Joint Stamp Issue of Hongkong Post, China Post and Macau Post
on "The Successful Flight of China's First Manned Spacecraft"
Mini-pane |
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To commemorate the successful flight of China's first manned
spacecraft, Hongkong Post, China Post and Macau Post jointly
issue a stamp booklet on 16 October 2003 (Thursday). Also, each
of the three postal administrations issues a set of two stamps
on the same day. This is the third joint stamp issue of the
three postal administrations.To give prominence to this exhilarating
event, reddish fluorescent ink is specially applied during printing
to make the stamps more attractive. This distinctive printing
effect can be seen under ultraviolet light. |
Stamp Printing Details
| Stamp Design : |
Mr. WANG Huming and Mr. LIU Xiangping |
| Printer : |
Beijing Stamp Printing Factory, The People's Republic of China |
| Process : |
Photogravure |
| Stamp Size : |
40 mm x 30 mm |
| Mini-pane Size : |
150 mm x 210 mm |
| Perforation : |
13 x 13.5 |
| Paper : |
Paper with UV visible security fibres |
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| Presentation pack |
Stamp booklet |
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| Stamp booklet (3 souvenir sheets which issued
by China Post, Hongkong Post and Macau Post)The souvenir sheets
are not available for sale individually. |
Information about associated philatelic products released with
this issue and the sales restriction per queuing customer on the
first day of issue on 16 October 2003 and subsequent days
until stock lasts are as follows:
| Products |
Descriptions |
Selling Price (HKD) |
Sales Restriction per Customer |
| Mini-pane |
Contains 5 sets of 10 stamps in total, each in HK$1.40. No
individual stamp will be sold.
Size : 150 mm x 210 mm |
$14.00 per pane |
5 panes |
| Presentation pack |
Contains a set of two HK$1.40 stamps
Size : 213 mm x 152 mm |
$12.00 per pack |
5 packs |
| Stamp booklet |
Contains 3 souvenir sheets that are not sold separately. Each
souvenir sheet has the respective set of stamps, issued by 3
postal administrations:
| China Post : |
2 stamps in RMB2 and RMB80 cents respectively |
| Hongkong Post : |
2 stamps of HK$1.40 each |
| Macau Post : |
2 stamps in 1.50 Macau Patacas and 1 Macau Pataca respectively |
Size : 148 mm x 95 mm |
$12.80 per booklet |
5 booklets |
| Serviced first day cover with a set of 2 stamps |
Affixed with a set of 2 Hong Kong stamps and cancelled by
"GPO-1" postmark* (Only available at all philatelic
offices and were sold from the issue day until stock lasts) |
$6.30 per cover |
5 covers |
| Serviced first day cover with a souvenir sheet |
Affixed with a souvenir sheet extracted from stamp booklet
embedded with 2 Hong Kong stamps and cancelled by "GPO-1"
postmark* (Only available at all philatelic offices
and were sold from the issue day until stock lasts) |
$6.30 per cover |
5 covers |
* Because of the short notice of this special issue, Hongkong Post
has not issued any special postmark for this stamp issue.
| Remarks : |
The above philatelic products have not been included in
the 2003 Local Standing Order Service (LSOS). Order forms
were separately sent on 16 October 2003 to subscribers of
Local Standing Order Service 2003 who have registered on or
before 15 October 2003. LSOS customers have two weeks to place
orders by 29 October 2003, counting from the issue date. The
collection date of successful LSOS orders will be on 30 December
2003.
Please note that these commemorative stamp products are with
limited supply. In case of over-subscription, Hongkong Post
reserves the right to allocate the stamp products by balloting
or any other ways. Hongkong Post will endeavor to allocate
the required stamp products (at least one mini-pane and one
stamp booklet) to each ordering account; nevertheless, the
final decision will depend on the actual order situation. |
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Serviced first day cover with stamps
("GPO-1" postmark) |
Serviced first day cover with stamps
("GPO-1" postmark) |
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