STAMP ISSUE “CENTENARY OF THE MACAO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE”

The Macao Chamber of Commerce was established in 1913. In the past 100 years, the association has been uniting the industrial and commercial sectors, driving the economic development, promoting further cooperation, serving the society, caring the people’s livelihood, promoting the social developments and making great contributions for Macao. The Chamber has been widely recognized and highly appraised by the society of Macao. This year marks the centenary of the Association, Macao Post will issue the stamp theme “Centenary of the Macao Chamber of Commerce” on 23^rd January, 2013 to commemorate this historic milestone. This issue includes a set of four stamps and one souvenir sheet, the images depict the history of the Association over the 100 years.

The above issue 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 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 4 Stamps	11.50 patacas/td>	200,000
Sheetlet	46.00 patacas
Souvenir Sheet	12.00 patacas	200,000
First Day Cover with Stamps	16.50 patacas	8,000
First Day Cover with Souvenir Sheet	17.00 patacas	8,000
Information Brochure	5.00 patacas	7,000
Information Brochure with Stamps	16.50 patacas
Information Brochure with Souvenir Sheet	17.00 patacas

The stamp designer of this issue is Mr. Ng Wai Kin, and the text of the information brochure is written by the Macao Chamber of Commerce.

This is the second issue in 2013. The previous issued stamp is “Lunar Year of the Snake” on 03/01/2013.

Technical Data of Stamp “Centenary of the Macao Chamber of Commerce”

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