Special stamps bring in HK$150 million a year, Hongkong Post reveals as it unveils new designs for 2018
Themes include characters from Jin Yong’s martial arts novels, Hong Kong festive customs, the city’s fire services and the Year of the Dog
Selling special stamps and their related products has earned Hongkong Post an average of HK$150 million each year for the past three years, the city’s postal service provider said on Tuesday.
That income has grown steadily since 2014, along with an increase in the number of people joining an advance order service, which allows them to pre-order products more than a year before their release, Hongkong Post’s senior manager of philatelic marketing Nelvin Lee Chun-yu said.
As of Tuesday, there were about 50,000 registered users for the advance order service.
Lee said there were ups and downs in the special stamp sales, but that overall there had been a healthy gradual growth.
“The macroeconomy could be a factor, as well as the different popularities enjoyed by the products depending on their themes,” he said.