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Monday, September 26, 1977

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A service will be provided on October 12 at all post offices

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

the normal post office date chop and handed back to the person presenting

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

for this service are :

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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 cancellations; and

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

October 12 for those who wish to have first day covers carefully hand-

postmarked before despatch to the address on the covers.

The new stamps will be on display on the first floor public counter

of the General Post Office Building, Connaught Place, from 9.30 a.m. to

4.30 p.m., on October 4.

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