PHLPost launches ‘Tindog Pinoy’ stamps showing PHL resiliency vs. Yolanda

To showcase Filipinos' resiliency amid the devastation caused by super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) nearly a year ago, the Philippine Postal Corp. has launched the "Tindog Pinoy!" stamps.

 

PHLPost said the series drew inspiration from stories of "comfort and aid, faith and hope, survival and perseverance" by Filipinos amid the devastation.

 

“The stamps feature an illustration of a growing plant symbolizing new life from the hands of different countries that helped the Philippines, and a rising sun symbolizing hope. 'Tindog' is Visayan for 'rise' – describing the tenacity of Filipinos during those challenging times,” said Eric Tagle, PHLPost business lines manager and vice chairman of PHLPost stamp committee.

 

On Nov. 8 last year, Yolanda tore through the Visayas and parts of southern Luzon, leaving more than 6,000 dead in its wake.

 

PHLPost said the stamps will be presented to Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez in a program to be hosted by the city government on Nov. 8.

 

According to Tagle, the Tacloban City government will present 20 sets of the stamps, packaged in souvenir frames, to local and international donors who aided the city.

 

He said this is the city's way "of expressing their appreciation for the support to rehabilitate and restore the normalcy in the lives of the locals.”

 

For its part, PHLPost will release these special stamps as part of the National Stamp Collecting Month activities.

 

4 designs

 

PHLPost said some 104,000 copies of the Tindog Pinoy! Stamps, in P10 denominations and in four designs, were printed using imported unwatermarked paper.

 

It credited Rodine Teodoro as the stamp artist, adding the stamps are available at the Post Shop of the Manila Central Post Office. — Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News