THERE WILL BE FOUR DENOMINATIONS: $1, $1.90, $2.4 AND $5.
THE STAMPS ARE DESIGNED BY MR COLLIN TILLYER AND WALSALL SECURITY PRINTING LIMITED OF ENGLAND.
PRINTED BY
SPORTS: AQUATICS THEY FEATURE FOUR OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES ($1), LAWN BOWLS ($1.90), GYMNASTICS ($2.4) AND WEIGHTLIFTING ($5).
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THURSDAY
THE STAMPS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AND SHA TIN CENTRAL POST OFFICE AS FROM (AUGUST 11).
ALL POST OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE PLACED ON SALE AT
11) OFFICES, EXCEPT THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE, AS FROM THURSDAY (AUGUST AT $1 EACH. ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SERVICED COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AUGUST 11 TO 17. THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF COVERS PER ORDER IS FIVE.
STAMPS) ISSUE.
FROM
A RESTRICTION OF TWO SHEETS OF STAMPS OF BACH DENOMINATION (100
QUEUING WILL BE IMPOSED ON THE
OF FIRST
PER
CUSTOMER
DAY
GAMES
FIRST DAY COVERS AFFIXED WITH A SET OF THE COMMONWEALTH 1994 STAMPS AND CANCELLED WITH THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE SPECIAL POSTMARK
SIX BE PLACED ON SALE ON AUGUST 25 AT THE FOLLOWING WILL OFFICES AT $13.30 EACH:
PHILATELIC
BEACONSFIELD HOUSE POST OFFICE
GENERAL POST OFFICE
GRANVILLE ROAD POST OFFICE
PEAK POST OFFICE
SHA TIN CENTRAL POST OFFICE
TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE
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A SET OF FOUR POSTCARDS DEPICTING THE STAMP DESIGNS WILL ISSUED BY THE AMATEUR SPORTS FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (ASF AND OC) OF HONG KONG TO COMPLEMENT THE SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS 16SUED BY THE POST OFFICE.
THE
POSTCARDS, PACKED IN A SPECIALLY-DESIGNED ENVELOPE PLASTIC
EXCEPT BAG, WILL BE PLACED ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES, AIRPORT POST OFFICE, AS FROM THURSDAY (AUGUST 11) AT $15 PER SET. PROCEEDS WILL BE USED BY THE ASF AND OC FOR SPORTS EDUCATION IN
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