FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1955
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POSTAL CHARGES GO UP FROM SEPTEMBER 2
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THE PUBLIC WERE REMINDED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FEES AND CHARGES WILL BE INCREASED FROM SEPTEMBER 2.
THE BASIC RATE FOR LOCAL LETTERS WILL BE RAISED FROM 40 CENTS TO 50 CENTS AND FOR PRINTED PAPERS FROM 30 CENTS TO 40 CENTS. A 10-CENT INCREASE WILL ALSO APPLY TO BASIC LETTER AND PRINTED PAPER RATES TO CHINA, TAIWAN AND MACAU, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE NEW MINIMUM AIRMAIL RATES WILL BE $1.30 FOR ZONE 1 (ASIAN REGION) AND $1.70 FOR ZONE 2 (OTHER REGIONS), WHILE AEROGRAMMES WHICH CAN BE POSTED TO ALL COUNTRIES WILL BE SOLD AT $1.30,
THE REGISTRATION FEE WILL BE INCREASED BY $1 TO $5, AND THE EXPRESS FEE BY $1 TO $4.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT A NEW $1.70 DEFINITIVE STAMP AND A NEW AEROGRAMME BEARING A $1.30 STAMP WILL BE PUT ON SALE FROM THE SAME DAY.
THE DESIGN OF THE NEW $1.70 STAMP, COLOURED BLUE ON A GREEN BACKGROUND, IS THE SAME AS EXISTING DEFINITIVE STAMPS, A HANDY AND CONVENIENT STAMP FOLDER CONTAINING 10 SUCH STAMPS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT $17 EACH.
THE STAMP USED ON THE NEW AEROGRAMME HAS A DESIGN DEPICTING A DRAGON, THE SAME AS THE PRESENT ONE. HOWEVER, THE NEW AEROGRAMY WILL BE PLAIN BLUE WITHOUT THE PRESENT +CLOUD+ BACKGROUND. A PICTORIAL AEROGRAMME, AT 1.40, WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.
NO FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE ISSUED WITH THE NEW STAMP AND NO HANDBACK SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED. PHILATELISTS WHO WANT THEIR COVERS BEARING THE NEW STAMPS OR THE NEW AEROGRAMMES TO BE CANCELLED WITH A HANDSTAMP SHOULD POST THESE ITEMS IN THE SPECIAL POSTING BOXES AT THE PHILATELIC COUNTERS OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND THE BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, PEAK, TSIM SHA TSUI, GRANVILLE ROAD AND AIRPORT POST OFFICES.
OLD AEROGRAMMES BEARING THE $1 STAMP CAN STILL BE USED AFTER SEPTEMBER 2, BUT POSTAGE SHOULD BE MADE UP BY AFFIXING A 30-CENT STAMP BEFORE THEY ARE SENT.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE REVISED POSTAL CHARGES MAY BE JBTAINED FROM ALL POST OFFICES AND THE POST OFFICE ENQUIRY BUREAU AT 5-231071-2. ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS FEES CAN BE MADE AT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENSING OFFICE AT
-236093.
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