On October 18, 1999, Hongkong Post issued a new set of definitive stamps to replace the transition definitive issue effected on 1 July 1997, in the event of the transfer of Hongkong to China. The new ones is the first set of definitive stamps bearing the identifier "HONG KONG, CHINA" to be issued by Hongkong Post since the establishmentof the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China on 1 July, 1997.

The set, comprising 16 denominations depicts some of Hong Kong's distinctive landmarks and tourist attractions. They are:
        10c:     the Museum of Tea Ware
        20c:     St. John's Cathedral
        50c:     the Legislative Council Building
        $1:       Tai Fu Tai
        $1.20:  Wong Tai Sin Temple
        $1.30:  Victoria Harbour
        $1.40:  the Hong Kong Railway Museum
        $1.60:  Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower
        $2:       Happy Valley Racecourse
        $2.10:  the Kowloon-Canton Railway
        $2.50:  Chi Lin Nunnery
        $3.10:  the Statue of Buddha at Po Lin Monastery
        $5:       Aw Boon Haw Gardens
        $10:     the Tsing Ma Bridge
        $20:     the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
        $50:     Hong Kong International Airport

The stamps are printed in pane of 100 for low values and in pane of 50 for high values.  Three types of  booklets with the new definitive stamps in the value of ten $1.3, $2.5 and $3.1 stamps, Reel Stamp for $1.3, $1.6, $2.5 and $3.1,  and two Souvenir Sheet bearing the 13 low values and 3 high values respectively were also released the same day.

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