STAMP ISSUE “200 YEARS OF ROBERT MORRISON ARRIVAL IN CHINA”

On 28th September, 2007, the philatelic products of stamp issue “200 Years of Robert Morrison Arrival in China” will be available for sale at the Macao Post Headquarters, from 9:00a.m. to 5:30p.m., the “Rua do Campo” Post Office, from 9:00a.m. to 7:00p.m., the Maritime Ferry Terminal Post Office and the Airport Post Office, from 10:00a.m. to 7:00p.m, and the Communications Museum, from 9:30a.m. to 5:30p.m. The philatelic products are as follows:

Philatelic Products	Selling Price	Quantity
Set of 2 Stamps	5.00 patacas	200,000
Set of 2 Sheets	250.00 patacas
First Day Cover with Stamps	9.00 patacas	4,500
Information Brochure	4.50 patacas	3,500
Information Brochure with Stamps	9.50 patacas

The registered mail service for the above philatelic products will be available on the issue date at the above locations.

The stamp designer for this issue is Mr. António Conceição Júnior, and the text for the information brochure is written by Rev. Lee Chee Kong, Chairman of Hong Kong Christian Cultural Society and Dr. Wu Zhiliang, Member of the Board of Directors of Macao Foundation.

This is the eighth issue in 2007. The issued stamps are as “Lunar Year of the Pig” on 08/01/2007; “Shek Wan Ceramics” on 03/02/2007; “Scenes of Daily Life in the Past IV” on 01/03/2007; “Chinese Traditional Shops II” on 08/05/2007; “Seng Yu – Idioms II” on 01/06/2007; “Literature and its Characters – A Journey to the West II” on 18/06/2007 and “Centenary of the Establishment of the World Scouting Movement” on 09/07/2007.

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Commemorative Cancellation of “Celebration of the 58th Anniversary of the Establishment of the People’s Republic of China”

To celebrate the 58th Anniversary of the Establishment of the People’s Republic of China, Macao Post announced that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at our Philatelic Shop located at the Macao Post Headquarters at 9H00 to 17H30 on 1st October 2007 providing the commemorative cancellation service for the “Celebration of the 58th Anniversary of the Establishment of the People’s Republic of China”.

A commemorative envelope priced at MOP2.00 will be issued, together with the various philatelic products available for sale during the above activity.

Welcome to visit and collect Macao Stamps.

Commemorative Postmark Cancellation Service of “World Heart Day”

To cope with the World Heart Day, Macao Post announced that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at the Placa de Amizade, at 15H30 to 18H30 on 30th September 2007 providing the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “World Heart Day”.

Macao Heart Foundation will sell the commemorative envelope, priced at 10.00 patacas at the mentioned location. The revenue will be for the charity purpose.

Various philatelic products will be available for sale during the above activity. Welcome to visit and collect Macao Stamps.

POSTCARD “A CITY OF A DREAM COLORS”

Macao Post will issue a set of five postcards on 28 September 2007, it will be available for sale at the Macao Post Headquarters, all post offices and postal kiosks. The pictures were selected from the same series of the designs of Anita Fung Pou Chu, which includes 5 sites of The Historic Centre of Macau - “Moorish Barracks”, “Senado Square”, “Guia Fortress”, “Sam Kai Vui Kun (Kuan Tai Temple)” and “Na Tcha Temple”.

The selling price for one set of five postcards is MOP28.00. Through this set of postcards sending your message to your friends and let them enjoy The Historic Centre of Macau glowing in the magnificent fireworks.