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PHLPost unveils 'Paskong Pilipino' 2021 stamp designs

A Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) shop division staff member shows the newly unveiled “Paskong Pilipino 2021" postal stamp designs at the Manila Central Post Office in Liwasang Bonfacio on Friday, December 17, 2021.

PHLPost's media release for the unveiling said that the 2021 Christmas stamp designs illustrate the Filipino way of celebrating Christmas here and abroad.

The design is anchored on hope, togetherness, love, and faith. These virtues are being depicted in the traditional Filipino Christmas lantern or “Parol”, a lighted and star-shaped bamboo-made material that is hung in every house and along streets, ushering a air of excitement for the Christmas season, PHLPost said.

Each design is accompanied with the declaration "Narito na, Paskong Pag-asa (Here comes the Christmas of Hope)", "Sama-sama pa rin tayo ngayong Pasko (We are still together this Christmas)", "Taus-pusong pananalig sa Paskong puno ng Pag-ibig (Whole-hearted faith in Christmas full of Love)," and "Maniwala, Magtiwala, Pasko ng Himala (Trust, Believe, Christmas of Miracles)," it added.

“This is our own way of bringing joy, hope, and inspiration to the public. That in spite of the pandemic, Filipinos should not forget to keep our faith and celebrate the birth of Jesus," Postmaster General Norman Fulgencio said in a media release on Friday.

The Post Office has printed 60,000 pieces of the four stamp designs at P12 each.

The stamps were designed by in-house graphic artist Ryman Dominic Albuladora.

Christmas stamps and First-day cover envelopes are now on sale at the Post shop, located at Manila Central Post Office in Liwasang Bonifacio. —with Danny Pata/LBG, GMA News