1948: FAO Conference

FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization and a stamp set was issued on February 3, 1948 for the FAO Conference held at Baguio. Printing is rather crude but the design shows farmers threshing rice using a thresher.

Mint copies today can have dark brown to blackish gum (it was made from cassava).

The 40-centavo value is an airmail stamp.

Quantities printed:
2c green and yellow green (572,650)
6c brown and cream (400,000)
18c blue and light blue (300,000)
40c carmine and light pink (199,000)

Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12-1/2
Unwatermarked paper

Perforation freaks:
2c vertical shifted
2c both horizontal and vertical shifted

Color shift:
2c downward

[Data taken from various sources.]