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Philpost issues special stamps for Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day
Most people these days email rather than snail-mail letters, but the government still produces commemorative stamps, like the ones for the incoming year of the snake. Who buys them, aside from the shrinking population of letter writers? Why, stamp collectors of course. They have not lost their enthusiasm in the age of email. Photo from Philpost website
Good news for stamp collectors: the Philippine Postal Service is issuing special stamps to mark the Year of the Snake and Valentine's Day.
The Chinese New Year stamp has a Junior Dragon (snake) image with “Happy New Year” greetings in Filipino, English and Chinese, state-run Philippine Information Agency reported.
In its Feb. 6 report, the PIA quoted Postmaster-General and PhilPost CEO Josefina dela Cruz as saying the New Year stamps are popular among philatelists or stamp collectors.
A page on the Chinese New Year stamp on PhilPost's website said some 110,000 stamps with denominations of P10 and P30 were issued starting Dec. 12 last year.
But dela Cruz said another 10,000 souvenir sheets each worth P80 intended for stamp collectors have also been produced.
The Year 2013 is the Year of the Water Snake according to the Chinese zodiac.
It begins on Feb. 10, 2013 and will end on Jan. 30, 2014.
The design for this year’s stamp is a stylized drawing of a couple in traditional Filipino costumes holding hands and professing their love for each other. Photo from Philpost website
"Nothing matters more than love on Valentine’s Day. And nothing conveys love to your sweetheart better than a well-composed romantic letter. A beautiful love-letter has been known to win many hearts and seduce many souls. A powerful weapon in a lover’s arsenal, a love-letter is an indispensable part of Valentine’s Day celebrations," it said.
The 2013 Valentine's Day stamp features an illustration of a couple in traditional Filipiniana attire holding hands. In the man's hands is a bouquet of flowers, while a love letter—with a stamp of course—is in the woman's hands.
"Come what may, romance will never be lost to Pinoys. As long as there are people falling in love, love letters will always be written, cherished and enjoyed forever by the grateful recipient," it said.
PhilPost said the stamps and Official First Day Covers were made available since January 14 at the Postage and Philatelic Department at Manila Central Post Office. —KG, GMA News
