Hong Kong issues 2nd set of definitive stamps

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 ◆ Hong Kong issues 2nd set of definitive stamps

Hongkong Post issued the second set of new definitive stamps, comprising 16 denominations, since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1997.

At the stamp issuing ceremony held recently at the General Post Office, Postmaster General Luk Ping-chuen and members of the Stamp Advisory Committee marked the launch of the new stamps by joining together the two blow-up images of the 1.4-HK dollar definitive stamp - "Dim Sum/Bakery" to signify the harmony with which the east and the west cultures co-exist in Hong Kong.

Addressing at the issuing ceremony, Luk said that definitive stamps are commonly used and seen by the general public because they are widely available in the various denominations needed for the different categories and rates of postage.

Since the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR on July 1, 1997, Hongkong Post has issued two sets of definitive stamps. As compared with its predecessor, this second set is different in many ways, such as design, subject matter, etc.

The stamps, in plain sight, are just larger in size and richer in colour. To highlight the co-existence and harmony of Hong Kong's cultural pluralism, the technique of comparing and contrasting is adopted. Each stamp contains two images of the same nature but different origins, one from the East and the other from the West.

The "dim sum" and the bakery on 1.4-HK dollar definitive stamp; the sailing boat and the dragon boat on the 3-HK dollar definitive stamps, pieces of chess and xiangqi on 13-HK dollar definitive stamp.

"This new set of definitive stamps is a true reflection of our dynamic City of Life and I hope that it would be welcome by both the philatelists and the general public," Luk added.