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Australia and US Year of Pig stamp products on sale in HK
Stamp products issued by Australia Post and the United States Postal Service to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Pig will be put on sale at seven philatelic offices from January 19.
The offices are at Beaconsfield House Post Office, General Post Office. Granville Road Post Office, Peak Post Office, Sha Tin Central Post Office, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office and Tsuen Wan Post Office.
The stamp products include Year of the Pig stamps issued by the United States Postal Service and the Year of the Pig miniature sheet and serviced first day cover issued by Australia Post for Christmas Island.
This is the second release of Lunar New Year stamps by Australia Post and the third release by the United States Postal Service, the Postmaster General, Mr Mike Pagliari, said.
The Australia Post (Christmas Island) miniature sheet comprises two stamps with face values of Aus 45 cents and 85 cents.
The serviced first day cover is affixed with a miniature sheet bearing a postmark of the first day of issue.
The United States Year of the Pig stamp has a face value of US 29 cents and will only be available in sheets of 20 stamps.
The selling prices in Hong Kong currency are:
Christmas Island miniature sheet - HK$8
Christmas Island serviced first day cover - HK$9.50
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United States Year of the Pig stamps - HK$45.50 (sheet of 20)
End/Sunday, January 15, 1995
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