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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1987

NEW STAMPS DEPICT HISTORICAL COSTUMES

A SET OF

SPECIAL STAMPS FEATURING FOUR HISTORICAL CHINESE COSTUMES WILL BE ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 18, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

$5.

THE STAMPS ARE IN DENOMINATIONS OF 50 CENTS, $1.30,

THE SPECIAL STAMPS TO BE ISSUED ARE:

* 50 CENTS

$1.30

$1.70

$5

CASUAL DRESS WITH FRINGED HEM OF THE AND THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN (AD 220-589)

TWO-PIECE, HALF-ARM AND WRAP OF THE AND THE FIVE DYNASTIES (AD 581-960)

$1.70 AND

WEI, JIN, DYNASTIES

SUI, TANG

BIG-SLEEVE GRAND DRESS AND LONG SKIRT OF THE SUNG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)

MANCHU EMPRESS COSTUME (AD 1844-1911)

IN ADDITION, A SET OF FOUR POSTCARDS, BEING ENLARGEMENTS OF EACH STAMP, WILL BR 189UED WITH THIS STAMP ISSUE.

THE STAMPS AND POSTCARDS, DESIGNED BY MRS SUMIKO DAVIES, WERE PRINTED IN AUSTRALIA BY THE CPE AUSTRALIA LTD.

THE STAMPS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE PHILATELIC CENTRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE FROM OCTOBER 31 AND AT LEVEL 4 ROTUNDA OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN PLAZA FROM OCTOBER 31 TO NOVEMBER 1.

OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS AT 50 CENTS EACH AND POSTCARDS AT $1 EACH WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES ON NOVEMBER 2.

ADVANCE ORDERS FOR FIRST DAY TREATMENT OF FIRST DAY COVERS AND POSTCARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM NOVEMBER 2 TO 13 AT ALL POST OFFICES.

THE MINIMUM QUANTITY PER ORDER IS FIVE FIRST DAY COVERS AND/OR POSTCARDS. CUSTOMERS WISHING TO AVOID CONGESTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE ARE ADVISED TO MAKE USE OF THIS ADVANCE ORDER SERVICE.

FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF CUSTOMERS, FIRST DAY COVERS AND SETS POSTCARDS PRE-AFFIXED WITH A SET OF THE STAMPS AND CANCELLED WITH PHILATELIC BUREAU DATESTAMP WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE DESIGNATED COUNTERS OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICES ON NOVEMBER 18:

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