THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1990
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SPECIAL PRODUCTS TO COINCIDE WITH STAMP WORLD LONDON EXHIBITION * * * * * *
WORLD MAY 3
THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE WILL PARTICIPATE IN STAMP LONDON '90 AN INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION TO BE HELD FROM TO 13 IN LONDON, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE FOLLOWING ISSUED ON MAY 3:
STAMP PRODUCTS WILL BE
SOUVENIR COVER
SPECIAL SOUVENIR COVERS, AFFIXED WITH A $10 DEFINITIVE STAMP AND CANCELLED WITH A PICTORIAL DATESTAMP, WILL BE ON SALE AT $13 EACH.
THE COVER BEARS A REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST SET OF HONG KONG DEFINITIVE STAMPS (RELEASED IN 1862) AND DEPICTS THE EARLIEST KNOWN DATESTAMP INTRODUCED BY THE POST OFFICE IN 1841.
LUNAR NEW YEAR OF THE HORSE STAMP BOOKLET
STAMP BOOKLETS FOR THE YEAR OF THE HORSE OVERPRINTED WITH THE LOGO OF THE EXHIBITION WILL BE ON SALE AT $15 EACH.
TO ENHANCE THE INTEREST OF COLLECTORS, THE BOOKLET WILL INCORPORATE A BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCTION OF THE 60 CENT AND $1.80 YEAR OF THE HORSE SPECIAL STAMPS. THESE "BLACK-PRINTS" ARE NOT VALID FOR PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGE.
THIS IS THE FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE HAS ISSUED "BLACK-PRINTS" AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE POPULAR AMONG PHILATELISTS.
PICTORIAL DATESTAMP AND CACHET
HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED ON MAY 3 WITH PICTORIAL DATESTAMP ON ANY PRIVATELY MADE SOUVENIR COVERS COMMEMORATING HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN STAMP WORLD LONDON '90. IN ADDITION, A CACHET WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED FOR GENERAL CANCELLATION PURPOSES.
THESE PRODUCTS AND HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE PHILATELIC COUNTERS OF THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE POST OFFICE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, GRANVILLE ROAD POST OFFICE, PEAK
POST POST OFFICE, SHA TIN CENTRAL
OFFICE AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE.
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