300 Years Of Devotion To Our Lady of Penafrancia Commemorative Stamps

Philatelists will have something more to add to their growing collection of stamps when Philpost makes available the Our Lady of Penafrancia Commemorative Stamps on September 8, 2010, coinciding with the birthday celebration of Our Lady.

Find out more about the Our Lady of Penafrancia Commemorative Stamps as well as other interesting details about Our Lady of Penafrancia HERE…

LOCK BOX SERVICE: Enjoying the benefits of personalized mail handling

Postal patrons who’d rather pick-up their mails at the post office are encouraged to avail themselves of Philpost’s lock box service. By renting a post office lock box for P 1,080.00/year for medium-sized boxes or P 540.00/year for small boxes, the postal patron enjoys special handling, confidentiality, and security of his or her mails.

What the lock box service means exactly is that mails intended to the postal patron will be delivered directly to his or her lock box, to which only he/she holds the key. Since the service is available 24/7, the postal patron can pick up his or her mails any time.

Currently, the following post offices have lock boxes available for rent:

Post Office
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
Bago City, Negros Occidental
Cadiz City, Negros Occidental
Culasi, Antique
Dumangas, Iloilo
Hinigaran, Negros Occidental
Iloilo City, Iloilo
Kalibo, Aklan
La Carlotta, Negros Occidental
Passi City
Roxas City, Capiz
San Jose, Antique
Silay City, Negros Occidental


Interested postal patrons only need to fill out the form at the Post Office and pay the either the annual fee or quarterly fee to avail themselves of the lock box service.

PHILPOST ISSUES THE LIMITED EDITION PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III COMMEMORATIVE COVER

The Philippine Postal Corporation issues on June 30, 2010, 2,000 copies of the Commemorative Cover of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III (limited edition), to coincide with his inaugural as the 15th president of the Republic of the Philippines.

Follow this link for more…

Affordable Photo Services at Philpost-6

Postal ID applicants no longer have to go through so much trouble coming up with ID pictures for Postal ID. Philpost-6 now offers photo services at the Regional Office and Bacolod City Post Office.

For only P 35.00, you get 6 pieces of high-quality passport-sized ID pictures already. This is actually cheaper than having your photos professionally taken and printed.

So don’t worry if you don’t have your ID pictures with you yet when you apply for a Postal ID, our customer-friendly staff will take care of that. As much as possible, though, we encourage that you come in business attire, or at the very least sleeved tops (not sleeveless or tube tops, please!), considering that your Postal ID will be used for business transactions.

New Postage Rates For International Mail Services

Postage rates for International Mail Services and Air and Sal parcel posts items bound to foreign countries, have been revised, effective June 16, 2010. Download the full pricing guide HERE.

Philpost To Issue VFP 50th Anniversary Commemorative Stamps

VFP 50th Anniversary commemorative stamps are set to be issued on June 18, 2010.
Read more about it HERE

Vicente Manansala Paintings Now On Stamps

The works of art of National Artist Vicente Manansala are now on stamps. Read more about it HERE …