PHLPost to release stamps featuring Filipino families on Christmas amid pandemic

A new collection of Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) stamps will feature Filipino families celebrating Christmas amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

In celebration of the National Stamp Collecting Month, the “Pasko (Christmas) 2020” stamps will become a “loving tribute to all families celebrating together this yuletide season” amid the pandemic, PHLPost said in a release.

In one of the stamp designs, a family can be seen happily gathered together. While the children are dressed in Christmas-themed colors, the mother appears to be a healthcare worker wearing her personal protective equipment. 

“This year has been challenging especially with the onslaught of the Taal volcanic eruption, the ongoing public health crisis brought by COVID-19, and the recent devastation from Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses,” PHLPost said.

“At the end of this extraordinary difficult year, the Christmas stamp will remind us that spending time together with the family will bring much needed respite from the worries and adversity, and looking forward for better days to come.”

In July, PHLPost also released a special stamp series paying tribute to COVID-19 frontliners as superheroes. – Kaela Malig/RC, GMA News