STAMP ISSUE “15th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY GARRISON STATIONED IN MACAO”

To commemorate the Macao SAR and the Macau Garrison have gone through 15 marvellous years together, Macao Post will issue the stamp theme “15^th Anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Garrison Stationed in Macao” on 20^th December, 2014. The Government of the Macao SAR and the Macao compatriots are highly concerned about the construction and development of the garrison, providing enormous supports and strong protection, thus the soldiers and the Macao compatriots have developed a profound friendship. This issue includes a set of six stamps and one souvenir sheet, the images demonstrate the garrison soldiers love Macao and are close to people, they actively participate in social welfare activities, showing the positive image of “a powerful and civilized army”.

The above issue will be available for sale at the Macao Post Headquarters, from 9:00a.m. to 5:30p.m., and the Communications Museum, from 9:30a.m. to 5:30p.m. The mail service for the relative philatelic products cancelled with the commemorative postmark will be available on the issue date at the above locations. The philatelic products are as follows:

Philatelic Products	Selling Price	Quantity
Set of 6 Stamps	12.00 patacas	200,000
Sheetlet	24.00 patacas
Souvenir Sheet	12.00 patacas	200,000
First Day Cover with Stamps	17.00 patacas	9,500
First Day Cover with Souvenir Sheet	17.00 patacas	9,500
Information Brochure	6.50 patacas	7,000
Information Brochure with Stamps	18.50 patacas
Information Brochure with Souvenir Sheet	18.50 patacas

The stamp designer for this issue is Ms. Anita, Fung Pou Chu, and the text for the information brochure is written by the People’s Liberation Army Macau Garrison, Commander Wang Wen and Political Commissar Ma Biqiang.

This is the last of the thirteenth issue in 2014. The previous issued stamps are “Lunar Year of the Horse” on 03/01/2014, “140th Anniversary of Conde de São Januário General Hospital” on 06/01/2014, the label stamp “Lunar Year of the Horse” on 14/02/2014, “130th Anniversary of Macao Post” on 01/03/2014, “Animal Protection” on 28/04/2014, “Literature and its Characters – The Outlaws of the Marsh II” on 26/06/2014, “The New Campus of the University of Macau” on 05/09/2014, “Science and Technology – Magic Squares I” on 09/10/2014, “General Post Office Building” on 01/11/2014, “Museums and their Collections IV – Lin Zexu Memorial Museum of Macao” on 05/11/2014 and “Macao Seen by Kam Cheong Ling” on 12/11/2014. The stamp “15th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region” also issue at the same date on 20/12/2014.

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