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Cheung Chau Jiao Festival was inscribed onto “the third National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage” in 2011, and “the first Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong” in 2017. Held from the 5th to 9th days of the fourth lunar month every year, the activity has been practised for more than a century. Jiao Festival is the time for the Cheung Chau residents to express gratitude to Pak Tai for dispelling disasters and blessing the local community with peace. With residents’ participation every year, the ritual has been preserved and continued. During the Jiao Festival, various folk crafts and folk performing arts of Cheung Chau, such as unicorn dance, gongs and drums and Piu Sik Parade are showcased. Hongkong Post issues a set of special stamps on the theme of “Cheung Chau Jiao Festival” to promote this intangible cultural heritage in Hong Kong, in the hope that this traditional festival and the folk crafts can pass down the generations.

Acknowledgement: Intangible Cultural Heritage Office, Cheung Chau Bun Festival Committee

Chinese porcelain has an incredibly rich history and a high reputation, having been marketed worldwide. Similarly, Chinese tea culture possesses a deep-rooted historical legacy, with tea ware playing an integral part of Chinese ceramics. In order to meet the needs of diversified market, including Europe, the United States and beyond, many innovative and unique pieces of export tea ware embracing Chinese and Western styles and characteristics have emerged since the Ming Dynasty. Hongkong Post is continuing its Hong Kong Museums Collection series by issuing a set of six stamps and two stamp sheetlets on the theme of “Hong Kong Museums Collection – Selected Tea Ware from China and the World” to present selected tea ware  from the collection of the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, including Chinese export and western-styled tea ware, as well as foreign imitation Chinese tea ware, demonstrating the development and influence of Chinese tea culture in history.

Acknowledgements: Hong Kong Museum of Art, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware

The 2023 Prestige Annual Stamp Album, contains a collection of the special/commemorative stamps, souvenir sheets and stamp sheetlets issued by Hongkong Post in 2023, together with detailed narratives and a compliment card. The deluxe version also comes with a certificate signed by the Postmaster General and carries a unique number. the 2023 Prestige Annual Stamp Album (Ordinary Version), priced at $898, the 2023 Prestige Annual Stamp Album (Deluxe Version), priced at $998. The 2023 Annual Stamp Pack, priced at $328, contains all special stamps (except stamp sheetlets and souvenir sheets) issued by Hongkong Post during the year. The album and stamp pack allow stamp enthusiasts to recall prominent topics and major events in the past year, which are eye-pleasing items for true philatelists at leisure.

Since the 1950s, Dr Louis CHA had published fifteen martial arts novels under the pen name Jin Yong. His novels become popular classics around the world, and were adapted into timeless TV and movie works many times. The success of Jin Yong’s novels is attributed not only to the striking twists and turns of the plots, but also to the creation of unique characters. On the centenary of the birth of Jin Yong in 2024, Hongkong Post presents a set of special stamps themed on “Characters in Jin Yong's Novels II: A Path to Glory” to pay tribute to his outstanding achievements.  This set of special stamps is a sequel to “Characters in Jin Yong's Novels” special stamps issued in 2018, showcasing some of the important characters of his novels in fresh images based on the sculptures of REN Zhe, a famous sculptor.

Acknowledgement: Yazhou Zhoukan

Selected philatelic products issued by Macao Post and Telecommunications and the overseas postal administrations of Australia, Isle of Man, Liechtenstein and New Zealand will be put on sale on the Hongkong Post Online Shopping Mall – “ShopThruPost” (shopthrupost.hongkongpost.hk) starting from 9 am of 1 February 2024.

Hong Kong is renowned for being a “clean city”. It is attributed to the concerted effort of the community and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in fostering a probity culture. Since its inception in 1974, the ICAC has been committed to fighting corruption through a three-pronged approach of law enforcement, education and prevention. Working hand in hand with the people in the city, the ICAC is determined to keep Hong Kong clean, prosperous and stable while actively participating in international anti-corruption collaborations at the same time. To tell the good stories of our city, Hongkong Post issues a set of six stamps and a stamp sheetlet on the theme of “Anti-corruption in Hong Kong”, reliving the city’s glorious days of fighting corruption over the past 50 years.

Originated thousands of years ago, the twelve Chinese zodiac animals are an important part of traditional Chinese culture.  Among the twelve zodiac animals, the Dragon is a mythical creature that symbolises prestige and power, and is widely known as an emblem of auspiciousness and good luck.  As the Year of the Dragon is approaching, Hongkong Post releases the first issue of the fifth Lunar New Year special stamp series.  A set of four stamps and two stamp sheetlets showcase the vivid depiction of the Dragon with different graphic elements and festive colours, giving an atmosphere of rejoicing in celebration of the Year of the Dragon. 

Acknowledgement: Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Bidding adieu to the Year of the Rabbit and ringing in the Year of the Dragon, Hongkong Post presents a Lunar New Year Gold and Silver Stamp Sheetlet – Rabbit / Dragon, wishing everyone a blessed year ahead.  The Rabbit and Dragon on the stamps are lavishly finished in silver foil and gold plating respectively, adding festive ambience to the Year of Dragon. 

Hongkong Post started issuing the second Gold and Silver Stamp Sheetlet on Lunar New Year Animals series in 2013, beginning with “Dragon/Snake” in 2013 and ending with “Rabbit/Dragon” in 2024, with a total of twelve sets to complete a full cycle. The “Gold and Silver Stamp Sheetlet on Lunar New Year Animals – A Complete Collectible Set” draws the series to a perfect close. A set of two stamp sheetlets features the Lunar New Year Animals against the gold and silver backgrounds respectively, which glisten brightly and emanate luxury while expressing our wish for a prosperous, auspicious and peaceful year.

Acknowledgements: Dr HO Fung-lin and Ms LI Yun-xia

China Post, Hongkong Post and Macao Post and Telecommunications will jointly issue the “Year of the Dragon” Joint Souvenir Packs on 5 January 2024, containing the first-ever souvenir sheet jointly issued by the three postal administrations, which unites the diversified expressions of the dragon culture in Chinese traditions in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, demonstrating that the three places share the same roots and cultural lineage. The souvenir sheet is printed on special security paper with exquisite techniques to create a colourful visual effect.

A newly designed “2024 Souvenir Cover” will be put on sale at all philatelic offices, as well as Hongkong Post’s Online Shopping Mall “ShopThruPost” from 15 December 2023 to 31 December 2024.

Selected philatelic products issued by China Post, the Macao Post and Telecommunications, Liechtensteinische Post AG and Royal Mail are put on sale on the Hongkong Post online shopping mall “ShopThruPost” (shopthrupost.hongkongpost.hk), Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office and Sha Tin Central Post Office starting from 9 a.m. of 12 December 2023. These products will also be available at the General Post Office (PostShop) starting from 10 a.m. on the same day..

Get a preview of upcoming stamp products and a host of fabulous rewards Hongkong Post is set to offer from January to June 2024. Attractive gifts and bonus points will be offered to AOS members who place their orders by 8 November 2023. Make sure you order early!

Selected philatelic products issued by China Post, the Macao Post and Telecommunications and the overseas postal administrations of Australia, Isle of Man, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand and the United Kingdom are put on sale on the Hongkong Post online shopping mall “ShopThruPost” (shopthrupost.hongkongpost.hk) starting from 8 a.m. of 12 October 2023. These products will also be available at the General Post Office, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office and Sha Tin Central Post Office on the same day.

Selected philatelic products issued by China Post, the Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau, Australia Post, Isle of Man Post Office, Liechtensteinische Post AG, New Zealand Post, Royal Mail and United Nations Postal Administration are put on sale on the Hongkong Post Online Shopping Mall – “ShopThruPost” (shopthrupost.hongkongpost.hk) starting from 8 am of 30 March 2023.

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