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pinoy superhero stamps, caparas-style

i think it's super that philpost released these superhero stamps in honor of "komiks king" carlo j. caparas. the stamps, released in november 2008, come in seven-peso denominations. one of the designs even feature mr. caparas' face.

gingmaganda, a blogger pal, snail mail mate and fellow postcrosser sent me this dinagyang festival postcard with two of the 6 stamps in the caparas stamp series:



"gagambino", currently playing on GMA 7 as portrayed by dennis trillo, and "pieta", airing on ABSCBN 2. honestly, i was unaware that "gagambino" was originally a comicbook character by carlo j. caparas. i thought he was a recent clone of spiderman made for philippine television with a giant spider pet and superhero friends that one can classify as belonging to the "league of extraordinary insect-men," for possessing entomologically-enhanced superpowers.

gingmaganda pointed out correctly that philpost should also feature female superheroes in stamps...like darna and dyesebel. other characters available in this series are "joaquin bordado" and "totoy bato."

i love the tinapa (dried fish) sticker...and the message! haha.

if you're into philately or want to get a piece of this pinoy postage superhero action in your love-deprived mailbox, gingmaganda will gladly send you a postcard with these stamps! just ask her nicely at gingmaganda@gmail.com.

and has anyone actually seen the manny pacquiao postage stamps?

14 vandalized my wall:

gingmaganda said...

i've seen the pacquiao stamps! the designs are awful!

fortuitous faery said...

really? well, awful or not, i'm sure they'll sell big on ebay someday! haha.

Sidney said...

Now...THAT is a nice postcard !

fortuitous faery said...

i agree, sidney. but i still say your photos should be made into postcards! :)

Joe Narvaez said...

Uy astig ito ah! Padalhan kaya ako ni gingmaganda kung maki-epal ako? hehe

gingmaganda said...

litrato talaga ni pacquaio yung andun tapos may color gradient sa likod. ieuw. di na lang ginawang full-blown litrato ang design.

gingmaganda said...

to Joe Narvaez,

umepal ka na! padalan kita postcard with stamps! ahehehe!

Kate said...

wow, that's my photo on the tinapa sticker :)

fortuitous faery said...

haha, i guess that settles it, joe!

meow: amazing! love your greeting card designs, too. you, ody and ging are definitely a talented lot! i go to hallmark shops here a lot just to browse the card designs and giftables. :P

Sreisaat said...

wowoweee!! ang galing ng stamps!!
I didn't know gingmaganda is also into postcards -- hmmm, bisitahan ko sa danay a. i agree, dapat may mga female superheroes man sa collection.

fortuitous faery said...

yup, she's a postcrosser, too! it's funny because all but one of us in miss iggy's blog are postcrossing members! :P

Anonymous said...

i love stamps! i can't wait to see those unique stamps. haven't been to the post office for a very long time! :-(

fortuitous faery said...

doi: maybe it's time to drop by your post office to check out their stamp designs! :)

Anonymous said...

yeah! i will! i joined postcrossing recently and am guilty of not sending off my 1st task immediately! lol maybe tomorrow...ssshhhhh

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