Vargas Museum

Among the library collections in the U.P. Vargas Museum, officially the Jose B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center, is one for philately.

https://vargasmuseum.wordpress.com/the-museum/library-and-archives/

Should be worth a visit.

Official Cash Ticket: Zamboanga City

This was used at the Paseo del Mar for parking on February 13, 2013.

Paseo del Mar is a local government-run seaside park in Zamboanga City.

Official Cash Ticket: Surigao del Sur

Found this horizontal strip of 5 in a public utility van, which I rode from Hayanggabon in Claver (Surigao del Norte) to Bad-as in Placer (Surigao del Norte). The van must have come from Carrascal (Surigao del Sur) as written on the back with the date Oct. 10, 2010. 

Official Cash Ticket: Ozamiz City

If I recall rightly, this was used as receipt for entrance fee (P5) to the Cotta Fort in Ozamiz City (dated Sept. 28, 1998).

Official Cash Ticket : Misamis Oriental

P5 printed in black on back

The P2 black was used for parking fee, and use of the public restroom of the De Lara Park, in front of the provincial capitol grounds. I have recorded the following dates: June 8, 2005, September, 22, 2005, November 11, 2005, March 21, 2006, May 2006, April 13, 2009. It was also used at the public restroom of the bus terminal at Balingoan, Misamis Oriental, on September 2006. This also exists without printing on the back.

The P2 blue (larger in size than the black) was used for payment at the public restroom of the Balingoan bus terminal on April 2011, and another at the public restroom of the De Lara Park on August 21, 2010.

Official Cash Ticket: Iligan City

I bought a horizontal strip of 5 of the P2 blue as a souvenir from the Iligan City Integrated Bus Terminal (for buses bound northeast) on November 15, 2009. The rate for use of the public restroom at the terminal was P2.

Official Cash Ticket : Gingoog City

I found the P2 with small lettering on July 18, 2013.

The P2 with large lettering was used at the public restroom of the Gingoog City bus terminal on Oct. 6, 2010, and another on February 7, 2007 . This exists with or without printing on the back.

Official Cash Ticket: Cagayan de Oro City

This was used at the Agora bus terminal in Cagayan de Oro City on March 21, 2010.

Official Cash Ticket : Cabadbaran City

This was used at the public restroom of the public market at Cabadbaran City on Oct. 10, 2010.

Official Cash Ticket : Bukidnon

 

no printing at back

The red P1 (large size) was used at the public restroom of the Malaybalay City bus terminal (fee was P2) on Feb. 24, 2009 and another on Dec. 20, 2009. It also exists with no printing on the back, used in 2002.

The yellow P5 was used at the public restroom of the Malaybalay City bus terminal on July 16, 2011.

I have no notes for the red P1 (small size) except that it was used in 2003. This was issued without printing on the back.

The green P1 was used at public restrooms: of Kisolon (in Sumilao) Public Market (fee was P3) on July 1, 2012 and on March 28, 2014, Lorega bus terminal in Kitaotao (P3) on Oct. 4, 2014, and Maramag Food Court (P3) on Oct. 4, 2013 and on Oct. 2, 2014.

Official Cash Ticket: Bohol

With the issuance of Official Cash Tickets by local government units (don't know when, probably early 2000s), a revenue philatelist who attempts to catalog all issues would be challenged.

This one for Bohol was used for entrance fee of vehicles at the Carmen Chocolate Hills Center (or Complex) on June 1, 2005. It's part of a pane of 20.

Duterte inauguration

New Issue alert:

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost issues President Duterte inauguration stamps

August 18, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) recently issued a special commemorative stamps featuring the historic inauguration and oathtaking of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte who took his oath as the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines held at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall in Malacañang Palace in Manila at exactly high noon (12:00 NN) last June 30, 2016.

He is the fourth chief executive of the country and the first from Mindanao who took oath in Malacañang Palace.

“Inaugural Stamps” were issued by PHLPost in keeping with the tradition that when there is a new president, the postal service would come out with a new commemorative stamp to highlight the importance of this historic event in the country.

The “Inaugural Stamps” features the official photo of the oathtaking ceremony administered by Supreme Court Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes. Duterte is joined by his children Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, Sebastian and Veronica Duterte, who holds the Bible given to the President by his late mother Soledad.

PHLPost has printed 150,000 pieces of the “Inaugural Stamps” sold at P17.00 each in post offices nationwide.

The postal service also printed 10,000 copies of the special limited edition of the souvenir sheet measuring 10 cm x 4.5 cm and sold at P55.00 each.

Also, the stamps comes with a commemorative first day cover envelope featuring the Philippine Flag, the official seal of the President with Malacañang Palace, at the background, which is the seat of the highest chief executive of the land.

For inquiries about the stamps, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

Official Cash Tickets

rouletted

imperforate

rouletted, poorly printed

rouletted, poorly printed

Official Cash Tickets have been in use since the 1930s and are kept by collectors of revenue stamps.

These were used as governmental receipts for payments in small denominations (for a variety of purposes, usually in public places).

The P1 red was used at the Cagayan de Oro Port on January 31, 2002.

bundleware

Yes, sir, even today one can still find bundleware of Philippine stamps!

clipper vinta

Finally, an airmail issue with a design of its own, rather than overprints.

Issued in 1941, the two main subjects are a clipper and a vinta.

These were the last airmail stamps released before the Japanese occupation.

First Airmail Exhibition

Yes, this overprinted stamp for the 1st Air Mail Exhibition is an airmail stamp.

There are two values in the set.

Arnacal

This 3-stamp airmail set commemorated the Manila to Madrid flight by the aviators Antonio Arnaiz and Juan Calvo.

Again, by overprinting previous stamps!

PI-US Initial Flight

This overprint marks the first China clipper flight from Manila to San Francisco.

airmail plane

These airmail stamps were issued in 1933.

The airplane overprint did not commemorate any flight.

Interestingly, an identical overprint was used earlier on Papuan stamps -- in 1930!