THE Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation (TTPost) has issued a series of stamps for Christmas 2005, which focuses on the local trickster Anansi.

This collection focuses on the young and the important rich folklore of the Caribbean and also brings to life one of the popular West Indian characters.

Each stamp depicts different aspects of Anansi and the schemes he employs to get himself to the Oval to watch the West Indies play a cricket game.

This issue is a part of the Corporation’s Philatelic programme, which seeks to use stamps as a tool for learning and preserving culture and history, and also as a vehicle for the dissemination of a wide variety of social issues.

The stamps are available at all corporate shops and franchises, said Nataki Kerr, Communications Manager, Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation.