Hongkong Post and Austria launched a ceremony Tuesday to issue a set of fireworks special stamps, adding the seventh variety to the joint issue of stamps by Hongkong Post with another postal administration overseas.

At the ceremony, Postmaster General of Hongkong Post Tam Wing- pong and Erich Haas, Director of Philatelic Department, Austrian Post lit up the fireworks decoration on the backdrop with Maria Moya-Goetsch, Austrian Consulate General in Hong Kong, announcing the debut of the fireworks stamps.

The fireworks special stamps were the world's first fusion of crystal fabric with stamps, Tam said, adding the new stamp variety was a breakthrough in stamp development and something fresh and new to delight philatelists worldwide.

Tam said the stamps' theme of fireworks is particularly appropriate for Hong Kong and Austria offer beautiful panoramas for famous fireworks displays.

The fireworks stamps also featured Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor as well as Vienna Prater Park, both famous landmarks in the two places, set against the splendid night skies of these two cities.

Source: Xinhua