Sales of Overseas Philatelic Products on 19 February 2009

Philatelic products issued by the postal administrations of Australia, Canada, Mainland China, Macau, New Zealand and Singapore will be put on sale at 37 philatelic offices and Hongkong Post Internet shopping mall - "ShopThruPost" starting from 19 February 2009 (Thursday). The selling prices of the products and sales quota for each customer are as follows:

Postal Administration and Issue Name	Product Code	Products and Pictures		Unit Price HK$	Sales Quota ( for each queuing customer)
Australia Post
Christmas Island Year of the Ox 2009	Each year Australia Post issues a stamp to celebrate Lunar New Year, which is the most important of the traditional Chinese festivals. It is celebrated by Chinese people throughout the world. This Lunar New Year is the Year of the Ox, which begins on 26 January 2009. The Ox symbolises loyalty and tenderness and is highly respected in traditional Chinese society signifying prosperity through fortitude and hard work. The minisheet of the issue depicts Laozi, a prominent thinker in ancient China. A native of Chu, a southern state in the Zhou dynasty, he served as a keeper of archival records at the court.
	AU187	Stamps Set of 2		$13.00	5 sets
	AU188	Zodiac Sheetlet		$26.00	5 sheets
	AU189	Datestamped First Day Cover with Miniature Sheet		$15.00	5 covers
Canada Post
Lunar New Year: Year of the Ox	Year of the Ox: a time of stability, harmony and balance. The issue will be the first release in a new 12-year Lunar New Year series. According to Chinese philosophy, everyone and everything are subject to the influence of the five elements: water, metal, earth, wood, and fire. The elements rotate every year and each is associated with specific character traits: stability, industry and practicality in the case of earth element. 2009 is the year of Earth Ox. The domestic stamp features an illustration of an Ox before a mountainous landscape. The landscape and tan earth tones in the background speak again to this year's element, earth. Plum blossoms - popular subjects in Chinese art and a common feature in Lunar New Year decor - are peppered throughout the background of the stamp. These flowers are indigenous to China and the country's national flower. Blooming in the early spring snow, they symbolize life, rebirth and adversity overcome.
	CA137	Stamp		$4.00	5 stamps
	CA138	Souvenir Sheet		$12.00	5 sheets
China Post
Ji Chou Year	The "Ji Chou Year" stamp issue features a strong and obstinate ox in a charging pose. It adopts a bold and exaggerated artistic approach in a traditional freehand style to give the visual effect of forging ahead, implying the hopes and aspirations of the people towards the Year of the Ox.
	CH104	Presentation Pack		$15.00	5 packs
Macao Post
Macao Traditional Handicrafts	The traditional handicrafts of Macao has a long history, carrying forward the cultural traditions of China and displaying the unique style of the folk art, and has become a cultural heritage of Macao with special cultural connotations. Macao Traditional Handicrafts collections issued by Macao Post includes five categories, Ivory Carving, Decorative Porcelain, Rattan Articles, Woodcarving and Beading Embroidery, each having its own features.
	MA394	Stamps Set of 4		$11.00	5 sets
	MA395	Souvenir Sheet		$11.00	5 sheets
Lunar Year of the Ox	The conceptual design of the second issue of the third series of Chinese Zodiac philatelic products, the stamp issue "Lunar Year of the Ox" is continuing to express the "Five Elements" of "Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth", and adopted the "Heavenly Stems" calculation method to figure out the nature of the "Five Elements". This year, the ox's nature from the "Five Elements" is "Earth Ox", so it becomes the main character of the five stamps. The "Earth Ox" stamp is applied with emboss printing technique to highlight the teapot image of Lunar animal while the hot foil stamping with holographic and gold are used respectively on the stamp border, the face values and the characters.
	MA396	Stamps Set of 5 (Remark: Stamp Sheet printed in 5 sets.)		$12.00	5 sets
	MA397	Souvenir Sheet		$11.00	5 sheets
	MA398	Datestamped First Day Cover with Souvenir Sheet		$16.00	5 covers
New Zealand Post
2009 Year of the Ox	Having proudly celebrated Chinese New Year - and the lunar calendar - for the past 12 years, New Zealand Post is delighted to launch a new 12-year stamp series. The designs take a different approach to its previous annual lunar stamp series and uniquely capture the history, colour and vibrancy of this significant event.
	NZ147	Stamps Set of 3		$17.00	5 sets
	NZ148	Miniature Sheet		$17.00	5 sheets
	NZ149	Datestamped First Day Cover with Miniature Sheet		$19.00	5 covers
Singapore Post
Zodiac Series - Ox Stamp Issue	There is a total of 12 animal signs in the Chinese calendar based on five cycles of 12 years each, with each cycle tempered by one of the five Chinese elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. According to Chinese astrology and belief, the traits of these zodiac animals not only shape the personalities of people born under the respective sign but also their lives and the events of the year. The diligent reliable and sincere Ox, second in the Zodiac Cycle, starts off yet another New Year of the Chinese zodiac calendar in 2009. Three graphic illustrations of this strong Ox ushering in the new Lunar Year 2009 are shown in this set of 1st Local, 65¢ and $1.10 stamps.
	SG337	Stamps Set of 3		$12.00	5 sets
	SG338	Datestamped First Day Cover with Stamp Set		$16.00	5 covers

Remarks :

1. The above overseas stamp products are available for sale until stock lasts. Sales quotas are still applicable during the six-month sales period.
2. Sales arrangements, selling price and sales quota set out in "Philatelic Link" are subject to change without prior notice.
3. The above pictures are for reference only.