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	From Hong Kong's Information Services Department

March 15, 2004

Philately

Toys & games stamp set to be issued

A set of children's stamps, featuring some of their favourite toys and games like hopscotch, chess and bubble blowing will be issued on April 7.

The designs are adopted from winning entries of the Children's Stamp Design Competition run by HK Post last year.

Belinda Chan, Liu Chap-yin, Tsoi Ka-lai and April Yuen are the grand prize winners who will have their drawings featured on the stamp set titled Children Stamps - My Favourite Toys & Games.

The design touch-up and mini-pane design were carried out by Michael Fung, and printed in lithography in Holland.

New collection: Hopscotch and chess are two of the games featured in the new set of special stamps. A special postmark will also be released.

New stamps on display from March 17

Priced at $1.40, $2.40, $3 and $5, the stamps will go on display at the General, Tsim Sha Tsui, Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin Central Post Offices from March 17.

First day covers at $1 each will be put on sale at all post offices on the same day. Advance orders for servicing self-provided souvenir covers will be accepted at all post offices from March 17 to 23.

On April 7, 39 philatelic offices will sell serviced first day covers affixed with a set of stamps, at $15.30 each. Hand-back datestamping services will be provided for official and privately-made first day covers.

Special postmark will mark the event

Other philatelic products to go on sale are mini-panes and presentation packs, at $47.20 and $20 respectively.

To mark the event, a special postmark will be introduced on the same day.

The GPO-1 postmark, the Philatelic Bureau pictorial postmark and the philatelic office pictorial postmarks will also be available for hand-back datestamping services at all philatelic offices.