Wednesday, December 18, 2019

JapOcc 11

The 350th anniversary of the printing press in the Philippines was commemorated with an overprinted stamp issued on June 30, 1943.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the small COMMONWEALTH overprint on the Juan dela Cruz stamp were deleted and the original 20-centavo value was surcharged to 12 centavos. The overprint Limbagan is Tagalog for printing press.
Printing quantity: 350,000.

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