Care and thoughtfulness: Heartwarming, a set of special stamps in two distinctive designs, will be issued on September 10.

Heartwarming, a set of special stamps in two distinctive designs, will be issued on September 10.

Their themes are Care & Love and Celebrations, which make them ideal for special moments and commemorations.

Care & Love depicts a tree with heart-shaped blossoms in warm and happy colours. It conveys the sender's heartfelt wishes and delivers a message of caring and sharing on momentous occasions like weddings, births and anniversaries.

Celebrations features festive icons like champagne and sparkles in bright colours, conveying excitement and happiness. It may be used to commemorate occasions like graduations, new jobs and birthdays.

First set with no value indicator

This is the first set of Hong Kong stamps without a value indicator that bear the legend "Local Mail Postage" or "Air Mail Postage", instead.

The stamps are designed by Arde Lam and printed in Stochastic Lithography by Joh Enschede Stamps Security Printers in the Netherlands.

Associated philatelic products, including mint stamps, mini-pane, presentation pack and serviced first-day cover, will also be on sale from September 10.

The stamps will be displayed at the General, Tsim Sha Tsui, Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin Central Post Offices from August 20. Official first-day covers at $1 each will be put on sale at all post offices on the same day.

Advance orders for servicing self-provided souvenir covers will be accepted at all post offices from August 20 to 26.

Hand-back service will be provided at all post offices on September 10 for official and privately made covers bearing the first day of issue indication and a local address. A special postmark will also be introduced.

The GPO-1 postmark, the Philatelic Bureau pictorial postmark and the philatelic office pictorial postmarks will also be available for hand-back service at all philatelic offices on that day.

All post offices will observe normal weekday hours on September 10. In addition, the public hall of the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau will be open from 9am to 5pm for datestamping covers with the Philatelic Bureau pictorial, GPO-1 and special postmarks.

A Heartwarming stamps customised service is to be introduced on the same issue date to allow senders to add a warm and unique touch by printing a photographic portrait on the stamp tabs next to the 16 stamps and on the banner position in the middle of the stamp pane. The service will be available until further notice.

Order forms for this service will be available at all branch offices by September 10. For enquiries, please call the HK Post Philatelic Bureau hotline, 2785 5711.