Year of the Ox special stamps to be issued
The Postmaster General, Mr Robert Footman, announced today (Thursday) that
a set of special stamps on the theme of the Year of the Ox will be issued on January 17.
This is the 11th in the current series of Lunar New Year special stamps released by the Post Office commencing with the Year of the Rabbit in 1987.
There will be four denominations $1.3, $2.5, $3.1 and $5. A souvenir sheet incorporating the four stamps will also be issued. A stamp booklet containing six each of the $1.3 and $3.1 stamps will be available at $26.4 each.
The stamps were designed by Mr Kan Tai-keung and printed by Joh Enschede of the Netherlands.
As from tomorrow (Friday), the stamps will be on display for the advance information of the public at the General Post Office, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, Tsuen Wan Post Office and Sha Tin Central Post Office. Official first day covers will be put on sale at all post offices at $1 each as from the same day.
Advance orders for serviced first day covers will be accepted at all post offices from tomorrow to January 10. The minimum number of covers per order is five.
A restriction of two stamp booklets, five souvenir sheets and two sheets of stamps of each denomination (namely 100 sets of stamps) per customer queuing will be imposed on the first day of issue.
A beautifully designed presentation pack containing the four stamps will be available for sale at $20 each at all post offices as from January 17.
On the first day of issue, hand-back service will be provided at all post offices to official and privately-made covers bearing indication of the first day of issue on January 17, 1997. A special postmark will also be introduced.
The GPO-1 hand stamp will also be available for hand-back service at the following 19 philatelic offices:
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