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Sunday, November 3, 2019

cover from Hong Kong

On Monday I got a cover from Hong Kong.

With nice stamps:
Year of the Pig (from set of four) (issued 12-01-2019)
Landscapes of Hong Kong (from set of sixteen) (issued 24-07-2014)
70th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China (from set of four) (issued 01-10-2019)


Inside were two postcards from Hong Kong and one from Macao.

The first card from Hong Kong is about the MacLehose Trail. The MacLehose Trail is a 100km hiking trail in the New Territories. It is named after Sir Murray MacLehose, the longest-serving governor of Hong Kong who was himself an enthusiastic hiker. The trail passes through a variety of natural scenery including beaches and many of Hong Kong's highest peaks.

The card is a maxicard. The stamp is from a set of ten and was issued on 24th October 2019. As special feature the stamp has holes.


The second card from Hong Kong shows a Post Box. The Post Boxes of Hong Kong were imported from the United Kingdom. After Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China the formerly red boxes were painted green and were adorned with the new Hongkong Post logo, but as of October 2015 59 colonial post boxes bearing the royal insignia were still in service.


The card from Macao is a maxicard about the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The stamp is from a set of four and was issued on 1st October 2019.


Thank You very much Yan!

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