A set of new Lunar New Year Special Stamps for the "Year of the Ram" was issued by Hongkong Post Sunday.
At the same time, two additional stamp products to commemorate the Lunar New Year, namely, a "Gold and Silver Stamp on Lunar New Year Animals -- Horse/Ram" and a pane of "Flock Stamps on Lunar New Year Animals -- Dragon/Snake/Horse/Ram," were also issued.
At a ceremony held in the morning at the General Post Office, Postmaster General Luk Ping-chuen and Secretary for Home Affairs Patrick Ho marked the issue of the special stamps by stamping a blow-up first day cover.
As a memento of the occasion, Luk presented Ho and Bon Kwan, designer of these stamp products, with framed stamps and first day covers.
The symbolic gold "yuen bao" and free spring couplets were distributed to the public at the ceremony and there was also a demonstration of calligraphy at the venue.
(Xinhua News Agency January 20, 2002)
