Issue of a Souvenir Cover to Commemorate the One-year-free E-cert
with Smart ID Card
A souvenir cover will be issued on 9 August 2003 (Saturday) to
commemorate the provision of one-year-free e-Cert to the smart ID
cardholders. To encourage the adoption of the e-Cert by the smart
ID cardholders, two popular artists, Miss Miriam YEUNG and Mr. Ekin
CHENG, have been appointed as e-Cert Ambassadors for 2003-2004 to
help raise public awareness and understanding of the e-Cert. This
souvenir cover will be available for sale at all philatelic offices
from 26 July to 9 August 2003. The price of the souvenir cover is
HK$2 each.
All philatelic offices will open on 9 August 2003 as per normal
Saturday opening hours to provide a full range of counter services.
Hand-back service to official and privately-made covers bearing
an indication of the event and a local address will be provided
at all philatelic offices on that day. A special postmark will also
be introduced and available for hand-back service at all philatelic
offices. The "GPO-1" postmark, "Philatelic Bureau"
pictorial postmark and the philatelic office pictorial postmarks
will also be available for hand-back service at all philatelic offices.
The public hall of the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau on 1/F.,
Trade Square, 681 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, will also open from
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for datestamping covers with the "Philatelic
Bureau" pictorial postmark, the "GPO-1" postmark
as well as the special postmark.
A serviced souvenir cover will be given free to customers who have
opted for a one-year-free e-Cert on their smart ID cards at 20 designated
post offices (as stated in the table below) as from 9 August 2003
and at the Hongkong Post service counters of the 9 Smart ID Card
Centres (as stated in the table below) as from 18 August 2003. The
serviced souvenir cover will be affixed with a $1.4 definitive stamp
and cancelled with the special postmark, and will be distributed
until stock lasts.
Should customers have any enquiries, please contact 2921 6633 or
visit the following website: http://www.hongkongpost.gov.hk.
20 Designated Post Offices:
- Hong Kong
General Post Office, Aberdeen Post Office, Gloucester Road Post
Office, Shau Kei Wan Post Office
- Kowloon
Cheung Sha Wan Post Office, Gillies Avenue Post Office, Kwun Tong
Post Office, Mong Kok Post Office, Tsueng Kwan O Post Office,
Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, Wong Tai Sin Post Office
- New Territories
Kwai Fong Post Office, Ma On Shan Post Office, Sha Tin Central
Post Office, Shek Wu Hui Post Office, Tai Po Post Office, Tsuen
Wan Post Office, Tuen Mun Central Post Office, Yuen Long Post
Office
- Outlying Islands
Tung Chung Post Office
9 Smart ID Card Centres:
- Causeway Bay
6/F, Elizabeth House, 250 Gloucester Road, HK
- Tsim Sha Tsui
LG/F, Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
- Kwun Tong
1/F, World Trade Square, 123 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
- Tseung Kwan O
1/F, Nan Fung Plaza, 8 Pui Shing Road, Tseung Kwan O, NT
- Shatin
13/F, Tower II, Grand Central Plaza, 138 Rural Committee Road,
Sha Tin, NT
- Tsuen Wan
2/F, Smartland, 36 –60 Texaco Road, Tsuen Wan, NT
- Tuen Mun
1/F, Rosedale Garden, 133 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, NT
- Yuen Long (Tin Shui Wai)
Basement, Phase 2, Kingswood Ginza, 12-18 Tin Yan Road, Tin Shui
Wai, NT
- Sheung Shui
13/F, Landmark North, 39 Lung Sum Avenue, Sheung Shui, NT
Remarks: For the 2003 Local Standing Order Service customers who
have successfully ordered the "Datestamped Special Souvenir
Cover - for Other Special Event", the souvenir cover of "To
Commemorate the One-year-free E-cert with Smart ID Card" will
be collected together with the "Hong Kong, China - Sweden Joint
Issue on Waterbirds" stamp products.
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