Chinese carved brown lacquer tray from the period 17th Century or earlier. There are in all fourteen denominations in the new definitive issue and these, together with their colours, are:
10c. Reddish Orange 15c. Dull Yellow Green
20c. Deep Mauve
$1 Blackish Olive
$1.30 Reddish Violet and Greenish
Yellow
Reddish Brown and Emerald
25c. Red Brown
$2
30c. Ultra Marine
$5
Royal Blue and Orange
Vermilion
40c. Turquoise Blue
$10
Black Olive and Crimson
50c.
Vermilion
$20
65c, Ochre
Brownish Black and Magenta
31. Four special issues of postal stamps were made during the year as follows:
Date of Issue
Subject
Denomination Issued
14.11.73
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23.11.73
8. 1.74
The Wedding of H.R.H. Princess Anne Festival of Hong Kong, 1973
50c.
$2
10c. 50c. $1
Lunar New Year, 1974
1. 2.74
Hong Kong Arts Festival, 1974
10c. 10c. $1 $2
$1.30
32. For the Hong Kong Arts Festival Issue a souvenir sheet con- taining all three stamps of the issue was placed on sale. This was the first souvenir sheet issued in Hong Kong and it proved to be extremely popular, all the sheets being sold on the first day of issue.
First Day Covers
33.
Special First Day covers were designed for the definitive issue and each of the four commemorative issues. The total number of First Day Covers sold was 685,454. The figures for each issue are as follows:
New Definitive Issue, 1973
Subject
The Wedding of H.R.H. Princess Anne
Festival of Hong Kong, 1973
Lunar New Year, 1974
Hong Kong Arts Festival, 1974
Christmas Aerogrammes
Covers sold
141,533
136,370
130,349
137,521
139,681
34. A new Christmas aerogramme form designed by the Informa- tion Services Department was placed on sale in November and nearly 92,000 forms were sold.
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