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Special Announcement - Postage Due Labels

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Mint Label

A set of newly designed Postage Due Labels will be issued on 23 September 2004 (Thursday). This new set of labels has a distinctive identity, using vivid colours and artistic writing to depict both "Due" and the stylised Chinese character "¤í". The whole set comprises six denominations, i.e. 10¢, 20¢, 50¢, $1, $5 and $10.

Printing Details

Design :	Grand SO
Printer :	Joh. Enschedé B.V., the Netherlands
Process :	Lithography
Postage Due Label Size :	24.13 mm x 28.45 mm
Postage Due Labels Layout :	Pane of 100 labels
Perforation :	14 x 14.75
Date of Issue :	23 September 2004

Information about associated philatelic products of this issue and the sales restriction per queuing customer starting from 23 September 2004 at 39 philatelic offices are as follows:

Products	Descriptions	Selling Price (HKD)	Sales Restriction
Mint label	Available in 6 denominations of 10¢, 20¢, 50¢, $1, $5 and $10.	$16.80 per set	- 1 sheet of 100 labels per denomination - To be sold in set or sheet at face value (i.e. $16.80 per set)
Presentation pack	Each containing a set of 6 labels	$25.00 per pack	5 packs
Serviced souvenir cover affixed with a set of 6 labels	Affixed with a full set of labels and datestamped with the double ring datestamp "GPO-20" (available at 39 philatelic offices on 23 September 2004 only)	$20.30 per cover	5 covers

Remarks: The above philatelic products have been included in the 2004 Local Standing Order Service.

No hand-back datestamping service

Postage Due Labels are used by Hongkong Post for the surcharging of postal articles for which postage is unpaid or underpaid. As Postage Due Labels are not postage stamps, they cannot be accepted for prepayment of postage. Hence, no hand-back datestamping service will be available on the first day of issue.

Unpaid and underpaid mail

Any mail items found posted in posting boxes (including philatelic posting boxes) affixed with postage due labels will be treated as unpaid or underpaid, and surcharged as usual. The Postage Due Labels affixed by the sender would be disregarded and would not be cancelled.

How to get the first day impression

Philatelists who wish to receive first day datestamp impression on their own covers may make use of the advance order service. Advance orders for servicing self-provided / official souvenir cover will be accepted at all post offices (except mobile post offices) from 26 August to 1 September 2004. The service charge is HK$19.30 for each self-provided cover comprising a full set of datestamped labels, and HK$20.30 for each official souvenir cover. Customers may collect the serviced covers on 23 September 2004 from the post office where they placed the orders.

Choices of double ring datestamp "GPO-20" and the full set of 58 rubber double ring datestamp impressions, i.e. one designated datestamp of each delivery office and PO Boxes Office with surcharge duties, are available for customers' ordering. The offices and their datestamps involved are:

	Name of Delivery Office / PO Boxes Office	Datestamp No.
	*Hong Kong*
1	General Post Office	GPO-20
2	Causeway Bay Post Office	CWB-1
3	Gloucester Road Post Office	GLR-1
4	Harbour Building Post Office	HAR-1
5	Hennessy Road Post Office	HEN-1
6	King's Road Post Office	KNG-1
7	Morrison Hill Post Office	MHL-1
8	North Point Post Office	NPT-1
9	Shau Kei Wan Post Office	SKN-1
10	Sheung Wan Post Office	SWN-1
11	Tsat Tsz Mui Post Office	TTM-1
12	Garden Road Post Office	GDN-1
13	Hing Fat Street Post Office	HFS-1
14	Eastern Delivery Office	EDO-1
15	Wan Chai Delivery Office + Wan Chai Post Office	WCH-1
16	Wah Fu Delivery Office + Wah Fu Post Office	WFU-1
17	Aberdeen Delivery Office + Aberdeen Post Office	ABD-1
18	Sai Ying Pun Delivery Office + Sai Ying Pun Post Office	SYP-1
	*Kowloon*
19	Cheung Sha Wan Post Office	CSW-5
20	Gillies Avenue Post Office	GAV-1
21	Hung Hom Bay Post Office	HHB-1
22	Kowloon City Post Office	KCY-2
23	Kowloon East Post Office	KEA-6
24	Mong Kok Post Office	MGK-1
25	San Po Kong Post Office	SPK-1
26	Sham Shui Po Post Office	SSP-1
27	To Kwa Wan Post Office	TKW-1
28	Kwun Tong Post Office	KTG-1
29	Cheung Sha Wan Delivery Office	CSW-4
30	Kowloon City Delivery Office	KCY-3
31	Kowloon East Delivery Office	KEA-5
32	Tseung Kwan O Delivery Office + Tseung Kwan O Post Office	TKO-2
33	Kowloon Central Delivery Office + Kowloon Central Post Office	KCL-5
34	Tsim Sha Tsui Delivery Office + Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office	TST-2
	*New Territories*
35	Fanling Post Office	FNG-1
36	Fo Tan Post Office	FOT-1
37	Kam Tin Post Office	KMT-1
38	San Tin Post Office	SNT-1
39	Sha Tau Kok Post Office	STK-1
40	Texaco Road Post Office	TRD-1
41	Yuen Long Post Office	YLG-3
42	Yuen Long Delivery Office	YLG-1
43	Shek Wu Hui Delivery Office	SWH-1
44	Shek Wu Hui Post Office	SWH-3
45	Tsuen Wan Delivery Office + Tsuen Wan Post Office	TSW-3
46	Ma On Shan Delivery Office + Ma On Shan Post Office	MOS-2
47	Sha Tin Central Delivery Office + Sha Tin Central Post Office	SCL-1
48	Tai Po Delivery Office + Tai Po Post Office	TPO-1
49	Sai Kung Delivery Office + Sai Kung Post Office	SKG-2
50	Tuen Mun Central Delivery Office + Tuen Mun Central Post Office	TCL-2
	*Outlying Islands*
51	Air Mail Centre Delivery Office	AMC-13
52	Cheung Chau Delivery Office + Cheung Chau Post Office	CCU-2
53	Lamma Delivery Office + Lamma Post Office	LMA-1
54	Mui Wo Delivery Office + Mui Wo Post Office	MWO-1
55	Peng Chau Delivery Office + Peng Chau Post Office	PCH-1
56	Tai O Delivery Office + Tai O Post Office	TAO-1
57	Discovery Bay Delivery Office + Discovery Bay Post Office	DBY-1
58	Tung Chung Post Office	TCG-1

Image: Double ring datestamp "GPO-20"
Double ring datestamp "GPO-20"

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