Thursday, June 29, 2017

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

EFO 1951 Peace Fund 5c imperf

Joined N and G in STRENGTH and white scratch on hill at right
Flaw on S of PHILIPPINES
The 5c imperf, too, has flaws.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

EFO 1951 Peace Fund 5c F

Dot in front of the man's salakot
Joined N and G in STRENGTH and dent on right frameline
Flaw on H of PHILIPPINES
And more...

Monday, June 26, 2017

EFO 1951 Peace Fund 5c E

Joined N and G in STRENGTH and deformed E in PEACE
Joined N and G in STRENGTH
Joined N and G in STRENGTH
Flaw on first P of PHILIPPINES
And more...

Sunday, June 25, 2017

EFO 1951 Peace Fund 5c D

Period instead of comma after STRENGTH
Joined N and G in STRENGTH
H instead of N in STRENGTH
Joined N and G in STRENGTH
More varieties of the 1951 Peace Fund issue...

Saturday, June 24, 2017

EFO 1950 Rizal surcharge

Overprint shifted downward and to the left
Overprint shifted downward
Overprint shifted to the left
Overprint shifted downward

Overprint shifted to the left
Some shifted overprints on the 1950 Rizal surcharge issue.

Friday, June 23, 2017

EFO 1988 surcharge

Narrow P3.00 upper stamp, wide P3.00 lower stamp
Extra long upper deleting bar of bottom stamp
More varieties of the 1988 surcharge (see May 15, 2017 post).

Thursday, June 22, 2017

EFO 1971 Nayong Filipino C

Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Blurred eyes and Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
And one more set of varieties, for now!

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

St. Stephen's HS

New Issue alert:

100 YEARS OF SAINT STEPHEN’S HIGH SCHOOL


Kind of Issue : Commemorative
Denomination & Quantity : P 12 - - - 101,000 (50,500 se-tenant pair)
Date of Issue : June 22, 2017
Last Day of Sale : June 21, 2018
Size of Stamps : 40mm x 30mm
Sheet Composition : 8 (2 x 4)
Perforation : 14
Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors)
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro
Design Coordinator : Reynaldo de Jesus
Designs : Left stamp design is the St. Stephen’s High School building,  Right stamp design is the St. Stephen’s Elementary School building, Upper left and right corner of the stamps design is the official logo of St. Stephen’s High School and the Lower left corner stamps design is the centennial anniversary logo, Extreme left and right of the stamps is the Chinese characters which means “ St. Stephen’s High School 100 Years Anniversary Celebration”.
[press release added later]

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases St. Stephens 100th anniversary commemorative stamps

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) released postage stamps on June 21 to commemorate St. Stephen’s High School’s (SSHS) 100th founding Anniversary.

SSHS is the first Christian Chinese academic institution in Luzon. In July of 1917, the leaders of the church that was headed by Bishop Charles Henry Brent under the American Episcopal Mission decided to open a school that will admit girls as most schools only afforded education to boys back in the day.

St. Stephen’s Girls’ School, as it was originally called, started in Reina Regente St. with just 19 enrollees. Its first commencement exercises were held in 1922.

Over the years, St. Stephen’s enrollees grew in numbers and they had to relocate to a lot beside St. Luke’s Hospital in Magdalena St., now known as Masangkay. In 1941, a new library, classrooms and a dormitory were completed in the new building.

However, their flourish was halted in the rise of World War II. The new building was ruined, and most American educators were held prisoners in the University of Sto. Tomas.

With St. Stephen’s dedication to spread the Christian faith through education, they reopened in 1946. There were 500 students who returned, along with former teachers and other employees. All of them, through the efforts of Huang Ong Bi Gim, helped in the healing and reconstruction of the school.

In 1949, in order to remove the stigma on boys studying in a girls’ school, the school was officially renamed to St. Stephen’s High School. It was in 1963 when the new five-story building with 1,100-seat auditorium was completed.

Today, SSHS is known for being awarded the Highest Level Accreditation Status from the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines, through the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities Accrediting Agency, Inc.
The commemorative stamps have two designs—the first one featuring SSHS building, the official logo on the upper left corner, the centennial anniversary logo on the lower right corner, Chinese characters that mean “St. Stephen’s High School 100 Years Anniversary” on the extreme left and the centennial anniversary celebration theme “100 Years of God’s Faithfulness” at the bottom; and the second one featuring St. Stephen’s Elementary School building, the official logo on the upper right corner, the centennial anniversary logo on the lower left corner, Chinese characters that mean “St. Stephen’s High School 100 Years Anniversary” on the extreme right and the centennial anniversary celebration theme “100 Years of God’s Faithfulness” at the bottom.

PHLPost has commissioned Amstar Company Inc. to print 101,000 copies (50,500 se-tenant pairs) of the commemorative stamps, to be sold at P12 each. The stamps were designed by PhlPost layout artist Rodine Teodoro, in coordination with Reynaldo de Jesus of St. Stephen.

The stamps and official first day cover are now available at the Post Shop, Central Post Office, Window 04, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and area post offices nationwide. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

EFO 1971 Nayong Filipino B

Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Blurred face
Green shadows under the hat and eyes
More EFO varieties...

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

EFO 1971 Nayong Filipino A

Green shifted downward (see shadows under the hat and eyes)
Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Red shadows under the eyes and Color Shift affecting Mount Mayon
Additional EFOs of the 1972 Nayong Filipino stamp (see October 28, 2016 post).

Monday, June 19, 2017

EFO 1971 CUP overprint F

Overprint shifted upward and to the left
Overprint shifted to the left
Overprint shifted downward
Overprint shifted upward
Overprint shifted downward and to the left
Last CUP EFOs for now...

Sunday, June 18, 2017

FSCC auction June 18

Here's a picture of the auction sale of the Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club held today at the Philpost lobby. More than 30 bidders participated: Shown here are those seated on chairs, not shown are the bidders seated on benches.

Of 530 philatelic and nonphilatelic lots, the following were the Philippine philatelic lots:
Spanish era
1894-95 papel sellado 25c de peso brown seal

USPI/Commonwealth
1903 2 diff ovpts
1926 FDC Legislative A
1926 FDC Legislative B
1926 FDC Legislative C
1926 FDC Legislative D
1927 FDC w/Fondo label
1927 FFC Manila-Iloilo
1945 Victory cover 1st Anniv D-Day Tacloban
Victory FDC

Japanese occupation
FDC A 2pcs
FDC B 2pcs
FDC C 2pcs

Republic mint
1949 Library set
1981 Corals
1983 Pasko ss
1991 Asean Games stamps
1991 Mount Pinatubo 2 sets
1991 Basketball ss
1991 El Filibusterismo set
1992 Expo ss & stamps
1992 Birds ss ovpt YPS exhibit
1992 Naphilcon ss
1992 Birds strip of 5
1992 Chess ss 3pcs w/slight stain
1992 Year of Cock perf ss 4pcs toned
1992 Year of Cock perf ss ovptd Taipei 4pcs toned
1993 Indigenous People
1993 Butterflies ss ovptd Indopex
1995 Pope ss
1996 Fishes 2 strips of 5
1998 Friendship with Spain & Mexico strip of 3
1999 UN
2003 Cacti ss
2004 Olympics ss
2004 San Agustin Church sheetlet
2004 Fil Chinese Chamber sheetlet
2005 Giant Scoops Owl ss
2005 Pope P6 sheetlet
2005 Pope P22 sheetlet
2005 Lighthouse ss
2005 Asean Games red ss
2005 Asean Games blue ss
2005 Snails ss
2006 St. Scholastica College B/4
2007 Manulife stamps B/4
2007 Manulife ss
2008 Crab ss
2008 Bonsai stamps 2 B/8 set
2011 People Power ss
Bengzon error B/4
Ninoy handstamped surcharges 10v
definitives 7v

Republic used
1977 Amphilex ss & Espamer ss
Used stamps on 14 pages

Republic specimens
1985 Fil-Spanish Treaty strip of 4
1986 YMCA set
1986 Ameripex B/6 set
1986 Ninoy ss 4pcs
1987 GSIS 4v B/4 set
1988 Mushrooms set
1988 Christmas set
1989 Ver-Adevoso 4 pairs
1993 Asean Jamboree ss
1993 Christmas 4v
1995 NSCM set & ss
1997 Stamp & Philatelic Division B/4 & ss
1998 & 2000 Postal Service 2 ss
1998 Shells 2 B/4s
1999 Marine Biodiversity set & ss
1999 NSCM set & ss
1999 RP-Thailand
1999 RP-Korea
1999 La Union Botanical set
1999 Orchids B/4
1999 Millennium Series 1 People Power set
2000 Olympics set & ss
2000 Clothing & Power set & ss
2000 NSCM set & ss
2000 Millennium Series 2 Artifacts
2000 Millennium Series 3 Seacraft
2000 Millennium Series 4 Trade & Progress
2000 La Union Province B/4
2001 Vatican set & ss
2001 Year of Snake set
2001 Musical Instruments B/4
2004 Pasko 4 B/4s
2005 Pope 2v set
2005 Snails 8v set
2005 Snails ss
2006 Butterflies P20 P24 P26 B/4 (48pcs)
2007 Ducks set
2007 Architecture
2007 Birds defin 8v
2008 Crabs set
2008 Tourism 8v
2009 Year of Ox 2v
5 diff commems A
5 diff commems B
Seventh Day Adventist B/4

Republic souvenir albums
1964 Land Reform
1958 Antonio Luna
1959 Flag
1972 Visit Asean Lands

Republic FDCs
1963 Lapu Lapu 5 diff cachets
1981 Marcos Oathtaking A 2pcs
1981 Marcos Oathtaking B 2pcs
1995 National Symbols Re-issue
1995 WWII Events set

Republic covers
1959 FFC Manila-Djakarta
1967 FFC Manila-Port Moresby Qantas
1975 FFC Inter-Island Pioneer Mindoro
1976 FFC Manila-Silay
1982 special souvenir cover Marcos birthday

Miscellaneous
1970 Sheet of Anti-TB waling-waling
1982 Marcos US Visit ss & FDC ss
1992 Chess Olympiad souvenir folder
1992 Year of Cock perf set & FDC
1992 Year of Cock perf ss & FDC
1994-95 RP album of stamps & ss
1995 Lupang Hinirang, Cavite Mutiny mint & FDC
Gregorio del Pilar FDC & stamps
MacArthur FDC & stamps
Manuel Quezon FDC & stamps
Lot of postally used covers
Lot of Philippine covers

Saturday, June 17, 2017

EFO 1971 CUP overprint E

Overprint shifted downward
Overprint shifted to the left
Overprint shifted to the left
Light overprint of central design  (no dark areas)
And still more EFOs...

Friday, June 16, 2017

EFO 1971 CUP overprint D

Overprint shifted to the left
Overprint shifted upward
Overprint shifted upward and to the left
Overprint shifted downward and to the right
Yellow of base stamp shifted to the left
Still more EFOs...