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Monday, December 11, 1972

SPECIAL COUNTERS FOR MAILING CHRISTMAS CARDS

Special counter positions will be opened at Kowloon Central, Tsim

Sha Tsui and General Post Offices from Wednesday (December 13) to December 21

for the acceptance of Christmas cards.

The special counters will accept any quantity of Christmas items.

"All post offices will be extremely busy during the pre-Christmas

period. It would therefore be very helpful if the public using these counter

positions could separate their postings clearly between Hong Kong, Kowloon

and New Territories addresses," a spokesman for the Post Office said today:

The normal limitation on acceptance of cash in prepayment of postage

will be relaxed at all post offices except those in the New Territories

throughout the period..

Members of the public with at least 40 items with a total postage

of $4 or more may hand the items over the counter at these offices without

affixing stamps. A receipt will be given in exchange for the postage paid

on the items.

They are advised that the latest time for the posting of local mail

items to ensure delivery before Christmas Day will be 6 p.m. on December 21.

"Postings after this date cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas,"

the spokesman said.

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