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Special Stamp Issue-"Stamp Sheetlet to Commemorate Hongkong Post's Participation in BANGKOK 2007"
FACT SHEET

This stamp sheetlet is designed by Mr. LEUNG Kam-hung and printed in lithography by Joh. Enschede B. V., the Netherlands.

Sales Arrangements
Information about the sale of philatelic products associated with this stamp sheetlet starting from 3 August 2007 is as follows:

Product	Unit Selling Price Sales	Sales Restriction Per Queuing Customer (Sales restriction is applicable to local post offices only)
Stamp Sheetlet (with a $10-stamp)	$10.00	20 sheets
Presentation Pack (with 1 stamp sheetlet)	$18.00	5 packs
Serviced First Day Cover affixed with 1 stamp sheetlet and datestamped with a special postmark together with the cachet (only available at the exhibition venue and 39 philatelic offices on 3 August 2007)	$13.50	5 covers

Hand-back Datestamping Arrangements
A hand-back datestamping service will be provided on 3 August 2007 at all post offices, for official and privately-made covers, bearing the first day of issue indication and a local address. A special postmark will also be introduced. This will be available, together with the GPO-1 postmark, the "Philatelic Bureau" pictorial postmark and the philatelic office pictorial postmark, for hand-back datestamping service at all philatelic offices on that day. The cachet will be available for application on covers at the exhibition venue and all philatelic offices during normal offices hours throughout the exhibition period.

Also on 3 August 2007, the public hall of the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau will open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for datestamping covers with the "Philatelic Bureau" pictorial postmark, the GPO-1 postmark, the special postmark and the cachet.

Further information about this stamp issue and the sale of associated philatelic products can be obtained from the Hongkong Post website www.hongkongpost.com, at any post office, or by calling the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau hotline 2785 5711.