ROYAL
VISIT
PRESS
RELEASE
Monday, April 14, 1975
ROYAL VISIT COMMEMORATIVE STAMP ISSUE
Details on First-Day Covers
Two special stamps, denominations $1.30 and $2, will go on sale
at all post offices on April 30 to mark the visit of the Queen and Prince
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Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
To match these new stamps, special first-day covers will go on sale at all post offices from Wednesday, April 16, at 20 cents each.
A spokesman for the Postmaster General requests the public
"to obtain their requirements early to avoid disappointment."
Advance orders for the servicing of first-day covers will be
accepted at the General Bost Office, Pedder Street; the Kowloon Central Post Office, Nathan Road; and the Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, Salisbury Road.
The spokesman advises that for this service, "addressed first-
day covers must be handed in with an order form, together with a remittance
to cover the cost,"
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The charge will be $3.40 per cover, which includes the cost of
the two stamps, together with a service fee of 10 cents. The covers must
be fully addressed by the applicant, and no fewer than 10 covers will be
accepted with each order.
The order forms will be available at the General Post Office, the
Kowloon Central Post Office, and the Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office on Wednesday,
April 16.
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