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"Withdrawal of Current Definitive Stamps" Fact Sheet

Arrangements at Close of Business 30 December 2006

The current set of definitive stamps will be withdrawn from general sale at close of business on Saturday, 30 December 2006. On that day all post offices will maintain their normal Saturday operating hours to provide a full range of counter services. At close of business on 30 December 2006 (or 29 December 2006 for mobile post offices which do not operate on Saturdays), all unsold current definitive stamps and aerogrammes will be withdrawn from all counter stocks.

Last Day Covers and Advance Orders

Official Last Day Covers will be put on sale at all post offices as from 11 December 2006 at $1 each for small-sized covers and $2 each for large-sized covers. Advance orders for servicing self-provided Last Day Covers will be accepted at all post offices from 11 to 16 December 2006.

Sales Arrangements for Serviced Last Day Covers

Arrangements for the sale of Serviced Last Day Covers on 30 December 2006 are as follows:

Product	Unit Selling Price	Sales Restriction Per Queuing Customer
Serviced Last Day Cover affixed with a set of 12 low-value stamps and cancelled with the special postmark (only available at 39 philatelic offices on 30 December 2006)	$26.30	5 covers
Serviced Last Day Cover affixed with a set of 4 high-value stamps and cancelled with the special postmark (only available at 39 philatelic offices on 30 December 2006)	$96.50	5 covers
Serviced Last Day Cover affixed with a full set of 16 stamps and cancelled with the special postmark (only available at 39 philatelic offices on 30 December 2006)	$119.30	5 covers

Hand-back Datestamping Arrangements

A special postmark will be introduced on 30 December 2006 to mark the last day sale of the current definitive stamps. Hand-back datestamping service will be provided at all post offices (except mobile post offices) on 30 December 2006 for official and privately-made covers bearing the last day issue indication and a local address.

In addition to the special postmark, the GPO-1 postmark, the "Philatelic Bureau" pictorial postmark and the respective philatelic office pictorial postmark will be available for hand-back datestamping service at all philatelic offices on that day.

The public hall of the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau will also open from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on 30 December 2006 for datestamping covers with the "Philatelic Bureau" pictorial postmark, the GPO-1 postmark and the special postmarks.