Luanda – A collection of stamps, called “Baobab Flower”, was launched, this Thursday, in Luanda, by Angola’s Post Service (Correios de Angola), to promote this “symbol of Africa”, particularly Angola, around the world.
The initiative, by the former Secretary of State for Social Action, Elsa Barber, aims to exalt this tree and encourage young people to use philatelic pieces as instruments of social and human relations.
The project mentor, Elsa Barber, highlighted that human relationships are influenced by technology, but one should not expect the internet to solve all problems and, therefore, provides literacy in philately.
According to the source, philately, in addition to presupposing the joining of pieces such as stamps, blocks, obliterations, mechanical franks, circulated subscriptions, proofs, essays, among others, allows us to read and interpret important moments in the history of peoples.
“Wisdom is like the trunk of a baobab tree; you cannot embrace it alone. Seals are effective as sources of knowledge and in addition to popularizing information, they fulfill a social role”, she highlighted.
At the end of the launching ceremony, the vice-governor of Luanda for the Political and Social Sector, Manuel Gonçalves, was delighted with the initiative that revives nostalgic moments from the times when letters were addressed through the post office.
He mentioned that the initiative reminds younger people of the importance that philately had in other times, given that we are living in a digital era with a generation that did not live through those moments.
In turn, the head of the Department of Sales and Customer Management and Philately at Correios de Angola, Gilberto Dala, stated that this mechanism will encourage young people to divide their attention between technological means and culture.
He informed that the stamps are available at all Angola’s Post Service facilities. CPM/OHA/DOJ
