Sale of Lunar New Year Stamps and Overseas Philatelic Products (with photo)
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    A special Lunar New Year stamp issue, "Year of the Dog" will be released this Sunday (January 15), the Postmaster General, Mr Allan Chiang, announced today (January 12). Philatelic products issued by the postal administrations of Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Mainland China, Macau, New Zealand, Singapore, United Nations and the United States will be on sale on the same day at all philatelic offices (except the Peak Post Office during its reprovisioning period). The General Post Office, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office and Airport Post Office will open from 9am to 2pm as on normal Sundays. All other post offices (except mobile post offices) will open from 9am to 1pm on that day. Customers may also purchase these overseas philatelic products at Hongkong Post Internet shopping mall ﷿ "ShopThruPost" (http://www.shopthrupost.hk).

     Details of the philatelic products, the selling prices and sales quota for each customer are listed below:

Postal Administration: Australia Post
Issue Name: 2005 Collection of Australian Stamps
Products: (AU124)
Unit Price (HK$): 482.00
Sales Quota: 1 album

Postal Administration: Canada Post
Issue Name: Collection Canada 2005 ﷿ Yearbook
Products: (CA100)
Unit Price (HK$): 409.00
Sales Quota: 1 album

Postal Administration: China Post
Issue Name: 2005 Stamps of China
Products: (CH80)
Unit Price (HK$): 418.00
Sales Quota: 1 album

Postal Administration: Macao Post
Issue Name: Macao 2005, 4th East Asian Games
Products: Stamp Set of 6(MA328)
Unit Price (HK$): 17.00
Sales Quota: 3 sets

Postal Administration: Macao Post
Issue Name: Macao 2005, 4th East Asian Games
Products: Stamp Sheetlet (MA329)
Unit Price (HK$): 9.00
Sales Quota: 3 pieces

Postal Administration: Macao Post
Issue Name: Great Inventions of China
Products: Stamp Set of 4 (MA330)
Unit Price (HK$): 10.00
Sales Quota: 3 sets

Postal Administration: Macao Post
Issue Name: Great Inventions of China
Products: Stamp Sheetlet (MA331)
Unit Price (HK$): 9.00
Sales Quota: 3 pieces

Postal Administration: Macao Post
Issue Name: Science and Technology ﷿ Chaos and Fractals
Products: Stamp Set of 6 (MA332)
Unit Price (HK$): 10.00
Sales Quota: 3 sets

Postal Administration: Macao Post
Issue Name: Science and Technology ﷿ Chaos and Fractals
Products: Stamp Sheetlet (MA333)
Unit Price (HK$): 9.00
Sales Quota: 3 pieces

Postal Administration: New Zealand Post
Issue Name: The Chronicles of Narnia ﷿ the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Products: Stamp Set of 5 (NZ105)
Unit Price (HK$): 37.00
Sales Quota: 5 sets

Postal Administration: New Zealand Post
Issue Name: The Chronicles of Narnia ﷿ the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Products: Datestamped First Day Cover with a set of stamps (NZ106)
Unit Price (HK$): 40.00
Sales Quota: 5 covers

Postal Administration: New Zealand Post
Issue Name: The Chronicles of Narnia ﷿ the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Products: Presentation Pack (with a stamp set of 5, souvenir sheet, a set of 5 stamp sheetlets and datestamped first day cover with stamps) (NZ107)
Unit Price (HK$): 178.00
Sales Quota: 3 packs

Postal Administration: New Zealand Post
Issue Name: 2005 New Zealand Stamp Pack
Products: (NZ108)
Unit Price (HK$): 415.00
Sales Quota: 1 album

Postal Administration: Royal Mail
Issue Name: 2005 Yearbook
Products: Standard Stamps (BR162)
Unit Price (HK$): 608.00
Sales Quota: 1 album

Postal Administration: Royal Mail
Issue Name: Yearpack 2005
Products: Special Stamps (BR163)
Unit Price (HK$): 532.00
Sales Quota: 1 pack

Postal Administration: Singapore Post
Issue Name: The 2005 Collection of Singapore Stamps
Products: (SG311)
Unit Price (HK$): 287.00
Sales Quota: 1 album

Postal Administration: United Nations
Issue Name: 2005 Annual Collection Folders
Products: (UN51)
Unit Price (HK$): 345.00
Sales Quota: 1 set

Postal Administration: USPS
Issue Name: The 2005 Commemorative Stamp Yearbook
Products: (US101)
Unit Price (HK$): 557.00
Sales Quota: 1 album

Ends/Thursday, January 12, 2006
Issued at HKT 14:35

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