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Thursday, November 1, 1973

Any person ordering serviced covers addressed to a local

destination may collect them on November 15 from the office where the

order was placed.

Covere addressed overseas will be sent forward by ordinary post,

surface mail, unless sufficient stamps are affixed to cover airmail and/or

registration charges.

The latest acceptance date for advance orders of serviced covers

will be noon on November 8.

A service will be provided on November 14 (Wednesday) at all post offices

whereby first day covers will be accepted over the counter, impressed

with the normal post office steel date stamp and handed back to the person

presenting then.

No time type will appear in the postmark. The special conditions

for the service are:-

only articles bearing an indication that they are 'First Day Covers' will be so treated.

the articles must be addressed to a local address.

the articles must not bear any other cancellation.

no registered items will be processed by this method.

Special posting boxes will also be available at the General Post

Office, Kowloon Central Post Office and Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office on

November 14 for those who wish to have first day covers carefully hand-postmarked

before despatch to the address on the cover.

Note to Editors:

Copies of a photograph of the stamps are

boxed for collection.