PhilPost launches Wooden Dragon stamps

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Postal Corp. (PhlPost) recently launched its Wooden Dragon stamp to mark the start of the new year.

In a statement, PhlPost said Postmaster General Luis Carlos released on Friday the commemorative “2024 Year of the Wooden Dragon” stamp.

The Lunar Year of the Wooden Dragon begins on Feb. 10 and lasts until Jan. 28, 2025.

The Dragon – a yang

 symbol associated with fire – is the 5th of 12 Chinese zodiac animals. It is a symbol of strength, courage, creativity and innovation.

“We firmly believe that this Year of the Wooden Dragon, will open new doors of opportunities as we gear towards the establishment of Barangay Postal Stations nationwide for more efficient delivery; the implementation of the new seven digit alphanumeric new Zip Code PH from the old four digit that will standardize addressing system in the country; and, the Real Time Visibility system to modernize the delivery and efficiency of its mail operations,” Carlos said.

For this commemorative stamp, PHLPost printed 20,000 copies of the two colorful designs of the regular stamps with denominations of P16 and P45 respectively; 2,500 pieces of the limited collector’s item souvenir sheets at P200 each, and 800 copies of first day cover envelopes.  

The layout artist for the stamp is PHLPost’s in-house graphic artist Ryman Dominic Albuladora.

The stamps, souvenir sheets and official first day covers are now available at the second floor of Manila Central Post Office Annex Bldg. at the back of the fire gutted iconic building along Lawton, Manila.