Date of Issue: January 14, 2011
The Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost) has issued a set of two Valentine’s Day 2011 stamps, on January 14, 2011. It is classified as a “Special” kind of issue with a denomination of P 7.00 and quantity of 70,000 pieces.
Designs : The two designs show Pheepoy, the Philpost Mascot, delivering examples of non-traditional postal products like a box of chocolates and a bunch of flowers. For several years now, Philpost offers special delivery service every Valentine’s Day dubbed, “The Postman also delivers Flowers.” With many hearts surrounding the world, the designs emphasize the “caring ways” your local letter-carrier exemplifies, every time a gift item is handed to the special recipient, on a special day like Valentine’s Day.
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A good news for philatelists…
World Online Philatelic Agency - launches the first international face value stamp site
A dream has come true for stamp collectors around the world as it is now possible to buy at face value and on a single site (www.wopa-stamps.com) the new issues and all available stamp products from a variety of postal administrations, including Aland, The Faeroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey (with Alderney), Jersey and Isle of Man. Furthermore additional countries are being added all the time and already confirmed to be available within the next weeks are Great Britain, Luxembourg, Israel and Portugal (with Azores and Madeira). The site will also offer philatelic accessories related to the participating countries produced by the Dutch company DAVO.
WOPA, which is a division of Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau Ltd., has plans to expand his service to the vast majority of major postal administrations worldwide.
The site has been launched in English. However WOPA will introduce other major languages during the course of 2011.
