Sports
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| Relay race |
Highboard diving |
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| Volleyball |
Cycling |
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| Badminton |
With the approaching of the Olympic Games this year, a special
stamp issue featuring five Olympic sports will be issued on 20
July 2004 (Tuesday). The stamps are produced in sheets of twenty
stamps all of the $1.40 denomination. Each sheet consists of five
strips of four stamps depicting a sporting event in motion. The
five sporting events depicted on the stamps include relay race,
highboard diving, volleyball, cycling and badminton. This is the
first time that a set of 20 special stamps in a single denomination
is issued by Hongkong Post.
Stamp Printing Details
| Design : |
Bon KWAN |
| Illustration : |
WONG Wai-shing, Patrick |
| Printer : |
Banknote Corporation of America, Inc., USA |
| Process : |
Lithography |
| Stamp Size : |
28 mm x 45 mm |
| Stamp Layout : |
Pane of 20 stamps (4 stamps per row showing 4 motions of the
sport) |
| Mini-pane Size : |
162 mm x 245 mm |
| Perforation : |
13.57 x 13.33 (one elliptical perforation on each vertical) |
| Paper : |
Paper with security fibres |
| Date of Issue : |
20 July 2004 |
Information about associated philatelic products of this issue
and the sales restriction per queuing customer starting from 20
July 2004 are as follows:
| Products |
Descriptions |
Selling Price (HKD) |
Sales Restriction |
| Stamp Sheets |
A set of 5 sheets, each sheet depicts one of the five sporting
events i.e. relay race, highboard diving, volleyball, cycling
and badminton. Each sheet consists of 20 no. of $1.40 stamps
produced in 5 strips, each strip depicts the sporting event
in 4 different motions. |
$28.00 per sheet |
10 sheets of stamps of each design (each sheet contains 20
stamps) |
| Presentation Pack |
Comprises 5 strips, each with 4 no. of $1.40 stamps. Each
strip depicts a different sporting event in 4 different motions. |
$40.00 per pack |
5 packs |
| Mini-pane |
A sheet with 20 no. of $1.40 stamps produced in 5 strips.
Each strip depicts a different sporting event in 4 different
motions. |
$28.00 per pane |
5 panes |
| Serviced First Day Covers affixed with Stamps |
A set of 5 serviced first day covers, each cover affixed with
a strip of 4 stamps depicting one of the 5 sports and cancelled
by the special postmark (only available at 39 philatelic
offices on 20 July 2004) |
$45.50 per set |
5 sets |
Remarks: The above philatelic products have been included in the
2004 Local Standing Order Service.
The stamps will be displayed at the General Post Office, Tsim Sha
Tsui Post Office, Tsuen Wan Post Office and Sha Tin Central Post
Office from 2 July 2004. Official First Day Cover at HK$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 29 June to 5 July 2004.
Hand-back datestamping service will be provided at all post offices
on 20 July 2004 for official and privately-made covers bearing
the first day of issue indication and a local address. A special
postmark will also be introduced and available for hand-back service
at all post offices. The "GPO-1" postmark, "Philatelic
Bureau" pictorial postmark and the philatelic office pictorial
postmarks will also be available for hand-back datestamping service
at 39 philatelic offices on that day.
In addition, the public hall of the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau
on 1/F., Trade Square, 681 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, will also
open on 20 July 2004 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for datestamping
covers with the "Philatelic Bureau" pictorial postmark,
the "GPO-1" postmark as well as special postmark on that
day.
Special Postmark
Mini-pane
Presentation Pack
A set of 5 Serviced First Day Covers
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