Just one single stamp brought me multiple bliss. If that statement sounds redundant, well, it is.
My dear friend, Beth Parrocha, also the book illustrator of the “Oh, Mateo!” series (15 books) and “Big Brother,” was chosen to illustrate the commemorative stamps* for National Children’s Book Month in the Philippines.
One of the stamps features Mateo!
The unveiling, led by Postmaster General Luis D. Carlos of the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost), was held on the 15th of November.
It is with great excitement to know that 8-year-old Mateo of Umingan, Pangasinan will travel to all the places the stamp is mailed to.
In the book series, Mateo gets to travel outside the little town, where he lives with his farmer father, only once—“Oh, Mateo!” #7, All Aboard with Five Lolas. But now (multiple thanks to Beth), he is a jet-setter!
Grace multiplied.
*Commemorative stamps are regular postage stamps issued to honor some event, activity, or person of national importance; unlike regular postage stamps (known as definitives), they are printed only once and are allowed to go out of circulation as their supply runs out.
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