Hongkong Post announced today (December 8) that selected philatelic products issued by China Post, Macao Post and Telecommunications, Liechtensteinische Post AG and Royal Mail will be available for sale from December 12 (Tuesday).
2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. China Post issued a set of commemorative stamps featuring flowers, a peace dove and the number 10 formed by elements such as a road and rail vehicle, a cargo ship and a crane, together with the "Golden Bridge on the Silk Road", to present the idea of connectivity and win-win co-operation. Meanwhile, Macao Post and Telecommunications also issued philatelic products to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative.
As for overseas postal administrations, Royal Mail celebrates the wonderful wizard world of Harry Potter with a set of special stamps. For over 20 years, the world has been captivated by Harry Potter films, which culminated in an epic finale. The special stamps, focusing on the Battle of Hogwarts and the characters, both good and evil, as they appear in the later films, are highly collectable and not to be missed by movie fans.
Postal administrations around the world have issued all kinds of Christmas stamps to ring in the Christmas cheer. Royal Mail celebrates Christmas with a set of special stamps inspired by Christmas carols, featuring new illustrations created using block-printing techniques. Liechtensteinische Post AG released a set of special stamps featuring Christmas baubles adorned with traditional motifs of people celebrating Christmas, showing that the magic of Christmas knows no bounds of age and territory.
The selected philatelic products will be available for sale at the Hongkong Post online shopping mall ShopThruPost (shopthrupost.hongkongpost.hk), Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office and Sha Tin Central Post Office starting from 9am on December 12 while stocks last. These products will also be available at PostShop of the General Post Office starting from 10am on the same day. Details of each product, the prices and sales quotas are set out in the Appendix. For further information, members of the public may visit the Hongkong Post Stamps website (stamps.hongkongpost.hk) or call the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau hotline at 2785 5711.
Follow this news feed: East Asia