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Definitive Stamp Sheetlet (No.1): Congratulations to Professor Charles K. KAO on his award of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics (21 September 2010)

This stamp sheetlet features winner of the Secondary School Division under the “Stamp Sheetlet Design Competition in Honour of Professor Charles Kao's Being Awarded the Nobel Prize” touched up by Mr. Jason Chum. It is printed in photogravure by Joh. Enschedé B.V. of the Netherlands.

Sales Arrangements
Information about the sales arrangements of philatelic products associated with this stamp sheetlet is as follows:

Product available from September 7	Unit Selling Price	Restriction Per Queuing Customer
Souvenir Cover (only available until 21 September 2010)	$1	No restriction

Products available from September 21	Unit Selling Price	Restriction Per Queuing Customer
Definitive Stamp Sheetlet (with a $10 Definitive Stamp)	$10	20 sheetlets
Souvenir Booklet (containing 1 definitive stamp sheetlet and a bunch of optical fibres)	$68	5 booklets
Serviced Souvenir Cover affixed with a stamp sheetlet and date-stamped with the special postmark (only available at all philatelic offices on 21 September 2010)	$13.50	5 covers

Date-stamping Arrangements

A hand-back date-stamping service by the office steel date-stamp and the special postmark will be provided on 21 September 2010 at all post offices for official/privately-made covers bearing the first day of issue indication and a local address. All philatelic offices will also provide hand-back date-stamping service by the “Philatelic Bureau” pictorial postmark and the philatelic office pictorial postmark concurrently, but the GPO-1 date-stamp will only be available at the General Post Office.

Public hall of the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau will open from 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on 21 September 2010 to provide date-stamping service by the “Philatelic Bureau” pictorial postmark and the special postmark.

Information about this definitive stamp sheetlet and philatelic products may be obtained from the website of Hongkong Post at www.hongkongpost.com, at any post offices or by calling the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau hotline on 2785 5711.