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Official first day covers will be on sale at $1 each at all post offices as from Wednesday. Advance order for serviced first day covers will be accepted from Wednesday to March 13. The minimum number of serviced first day covers per order is five.
A restriction of 20 souvenir sheets and two sheets of each denomination (that is 100 sets of stamps) per customer queuing will be imposed on the first day of issue on March 20.
A beautifully designed presentation pack containing the four stamps will also be on sale at $19 each at all post offices from the same day.
Serviced first day covers affixed with the set of stamps and cancelled with the first day of issue special postmark will be on sale at $14.40 each on March 20 at the following eight philatelic offices:
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Airport Post Office
Beaconsfield House Post Office
General Post Office
Granville Road Post Office
Peak Post Office
Sha Tin Central Post Office
Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office
Tsuen Wan Post Office
A special postmark will be introduced for the hand-back service at all post offices on the same day to official and privately made covers bearing the first day of issue indication.
A set of five postcards reproducing the stamp and first day cover designs, issued by the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, will also be on sale at all post offices at $18 per set as from Wednesday.
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