A SET of special stamps will be issued on January 31 to mark the Year of the Rat.
This is the 10th in the current series of Lunar New Year special stamp issues released by the Post Office, commencing with the Year of the Rabbit in 1987.
There will be four denominations - $1.20, $2.10, $2.60 and $5. A souvenir sheet incorporating the four stamps will also be issued.
A stamp booklet containing six each of the $1.20 and $2.60 stamps will be available at $22.80 each. The stamps were designed by Kan Tai-keung and printed by Joh Enschede of the Netherlands.
The stamps are currently on display at the General Post Office and the Tsim Sha Tsui, Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin Central Post Offices.
Official first day covers will also be available for sale at all post offices at $1 each as from the same day.
