The Philippine Postal Corp. will issue on Saturday commemorative stamps marking the 150th birth anniversary of Philippine hero Andres Bonifacio.
PhilPost’s 150,000 Bonifacio stamps come in a denomination of P10 for one year and in four designs by Roderick Macutay, Julius Satparam, John Troncales and Marrion Dabalos.
Macutay portrayed Bonifacio in his stamp design as a “profile in deep thought,” and as a “simple man endowed with dignity, fearlessness and determination, whose sole purpose is to see his country and fellowmen freed from colonial oppression.”
Satparam rendered his work in red and white to represent Bonifacio’s heroism and honor, Philpost said.
Troncales said he made his design simple, while Dabalos represented Bonifacio as a “powerful leader of the revolution.”
Bonifacio was born on November 30, 1863, died on May 10, 1897 and is deemed “the father of the Philippine Revolution” as he founded the Katipunan to push for the country’s independence from Spanish rule. — ELR, GMA News
