ring flaw 94

Green ring flaw on the black veil and yellow ring flaw on the green African map.

ring flaw 93

White ring flaw on the blue color.

ring flaw 92

Blue ring flaw on upper right of the design subject.

Valentine's 2019

New Issue alert:

2019Valentine's Day ( 2019 Araw ng mga Puso) featuring the King and Queen of Hearts

January 15, 2019 

Kind of Issue : Special
Denomination & Quantity : P12 - - - 50,000 (2 designs)
Date of Issue : February 1, 2019
Last Day of Sale : January 31, 2020
Size of Stamps : 30mm x 40mm 
Sheet Composition : 8 (4 x 2)
Perforation : 14
Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors) 
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.
Designer : Eunice Beatrix UyDabu
Designs : King and Queen of Hearts

Valentine’s Day or “Araw ng mga Puso” in the vernacular is celebrated worldwide annually on February 14.

Valentine’s Day is associated with romantic and evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by sending flowers, confectionery, or greeting cards, known as “Valentine’s card.”

Valentine’s Day symbols that are used today include hearts, doves, and cupid. This year’s Valentine’s stamps featured the Filipino king and queen of hearts in national costumes to imbibe the Filipiniana way of celebrating the “Araw ng mgaPuso” in our country.

As what the artist’s concept says, “The king is giving his heart to his queen and in return the queen gives her words of endearment as an expression of her love to her king”.

EFO 1988 Land Bank

Ring flaw on the silver near the woman's head

Silver shifted to the right

Silver shifted to the right

Silver shifted to the right

EFOs of the one-peso 1988 Land Bank stamp.

EFO 1975 Jade Vine

Color shifts.

EFO 1988 CCF Aid to Children D

Black shifted upward, two ring flaws on right stamp

Flaw above the girl's hair of right stamp

Black dot below the S of PILIPINAS of right stamp

Ring flaw above the girl's right hand of right stamp

Yet more EFOs!

EFO 1988 CCF Aid to Children C

Ring flaw between the girl and boy

Black shifted upward, ring flaw between the heads

Black shifted upward, two ring flaws

And more EFOs...

EFO 1988 CCF Aid to Children B

Black dot below the S of PILIPINAS

Black dot below the S of PILIPINAS

Black dot below the S of PILIPINAS

Flaw on right stamp, below the boy's right ear

More EFOs...

EFO 1988 CCF Aid to Children A

Flaw on right stamp, below the boy's right ear

Black shifted upward

Ring flaw between the girl and boy

Two ring flaws on left stamp

EFOs of the 1988 Christian Children's Fund stamp of 1988.

EFO 1992 Ozaeta definitive

Red shifted to the right.

FSCC auction January 2019

Whenever I see the 1979 Fight Drug Abuse issue, it reminds of the early Chainbreaker stamps of Slovenia. Similar in the design subject but, of course, the Chainbreakers were issued for something else than fighting drug abuse.

Bought these mint blocks of four (and a first day cover of the three values) from today's auction conducted by the Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club. This lot came from a long-time consignor who passed away the other week. In his remembrance we paused for a moment in silent prayer before the sale began.

Some 30 or so bidders participated in the battle for a little less than 500 of the more than 500 listed philatelic and nonphilatelic lots (one of the consignors was absent).

Tomorrow, the "Spring" stamp exhibit opens at the lobby of the Manila Central Post Office. It will run until Saturday.

EFO 1972 Asia Pacific Scout

Normal Copy

Overprint doubled

A double overprint error of the 1972 Asia Pacific Scout Conference overprint.

EFO 1978 Agoo 30s

Flaw on first P of Pilipinas.

See also December 11, 2017 post.

EFO 1978 Bonifacio monument

Color shift affecting especially Pilipinas

Doctor blade flaw: Blue lines on top margin

Color shift affecting inscriptions

More EFOs of the 1978 Bonifacio Monument stamp.

See also January 26, 2018 post.

University of the Visayas

New Issue alert:

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases commemorative stamp to mark University of the Visayas 100th Anniversary

January 16, 2019   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) launched a new commemorative stamps featuring the 100th Founding Anniversary of the University of the Visayas (UV) last January 12.

The University of the Visayas (UV) was founded in 1919 by the late Don Vicente Gullas which aim to provide young people from average-income families the opportunity to acquire high school and tertiary education.

It was formerly known as the Visayan Institute having 37 high school students only on its first year of operation then turned 87 on the following enrollment year.

The school does not have its own building and so they rented spaces until in year 1935 when Don Juan Rivera (father-in-law of Gullas) purchased a lot of YMCA and its building also in 1936. After the war in 1945, the school resumed its classes and later transferred to its current site.

Then in 1948 it was granted a University status.

“Education indeed is never just about preparation for future work. While we would look forward to our students excelling in their chosen vocation, we also value the development of the potentials of the individuals and the enhancement of personal quality.” PHLPost Postmaster General Otarra said during the stamp launching at the UV.

PMG Otarra also shared PHLPost’s partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) and other educational institutions to promote positive values through “Salamat Po” letter writing activities.

PHLPost has printed 50, 000 copies of the UV commemorative stamp sold for P12.00 each.

The stamps and official first day covers are now available at the Philatelic Counter, Central Post Office, Liwasang Bonifacio 1000, Manila and area post offices nationwide. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

1st NATOPEX slogan

The slogan cancel promoting the 1st Natopex was used for only one day, September 1, although the National Topical Philatelic Exhibition was held from September 1 to 14, 1957.

7th APOPEX slogan

The 7th APOPEX, as promoted in this slogan cover, was held at the Manila Post Office from November 24 to December 7, 1957.

"The exhibit," reported the Philippine Journal of Philately, "drew much applause from stamp aficionados."

The slogan cancel was used for only one day, on the opening day of the show.

EFO 1950 Rizal surcharge

Surcharge shifted to the left.

Agricultural college slogan

Before it was called the Central Luzon Agricultural College it was known as Central Luzon Agricultural School. Now it's name is Central Luzon State University (CLSU for short).

As stated on the slogan cancel the location is Nueva Ecija.

EFO 1984 Read Today surcharged

Broken second C of CONFERENCE overprint.

PPJ 2000 Q4

PPJ Fourth Quarter 2000 edition

Contents:
The Three Ladies: An Update by Robert F. Yacano
Review: The Philippines War 1899-1902 by William E. Spicer
Review: Postal History of the Spanish Philippines by Richard W. Winter
EFOs: How Rigid a Microphilately by Paul S. Greenlaw
Index of the Philippine Philatelic Journal Volume XXII

PPJ 2000 Q3

PPJ Third Quarter 2000 edition

Contents:
The Relativity of Major Philatelic Errors by Paul S. Greenlaw
WWII Alien Certificate of Registration by Douglas K. Lehmann

PPJ 2000 Q2

PPJ Second Quarter 2000 edition

Contents:
Mariana Islands Mail During the Spanish Philippine Period, 1850s-1890s by Don Peterson
Japanese Occupation of the Philippines 1942-1945 by Chalmer D. Hill
Non-Fiscal Letter Home by Douglas K. Lehmann
Revision: First and Second Printings of the 10c Pale Claret Postal Issue (Scott #164) by Don Peterson

PPJ 2000 Q1

PPJ First Quarter 2000 edition

Article:
Postal Service in the Philippines in July 1898 by Weston D. Burnett

APO auction January 2019

Found this block of 20 Rizal stamps of 1977 in a box lot I bought from today's auction conducted by the APO Philatelic Society.

I remember reading an article written by Mandy Labayen (either Sunday Philatelist or Hobby Time) mentioning many color shades of the portrait, the frame and even the background color of this definitive. Too many, in fact, such that it's not easy to determine which is the normal!

Anyway the first auction of 2019 saw some 20 bidders participating in a sale that offered 350 lots of mostly philatelic and numismatic collectibles.

PPJ 1999 Q4

PPJ Fourth Quarter 1999 edition

Contents:
The Liberation Bulletin of Philippine Interment Camp No. 1 at Santo Tomas University February 3rd, 1945
The International Philippine Philatelic Society
International Philippine Philatelic Society 20th Anniversary letter written by Bill Oliver
Index to IPPS Journal Vol. XXI

PPJ 1999 Q3

PPJ Third Quarter 1999 edition

Officers of the IPPS:
President-Philippine Operations--Pio S. Rodriguez
Coordinator-U.S. Operations--Robert F. Yacano
Vice President--Robert V. Araos
Secretary--Ruben A. Cruz Jr.
Treasurer--Antonio So
Auditor--Mario Que
P.R.O.--Larry N.Carino

Contents:
U.S. Support for American POWs by Charles A. Richmond
First and Second Printings of the 1890-1896 Postal Issues by Don Peterson
Documentoes De Giro by Douglas R. Lehmann