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MONDAY, MAY 22, 1978

STAMPS TO COMMEMORATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUEEN'S CORONATION

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THE POST OFFICE WILL ISSUE TWO STAMPS ON JUNE 2 TO COMMEMORATE THE SILVER JUBILEE OF THE QUEEN'S CORONATION,

THE TWO STAMPS ARE IN THE 20 CENTS AND $1.30 DENOMINATIONS AND WILL BE PLACED ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES. THEY WILL BE ON DISPLAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR PUBLIC COUNTER OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, ON MAY 29 FROM 9.30 A.M. TC 4.30 P.K.

FIRST DAY COVERS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS ISSUE WILL BE ON SALE FROM WEDNESDAY (MAY 24) AT 20 CENTS EACH. THE PUBLIC ARE ASKED TO OBTAIN THEIR REQUIREMENTS EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID THE DESIGN OF THE STAMPS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE FIRST HONG KONG DEFINITIVE ISSUE OF THE QUEEN'S REIGN WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 1954 AND WITHDRAWN IN 1962.

+ IT IS OF INTEREST TO NOTE THAT THIS DESIGN IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF HONG KONG STAMPS MADE IN 1862.

+THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS WILL, HOWEVER, BE LARGER THAN THE 1954 DEFINITIVE ISSUE AND WILL BE SÍMILAR IN SIZE TO THE CURRENT DEFINITIVE HIGH VALUE STAMPS.+

THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE STAMPS WHICH INCORPORATES A LINE ENGRAVING OF PETER GRUGEON'S PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SERVICING OF FIRST DAY COVERS WILL EE ACCEPTED AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE, NATHAN ROAD, AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, SALISBURY ROAD.

FOR THIS SERVICE, ADDRESSED FIRST DAY COVERS MUST BE HANDED IN WITH AN ORDER FORM TOGETHER WITH A REMITTANCE TO COVER THE COST. THE CHARGE WILL BE $1.70 PER COVER WHICH INCLUDES THE COST OF TWO STAMPS AND A SERVICE FEE OF 20 CENTS.

THE COVERS MUST BE FULLY ADDRESSED BY THE APPLICANT, AND NOT LESS THAN 10 COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH EACH ORDER.

THE ORDER FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE AND TOIP SHA TSUI WEDNESDAY (MAY 24).

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