Tuesday, August 21, 1973
HONG KONG STAMPS TO COMMEMORATE ROYAL WEDDING
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Four now sets of commemorative stamps, comprising 10 denominations,
will be put on sale in the next few months.
The new issues are to commemorate the wedding of Princess Anne,
the 1973 Festival of Hong Kong, the 1974 Lunar New Year, and the 1974
Hong Kong Arts Festival.
The stamps to commemorate the royal wedding will be in 50-cent
and $2 denominations and will go on sale at all post offices on November 14.
The designs have not yet been finalised, but the main features
will be a portrait of Princess Anne and Lt. Mark Phillips.
To publicise the 1973 Festival of Hong Kong, three new stamps
will be put on sale on November 23.
They will be issued in three denominations of 10 cents, 50 cents
and $1. Each of then features a stylised version of a single Chinese
character made up of a combination of festival symbols. Together they
represent the three words "Hong Kong Festival".
The tiger is the main feature of the design of two new stamps
to be issued to commemorate the 1974 Lunar New Year the Year of the
Tiger.
These stamps, which will be the eighth in the series of Lunar
New Year stamps, will be issued in 10-cent and $1.30 denominations.
They will be put on sale on January 8 next year.
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