Friday, September 21, 2018

1948: Sampaguita

For Flower Day, sampaguita was featured on a stamp issued on December 8, 1948. Sampaguita is the national flower of the Philippines.
Quantity printed:
3c green and black (1,000,000)
Designer: L. Velasco
Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12-1/2
Unwatermarked paper
Perforation freaks:
Vertical shifted and slanted
Varieties:
Shades of green
Green color shifts
[Data taken from various sources.]

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