(25 Jan 1997) T/I 10:28:55


Stamps featuring the image of Britain's Queen Elizabeth were on sale in Hong Kong for the last time on Saturday (25/01).
Collectors formed long queues at post offices to buy the last of the old
stamps, printed as authorities prepared to hand the British colony over to Chinese rule on July 1.


SHOWS:

HONG KONG, 25/1

Exterior Hong Kong General Post Office;
people lining up outside post office;
crowd inside post office;
People at counters sticking stamps onto envelopes;
CU of dated stamps;
ENGLISH SOT, Aubrey Au, Post Office Controller, saying people of Hong Kong like to collect stamps. Today is a very special day because today is the last day that the stamp bearing the Queen's head is being sold.;
People lining up to buy stamps;
CU post office workers;
CU machine dating stamps;
people receiving their dated stamps;
ENGLISH SOT (vox pop), first man saying only here can I buy these stamps.;
ENGLISH SOT (vox pop), second man saying I'm Chinese but I buy Hong Kong
stamps.;
Stamps being stamped.

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