Palapa-C1 stamps issued

Sat, 20 Jan 1996

JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned postal company PT Pos Indonesia, in cooperation with the Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications and PT Satelindo will issue new stamps to mark the launching of the Palapa-C1 satellite.

Pos Indonesia's president, Cahyana Ahmadi, said here yesterday that the new series of stamps, with nominal values of Rp 300 and Rp 700, will be issued at the end of this month.

Palapa-C1 is the country's first telecommunications satellite of the new generation, which will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the United States, on Jan. 31 (Feb. 1, Western Indonesian Time). The satellite is owned by Satelindo. (icn)

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