Philippine orchids

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PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost issues Philippine Orchids postage stamps

September 30, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) releases special topical postage stamps featuring the best orchid collections the country has ever produced which are endemic in nature.

“Through these miniature pieces of art, PHLPost would like to promote the propagation of Philippine orchids which are being recognized for its beauty and diversity from orchidists here and abroad”, Assistant Postmaster General Luis Carlos said.

The following block of four regular stamps are: Vanda sanderiana or the waling-waling is considered to be the "Queen of Philippine flowers"; Dancing Lady or Oncidium Orchid species which produces dozens of small flowers at the same time, giving a spectacular show that lasts for several weeks; Mrs. Sander's Dendrobium or Dendrobium sanderae, found in the Regions of Central Luzon especially in tropical pine forests; and, Moth Orchid or Phalaenopsis, one of the most popular orchids which are pleasing to the eye.

PHLPost also releases 5,000 pieces of limited colorful souvenir sheets stamps featuring Dear Antler Moth Orchid or Phalaenopsis comu-cervi, Catleya or Hsinying rouge ‘CH 36’ Rhyncholaeliocattleya, Moth Orchid or Phalaenopsisching hua wizard and Dark Purple Trichoglottis or Trichoglottis atropurpurea.

PHLPost commissioned security printer Amstar Co. to print 96,000 copies of the stamps, to be sold at P12 each. The stamps were designed by PHLPost layout artist Victorino Serevo, with the photo provided by stamp collector Jonathan Blaza.

The Philippine Orchids regular stamps, special souvenir sheets and official first day cover are available starting September 30, 2016 at the Post Shop, Central Post Office, Door 219, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and area post offices nationwide. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

KIND OF ISSUE: SPECIAL
DENO & QTY: P12.00----96,000 pcs.
SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEET
DENO & QTY: P48.00---5,000 pcs.
DATE OF ISSUE: September 30, 2016
LAST DAY OF SALE: SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
SIZE OF STAMPS: (30mm x 40mm) 
SHEET COMPOSITION: 4 Designs (Sheetlet of 16)
SIZE OF SOUVENIR SHEET: 12.5cm x 7.5cm 
PERFORATION: 12.5 to 14 holes per 20mm
PRINTING PROCESS: Litho- Offset (4 colors)
PAPER: Imported Unwatermarked
PRINTER: Amstar Company, Inc.
GRAPHIC ARTIST: Victorino Z. Serevo
DESIGN COORDINATOR: Jonathan Blaza (Photo Provider)

BLOCK OF 4 STAMPS:

1. WALING-WALING (Vanda sanderiana)
2. DANCING LADY ORCHID (Oncidium sp.)
3. MRS. SANDERS DENDROBIUM (Dendrobium sanderae var luzonicum)
4. MOTH ORCHID (PHALAENOPSIS SP.)
 

SOUVENIR SHEET STAMPS:
1. DEAR ANTLER MOTH ORCHID (Phalaenopsis comu-cervi)
2. CATLEYA (Hsinying rouge ‘CH 36’ Rhyncholaeliocattleya)
3. MOTH ORCHID (Phalaenopsisching hua wizard x hsinying Julia)
4. DARK PURPLE TRICHOGLOTTIS (Trichoglottis atropurpurea

Philacon '91

The First National Philatelic Convention (PHILACON '91) was held at the Manila Central Post Office from November 27 to 29, 1991.

There were 10 participating stamp clubs: APO Philatelic Society, Baguio Philatelic Society, Cebu Philatelic Society, Chinese Philatelists' Club of the Philippines, Clark Stamp Club, Filipino-Chinese Philatelic Society, General Santos City Stamp Club, International Philippine Philatelic Society, Philippine Philatelic Auction Club, and Quezon City Philatelic Society.

Shown above is the exhibition sheet on a cover of the Cebu Philatelic Society with its seal and a San Juan de la Cruz stamp cancelled by the Cebu City Post Office.

The sheet was issued earlier on October 20 by the Philacon committee (hence, it's marked Not Valid for Postage) to help raise funds for the convention.

Zambales cancel

This Castillejos (Zambales) cancellation has the year 1961 upside down, if we are to believe the serifs of the numeral 1.

souvenir album

A philatelic product of the post office in past times is the First Day of Issue souvenir album.

From examples I've seen, souvenir albums were issued from the 1950s to the first half of the 1970s.

The pages were bound by a ribbon, with the cover illustrated. Inside were the particulars of the issue and, of course, the stamp or set cancelled on the first day.

Pres. Hoover

A ship cancellation, in all likelihood.

SS President Hoover was an ocean liner from 1930 to 1937. It serviced the US-Far East route.

PHLPost 25th Anniversary Stamp Design Contest Mechanics

ring flaw 1

Here are ring flaws on the first 5 of P5.50 of the 1989 commemorative issued for the French Revolution Bicentennial and the Decade of Filipino Nationalism.

Both stamps certainly came from the same sheet (or sheetlet, as the case may be) as the slight misregistration of colors in the design looks the same.

EFO 1989 Fiesta Islands CDO Fiesta

Normal Copy

Color Shift

Blurred design of the Cagayan de Oro Fiesta is caused by color misregistration.

Examine especially the bunting.

This was my EFO discovery last September 17.

This is not recorded in Ngo's specialized catalogue.

EFO 1993 National Symbols misperf

Found this perforation freak last September 12.

As you can see, the perforation at right cuts through the design of the flag causing the denomination and year date to appear on the selvedge.

APO 25th

The 25th anniversary of the APO Philatelic Society was commemorated with a two-stamp issue in 1975.

Still active since its formation in 1950 (as the Amateur Philatelists Organization), the club holds a monthly auction sale in Manila.

It was formed on May 28, 1950, by three collectors and, on June 11 that year, with 12 members in attendance, APO held its organizational meeting.

Josie's Philatelic Shoppe

Josie's Philatelic Shoppe was a stamp store on Recto Avenue in Manila City from 1975 to 2011.

The store had to move out of the Laperal Building in which it was located as the building had been scheduled for demolition.

It transferred to Sta. Mesa until it closed shop in 2014.

The store was owned by Josefina T. Cura, a long-time collector and dealer who's still active in philately!

EFO 1994 Great Filipinos missing 4

Normal copy (left) and error (right)

In 1994, the Great Filipinos series, which began in 1989, continued with five more individuals.

Issued as a horizontal se-tenant strip of five, one of the stamps (showing the musician Antonio J. Molina) has a missing "4" in "1994". 

This is noted in Ngo's catalogue as a plate error in position #196 of the sheet.

Found the error last April 27 in a mixture of used stamps.

Team Philippines

New Issue alert:

Team Philippines

September 19, 2016

Kind of Issue: Special

Denomination and Quantity: Stamp: Php 12.00 / 101,000pcs

                                                      OFDCE: Php 8.00 / 800pcs

                                             Souvenir Sheet: Php 55.00 / 5,000pcs

Date of Issue: 9 August 2016

Size of Stamps: 30mm x 40mm

Size of Souvenir Sheet: 10cm x 7cm

Sheet Composition: 40on

Perforation: 14 holes for 20mm

Printing process: offset lithography

Paper: security paper

Printer: Amstar Company Inc.

Graphic Designer: Rodine C.Teodoro

32nd Asian International Stamp Exhibition

New Issue alert:

2016 New Year: Year of the Monkey Souvenir Sheet with Thailand Logo

September 19, 2016  

Kind of Issue: Special

Denomination and Quantity: Souvenir Sheet Php 114.00 / 6,000 pcs

                                             OFDCE: Php 8.00 / 500 pcs

Date of Issue: August 10, 2016

Size of Souvenir Sheet: 14cm x 8cm

Perforation: 12.5 to 14 holes per 20mm

Printing process: offset lithography

Paper: security paper

Printer: Amstar Company, Inc.

Graphic Designer: Victorino Z. Serevo

 

Lal-lo

New Issue alert:

[press release added later]

Municipality of Lal-lo, Cagayan

September 19, 2016 

Kind of Issue: Commemorative

Denomination and Quantity: Stamps: Php 15.00 / 101,000pcs

                                                       OFDCE: Php8.00 / 2,400pcs

Date of Issue: August 13, 2016

Size of Stamp: 40mm x 30mm

Sheet Composition: 40on

Perforation: 14 holes per 20mm

Printing process: offset lithography, four colors

Paper: security or substrate paper, guaranteed exclusively milled security paper

Printer: Amstar Company, Inc.

Graphic Designer: Rodine C. Teodoro

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost issues stamp to mark Municipality of Lal-lo 435th anniversary

October 4, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Municipality of Lal-lo, province of Cagayan celebrated their patronal town fiesta with the release of PHLPost commemorative stamps highlighting the 435th foundation of the municipality.

The stamp features the historic Santo Domingo de Guzman Church which was established by the Dominicans in 1581, named Nueva Segovia. The town was the seat of the capital of Cagayan up to 1839 when the provincial government was moved to Tuguegarao.

Lal-lo was the hub of religious, trade and commercial activities of Northern Luzon. It is also one of the first four cities in the Philippines (others were Manila, 1571; Cebu, 1565; Naga, 1575).

The Sto. Domingo de Guzman Church is a massive Spanish colonial church built in solid red bricks. Across the picturesque church, and along the mighty Cagayan River is the Evangelization Cross, a wooden crucifix implanted at this site hundreds of years ago by Dominican priests.

PHLPost has printed 101,000 pieces of the municipality’s “435th Patronal Town Fiesta” commemorative stamp sold at P15.00 each.

The stamps and official first day cover are now available at the Post Shop, Central Post Office, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and area post offices nationwide. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

EFO 1979 Fight Drug Abuse

This EFO is listed in the IPPS EFO catalog as "magenta offset on the reverse."

FSCC auction September 2016

Some 40 bidders took part in today's auction sale of the Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club held at the Philpost lobby.

There was a total of 535 lots listed for philatelists, numismatists, deltiologists, scripophilists and other collectors.

These were the Philippine philatelic lots:

Spanish era

assorted stamps

162 mint & used Isabella-Alfonso XIII w/faults

Papel sellado 1888-89 Old Man used

Papel sellado 1890-91 used

Papel sellado 1894-95 Mother and Child used

Papel sellado 1896-97 Two Children used

USPI/Commonwealth

official stamps O.B. set used

1899 cover to Escolta Alfonso XIII on back cancelled MIL STA NO. 1 Dec 11

1903 commercially cracked cover to Tondo backstamped

1905 letter sent to Tacloban franked w/Franklin ovpt backstamped

1905 postal envelope sent to Tacloban

1926 FDC Legislative Palace 2v

1926 FDC Legislative Palace 2v (diff)

1932 FC via Rein Madrid-Manila flight Aparri & Manila

1932 FFC registered China Clipper flight backstamped San Francisco

1934 FDC Far Eastern Games set

1935 FFC China Clipper flight Manila-San Francisco backstamped

1935 FC via Flying Boat sent to Singapore backstamped

1935 commercially used cover Negros to Manila backstamped

1935 FDC Temple of Human Progress set

1935 FDC definitive issue

1936 Jose Rizal mint set

1936 FDC private Rizal set

1936 FDC Rizal 2c B/4

1936 FDC private Rizal 2c VF

1936 FDC private Rizal 2c B/4 VF

1936 Arnaiz-Calvo flight to Madrid backstamped HK, Spain

1937 FDC Eucharistic Congress 2c

1937 2nd Day Eucharistic Congress 2c

1937 3rd Day Eucharistic Congress 2c

1937 4th Day Eucharistic Congress 2c

1937 FDC Eucharistic Congress set F

1937 FFC 1st Mail Flight of Clipper from Asia to US backstamped VF

1937 FFC simple envelope backstamped

1937 FFC with cachet via Clipper backstamped

1939 FDC Malacanan Palace addressed VF

1938 Commonwealth overprint 8v used

1939 Commonwealth commercial cover

1939 FDC First Air Mail Exhibition addressed F

1941 airmail FDC 8c F

1941 airmail FDC 8c on airmail envelope

1941 airmail FDC set

1941 airmail FDC set on airmail envelope

1941 FFC Mla-Singapore via California Clipper backstamped VF

Rizal postal envelope sent to Bureau of Health

Unused Rizal embossed postal envelope w/return address

Unused 4c red embossed postal envelope

Unused 4c red embossed postal envelope w/return address

Unused long postal envelope & unused newspaper wrapper

Cover sent to Labuan Singapore via Flying Boat backstamped

Victory FDC

11 victory stamps affixed on old souvenir page

Japanese occupation

1944 souvenir sheet Rizal-Burgos-Mabini mint

1944 FD Issue on postal envelope Rizal-Mabini-Burgos F

1944 2c postal card dot between I and N

FDC May 7, 1944

FDC 2 pcs “A”

FDC 2 pcs “B”

Official mail cover with 5c Soldier stamp Sorsogon cancel

RP mint

1979 Philatelic Exhibit ovpt on Boy Scouts Jamboree ss

1984 Horses ss

1988 Olympic Week imperf 4 strips of 4

1988 Olympic Week perf 4 strips of 4

1991 4th Centenary Juan de la Cruz sheet of 50

1992 WWII 50th Anniversary Corregidor ss

1992 WWII 50th Anniversary Bataan ss

1992 Barcelona Olympics ss

1992 Taipei Exhibit ovpt on Year of the Rooster ss imperf

1993 Aquarium Fishes ss

1994 Philippine Corals ss

1994 Philippine Corals green ss

1994 Philatelic Week 4v + ss

1995 Pope John Paul II 4v + ss

1995 Asean Environment ss

1995 Aquarium Fishes blue background ss

2002 Happy Valentine’s sheetlet

2003 Year of the Monkey ss perf

2004 1st Philippine Stamp ss

2005 Asean Games ss blue color

2005 Asean Games ss red color

2005 NSCM Printmaker ss

2005 Butterflies error w/normal issue

2005 Int’l Year of Eucharistic Congress ss

2006 NSCM Pastel Painting ss

2007 Manulife B/4

2007 Boy Scouts ss

WWF crocodiles sheetlet of 4 sets

mint sets “A” T.S.

mint sets “B” T.S.

mint sets “C” T.S.

mint sets “D” T.S.

mint singles ovpt/surcharge T.S.

mint sets Presidential ovpts T.S.

RP used

2 diff sets of Pope Paul VI

modern stamps used

RP specimens

1985 Virgin Mary 4v B/6

1986 People Power 4v B/4 + 4 ss

1986 PAL 3v B/4

1987 UN 4 strips

1987 B. Aquino Jr. 3v B/4 + 3 ss

1987 Reissues 8v B/4

1987 Lorenzo Ruiz 2v B/4 + 4 ss

1988 Christmas 6v B/4

1996 Historical Places Abroad in Rizal’s Life m/s of 16

1996 Works of Rizal m/s of 16

1996 Portraits of Rizal m/s of 16

1996 Phil Historical Places in Rizal’s Life m/s of 16

1999 Marine Diversity m/s of 16

2005 Lighthouses #1 m/s of 16 + ss

2006 Lighthouses #2 m/s of 16 + ss

2006 Post Office then and now

2007 HK Stampex & Nature Conservation (sht of 4 strips)

RP FDCs

1946 Independence set

1948 FAO set Quezon Cebu cancels

1949 semipostals Zamboanga City cancel

1949 semipostals San Jose Antique cancel

1949 semipostals Malolos Bulacan cancel

1950 AFF complete

1957 Magsaysay memorial 2 diff cachets VF

1958 7 diff cachets + 3 no cachets Help Fight TB Quezon VF

1963 Manuel Quezon B/6 4 diff cachets VF

1967 Birds semipostals 4 diff cachets

1980 MacArthur Corregidor cancel (2 pcs)

1980 MacArthur Lingayen cancel (2 pcs)

1981 Marcos oathtaking (2 pcs) “A”

1981 Marcos oathtaking (2 pcs) “B”

1981 Marcos oathtaking (2 pcs) “C”

1985 Tobacco Administration (5 pcs)

1991 two WWF

1992 Stampex in Taipei 2 ss

Presidential Credo Laurel Quezon etc 2v each

First National Philatelic Convention

400th Year of Christianity in Philippines complete

22 pcs Philatelic Week 1969-92

1950s-60s 25 diff

1960s 10 diff Heroes

1980s 68 pcs

RP covers

1958 Rizal postal card Magsaysay memorial, Castillejos & Manila cancels

1958 First Flight Type 20 Manila-Davao

1958 slogan Foundation Day Naga VF

1960 slogan Give to the...(2 dates)

1962 slogan Your One Gift... (2 dates)

1962 slogan Help Fight Smuggling

1962 Help Build the...(2 dates)

1962 slogan Use Anti-TB Stamps (43 diff dates, 44 covers)

1963 slogan Credit Union...(2 dates & Cebu cancel)

1963 slogan (2 dates & Pasig, Rizal cancel)

1964 slogan Olympic Torch...VF

1967 First Flight Qantas Manila-Port Moresby backstamped

1968 First Flight JAL Manila-Tokyo backstamped

1969 aerogramme FD of Issue Map & Plane

1978 Postal Consciousness Week slogan Quezon City PO cancel

1978 Postal Consciousness Week slogan Araneta PO cancel

1988 First Flight Boeing 747 Manila-Hong Kong

1991 with Dr. Victorino de Dios seal attached

2001 slogan Philippines-Russia

Airletter P5 Puerto Azul Beach Resort, Cavite cachet

Airletter P5 Pearl Farm, Davao cachet

Commercially used Special Delivery from PNB

RP souvenir album

1956 Feast of Sacred Heart

1957 Juan Luna

1958 Carlos Garcia

1959 Makiling National Park

1960 World Refugee Year

1968 Taal Volcano

1968 Philatelic Week

1970 Iligan Integrated Mills

1972 Gastroenterology Congress

1974 400th Anniversary of Manila

Miscellaneous

1980 MacArthur ss + FDC ss Leyte cancel

1984 Espana se-tenant pair + FDC se-tenant pair

1991 Philatelic Week FDC + stamps

1991 Basketball Centennial FDC + B/4

1992 maximum card Jose Rizal in Dapitan

1992 maximum card Andres Bonifacio

1992 Expo FDC + stamps & ss

1992 Philatelic Week FDC + B/4

1993 Year of the Cock FDC + ss

1993 maximum card Philippine Flag

Manila Jockey Club 2 FDCs + stamps

Kabisig 3 FDCs + stamps

Unicef FDC + stamps

XVIth SEA Games FDC + ss

Old stamps mint sets T.S.

Three-ring binder almost full of stamps

Small album almost full of stamps

RP 1 album 1986 stamps FDCs & ss mint

Lot of old Philippine stamps & ss

USPI JapOcc assorted stamps 160 pcs

TB seal 1 sheet

Revenues

1934 Philippine Garanty Co. receipt w/doc stamps

1945 Destilera La Fortuna shares of stock w/doc stamps

1948 Mabasa & Co. shares of stock w/doc stamps

1950 Privilege Tax receipt w/P80 doc stamps

1951 Privilege Tax receipt w/P200 doc stamp

1955 Hong Kong to Philippine receipt w/revenue stamp

Old revenue stamps mint used

O.B. Commonwealth 4

The last official stamp of the Commonwealth period was issued in 1946.

O.B. Commonwealth 3

In 1941 a lone official stamp was issued, again by overprinting O.B. (on the 2c apple green Rizal definitive of the Commonwealth issue).

O.B. Commonwealth 2

The next official stamps of the Commonwealth period came out in 1938-40.

Not shown above is the 4c value.

O.B. Commonwealth 1

The first official stamps of the Commonwealth period were also O.B. overprints.

Top stamp was issued in 1937 and bottom stamp in 1938.

National Teachers' Month

New Issue alert:

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases new postage stamps to celebrate National Teachers Month

September 13, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) releases special stamp to celebrate National Teacher’s Month this September. The PHLPost, together with the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. and the Department of Education (DepEd), launches the "Guro: Pangalawang Magulang" stamps, to highlight the opening of the month-long activities and presentation of Ten Outstanding Teachers at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, Department of Education in Pasig City last September 08, 2016. Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, of the Department of Education, Metrobank Foundation President Anicento Sobrepeña and PHLPost Assistant Postmaster General Luis Carlos unveiled the commemorative stamps frame honoring our school teachers nationwide. “By being the second parents of our children, we pay tribute to our beloved and hardworking teachers who play an important role in shaping the future of the students under their guidance and care”, Assistant Postmaster General Luis Carlos said. The cartoon-style postage stamp was designed by PHLPost in-house graphic artist Rodine Teodoro and features an illustration of a teacher that demonstrates caring behavior supportive to students' academic needs. It also incorporates the logo of My Teacher, My Hero with the texts “Guro Pangalawang Magulang”. The postal service also printed 101,000 copies of the special stamps measuring 3x4 cm and sold at P12.00 each. Also, the “ National Teacher’s Month” stamp comes with a first day cover envelope which are now available at the Post Shop, Central Post Office, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and area post offices nationwide. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

missing periods

Yes, there is no period after "B" on each of the three stamps above.

Can't say though if these are genuine or not, as it's likely forgeries exist.

O.B. 2

In 1935, stamps of the pictorial set were also overprinted O.B. in black.

Not shown above is the 26c value.

O.B. 1

Definitives of the 1917-26 issue got overprinted for official use in 1931.

All 10 values are shown here.