Hongkong Post to issue "Hong Kong Past and Present Series: Hongkong Post Headquarters" special stamps (with photos)
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Hong Kong Post Office was established on August 25, 1841. The first post office was built in the same year and it has been over 180 years since then. To cope with business expansion, the Hongkong Post Headquarters has undergone relocations four times and it began moving into the Hongkong Post Building in Kowloon Bay in 2023. These five important stages mark the development of postal services.
To commemorate the completion and opening of the Building, Hongkong Post will issue a set of four stamps, a stamp sheetlet and associated philatelic products on the theme of "Hong Kong Past and Present Series: Hongkong Post Headquarters", revealing the appearances and development of the Hongkong Post Headquarters at different times.
Official first day covers for "Hong Kong Past and Present Series: Hongkong Post Headquarters" will be on sale at all post offices and on Hongkong Post's online shopping mall ShopThruPost (shopthrupost.hongkongpost.hk) from tomorrow (December 5). This set of special stamps and associated philatelic products will be on sale at all post offices and on ShopThruPost from December 19, while serviced first day covers affixed with the special stamps, presentation pack (prestige version) and maximum cards will be available at philatelic offices only.
A hand-back date-stamping service will be provided on December 19 at all post offices for official first day covers/souvenir covers/privately made covers bearing the first day of issue indication and a local address.
Information about this set of special stamps and associated philatelic products is available on the Hongkong Post Stamps website (stamps.hongkongpost.hk) and in the ShopThruPost mobile app.
Ends/Monday, December 4, 2023
Issued at HKT 12:00
Issued at HKT 12:00
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