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NEW STAMPS POPULAR

Tuesday, June 12, 1973

Hong Kong's new definitive set of stamps, the first since 1962,

was in great demand today, the first day of sale.

On Hong Kong Island crowds of people began lining up inside the

General Post Office early in the morning and business was brisk throughout

the day.

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A colourful folder to hold the full set of 14 stamps was specially

designed for the occasion and is being sold at $45 together with the stamps.

It shows pictures of traditional scenes of Hong Kong the city by

night, a dragon boat race and a temple and contains informations on the

design of the new set.

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The stamps, with a different colour scheme for each of the denominations,

have two main design features a plaster cast of the head of the Queen by

Arnold Machin and a panel of flowers freely adapted from an antique Chinese

carved brown lacquer tray.

All the stamps, from 10 cents to $20 are available at post office

selling counters. The 10 cent and 50 cent denominations are obtainable from

automatic stamp-selling machines.

Note to Editors:

Copies of a photograph showing the

crowds in the GPO are boxed tonight.

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