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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1992

SOUVENIR COVERS AT $1 EACH WILL BE ON

SIX PHILATELIC OFFICES FROM FRIDAY:

BEACONSFIELD HOUSE POST OFFICE GENERAL POST OFFICE

GRANVILLE ROAD POST OFFICE

PEAK POST OFFICE

SHA TIN CENTRAL POST OFFICE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE

SALE AT THE FOLLOWING

EACH CUSTOMER QUEUING UP EACH TIME WILL BE ENTITLED TO ONLY 10 COVERS ON THE DAY OF ISSUE.

BEARING AN

A HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE SIX PHILATELIC OFFICES ON THE DAY FOR OFFICIAL AND PRIVATELY MADE COVERS INDICATION OF THE STAMP EXHIBITION.

A SPECIAL DATESTAMP AND A CACHET WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR THE

PURPOSE.

MRS HO ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE WOULD NO LONGER BE DESIGNATED AS A PHILATELIC POST OFFICE WITH EFFECT FROM AUGUST 21.

THIS DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT EXPERIENCE WHEN LARGE CROWDS GATHERED AROUND THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE ΤΟ BUY PHILATELIC PRODUCTS, CAUSING CONSIDERABLE OBSTRUCTION ΤΟ DEPARTING PASSENGERS.

TO AVOID DISRUPTION то AIRPORT OPERATIONS, NEW STAMPS AND ASSOCIATED PHILATELIC PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE AIRORT POST OFFICE FROM AUGUST 21.

THE PICTORIAL DATESTAMP WHICH WAS SPECIALLY INTRODUCED FOR THE PHILATELIC COUNTER THERE WILL ALSO BE WITHDRAWN FROM USE ON THE SAME

DAY.

COLLECTORS WISHING TO OBTAIN THE LAST-DAY IMPRESSION OF THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE PICTORIAL POSTMARK ARE ADVISED TO PLACE THEIR ITEMS, WHICH SHOULD BE PROPERLY ADDRESSED, IN THE SPECIAL POSTING BOX AT THE AIRPORT POST OFFICE PHILATELIC COUNTER ON AUGUST 20.

NO HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED.

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