PHLPost To Issue Special Stamps Featuring 2015 Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) will honor 2015 Miss Universe, Ms. Pia Wurtzbach, with the issuance of special commemorative stamps.

“The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) takes pride in honoring our very own Ms. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach by immortalizing her with a postage stamp as the third Filipina to win the prestigious and much coveted Miss Universe crown,” OIC, Postmaster General Joel Otarra said.

PHLPost hopes to issue and launch it this month upon securing the approval and permission from the Bb. Pilipinas Charities, Inc. and the Miss Universe Organization with regard to Ms. Wurtzbach’s availability schedule.

According to PHLPost, the glittered souvenir sheets will surely be a hit among collectors in the country.

The souvenir sheet stamps will feature a special embellishment called tactile glittery texture embossed to enhance the important look and feel of the stamps. The glitters would be limited to her crown, if when touch, you would feel the rough texture on it.

Meanwhile, the regular stamp will feature a photo of Ms. Wurtzbach in her shining moment when she was crowned Miss Universe last December 2015 in Las Vegas.

Some 101,000 pieces of the regular stamps will be made available at P5 each, while 5,000 pieces of souvenir sheets will also be released to be sold at P40 per piece.

Ms. Pia Wurtzbach will now join the PHLPost roster of “living legends” who are given the rare privilege of being featured in a postage stamp which includes boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1973 Margarita Moran, and Miss World 2013 Megan Young. (PHLPOST/RJB/JEG/PIA-NCR)