EFO 1972 Christmas

Gold frame is shifted.

See November 26, 2016 post.

EFO 1971 CUP overprint G

Overprint shifted downward and to the left

Overprint shifted upward and to the right

Yellow of base stamp shifted upward

Overprint shifted downward

Light CONGRESS OF UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS

Missing letters from UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS

More EFOs of 1971 overprinted stamp for the Congress of University Presidents.

See also June 13, 2017 and subsequent posts of the same stamp.

EFO 1979 Local Government 30s

Cyan shifted to the left

Cyan shifted to the left

Black shifted downward

Black shifted downward

Color shifts of the 30-sentimo Local Government Year stamp of 1979.

See also April 5, 2017 post.

EFO 1948 Boy Scout 4c

Broken U in JUBILEE of middle stamp, top row.

one-legged aitch

The H in STRENGTH is a 4 on each of these stamps.

See also October 29, 2016 post.

EFO 1978 Bonifacio Monument

Color Shift affecting Pilipinas

Thin blue lines on left, top and right margins

More EFOs of the 1978 Bonifacio Monument stamp.

See also April 12, 2017 and November 1, 2017 posts.

EFO 1982 Isabelo de los Reyes

Uneven thickness of top frameline compared with the other three

Dot on suit

Flaw on upper left below the top frameline

Heavy lettering of name

Some EFOs of the 1982 Isabelo de los Reyes definitive.

EFO 1973 75th Independence 15s

Black inscriptions shifted to the left, evident on M (of MOUNT) reaching the left margin of the stamp.

Republic 2nd anniversary

A special occasion cachet used by the post office was for the second anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1948.

On this cacheted cover it comes with the first stamp of the republic issued in 1946.

Cotabayo

Registered in Cotabayo City?
:)

FSCC auction January 2018

Some two dozen bidders, including IPPS editor Hans Becker of Cebu, participated in the auction sale of the Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club held today at the Philpost lobby.

A total of 517 philatelic and nonphilatelic lots were listed, but a few were missing because a consignor missed the event.

Philippine Philatelic Federation president Rey Ong dropped by to chat with collectors.

EFO 1962 Rizal brown

Incomplete printing of brown at top

Incomplete printing of brown at top

Thin brown line extending to the upper right margin of the stamp

Thin brown line extending to the upper right margin of the stamp

Some EFOs of the 1962 Rizal definitive.

EFO1966 PNB

Color shift affecting especially the karwahe at lower left of the stamp.

EFO 1995 National Bird

Color shift affecting the two birds.

Acme

The slogan cancel on this cover was used only at MacArthur, Leyte.

Douglas MacArthur lived from 1880 to 1964.

Who was Acme Postage Stamps Collector?

special flight cover

This is a flight cover of the Atlas Sky Merchant DC-4 Special Flight Around Manila postmarked March 13, 1948 in Manila and backstamped Rizal City on the same day.

The former town of Pasay became Rizal City in 1947 but changed its name to Pasay City in 1950.

APO silver anniversary

For the 1975 set of two stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the APO Philatelic Society, the first day covers were cancelled at three post offices: Manila, Iloilo City and Cebu City.

Shown here is the FDC for the 5-sentimo value cancelled at the Manila Post Office.

The APO Silverpex was held at the Manila Central Post Office from November 24 to 30, 1975.

Thrift Week slogan

Here's the same slogan cancel for National Thrift Week (see July 27, 2017 post) but this time the postmark is that of Baguio City.

On a red Rizal postal card.

EFO 1994 National Bird

Color shift affecting the top stamp of this vertical pair.

Manila-Legaspi 3

Partial railway post office cancel of the Manila-Legaspi route, on each of these stamps.

Manila-Legaspi 2

A partial railway post office cancel of the Manila-Legaspi route.

Manila-Legaspi 1

Partial railway post office cancels of the Manila-Legaspi route.

See also October 31, 2017 post.

EFO 1979 Sipa 75s

White line at upper left

Color Shift affecting sipa player

A couple of EFOs of the 75-sentimo Sipa stamp of 1979.

Chrisquapipex cover

Here's an interesting Chrisquapipex cover: It uses a United Nations souvenir sheet!

If you recall, the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas was made a philatelic agent of the UN beginning with this exhibit.

Awardees of Chrisquapipex, the Christianization Quatercentennial Philippine International Philatelic Exhibition, include Don Jesus Cacho (International Grand Award "for the rarest philatelic material in the show"), Rogelio de Jesus (the Mexican "Año de Amistad" Silver Medal), Ysmael 'Boy' Inductivo (the American Topical Association Merit Award), and Rizal's Story In Stamps (Gold, literature category).

APO auction January 2018

The first auction for 2018 was conducted by the APO Philatelic Society at the Philpost lobby today.

About 30 bidders participated, vying for a total of 410 philatelic and nonphilatelic lots.

A box lot contained items for most of the collectors present -- ranging from stamps, covers and coins to postcards!

EFO 1981 Rizal Monument

Misperf

Broken right frameline

Broken right frameline

EFOs of the Rizal Monument stamp of 1981.

See also March 30, 2017 post.