PHLPost to issue stamps featuring culinary icon ‘Mama Sita’

Philippine culinary icon Teresita "Mama Sita" Reyes is now immortalized in the philatelic world as the Philippine Postal Corp. will issue a set of special stamps featuring her.

The PHLPost said it started issuing 120,000 special stamps (30 mm by 40 mm), designed by Victorino Serevo and in P10 denominations, last May 11.

"Mama Sita Reyes is now a culinary icon, a simple Filipina, Kababayan, Ina at Kusinera," it said.

Reyes was born in Manila on May 11, 1917, the eldest daughter of the founder of Aristocrat Restaurant.

She grew up in Divisoria and Navotas, learning marketing and cooking with her mother.

"With Mama Sita’s children having grown up, she regularly traveled to the far reaches of the world to learn and savor its various cuisines. She concluded that indeed Filipino food can stand out among the best. Thus, arose Mama Sita’s vision of bringing the flavors of the Philippine Island to the World and fulfilled through Mama Sita’s mixes and sauces. The rest is history," PHLPost said. — Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News