Philacon '91 souvenir program

The souvenir program of the First National Philatelic Convention (Philacon '91) with No. 723 of the exhibition sheet on its front page cancelled with a Philatelic Week 1991 issue.

On the first page is detailed information about the souvenir program (1,000 copies) and exhibition sheet (5,000 copies).

The second page contains a message from Eliseo R. Cabangon, chairman of the Philacon '91 Ad Hoc Committee (and president of the Quezon City Philatelic Society). Some excerpts: "It was this love of stamps that prompted several leading stamp clubs in the country to meet in Manila in the afternoon of January 27, 1991, and they jointly conceived the idea of a national stamp convention. Thus was born PHILACON '91..." which "aims to foster interest in stamp collecting among youths and adults, to teach beginners the basics of the hobby, to enhance the philatelic knowledge of advanced collectors, and to encourage the formation of stamp clubs in schools and among out-of-school youths."

Pages 4 and 5 itemize the program of activities.

On Day 1 (November 27), the morning activities were the usual opening ceremonies, and the afternoon activities were lectures (followed by an open forum) and visual shows as follows:

Philately, A Fascinating Hobby by Mandy Labayen, UP professor 
      and Manila Times [philatelic] columnist
Postage Stamp History and Philippine Philately by Frank Luto, 
      Philippines Daily Star [philatelic] columnist
The Video Guide to Stamp Collecting, first viewing
Philippine Postal History slide presentation

On Day 2 (November 28), there were more lectures followed by an open forum in the morning, as follows:

Identifying Stamps
Competitive Stamp Exhibition by Raymond See, assistant business 
      manager of the International Philippine Philatelic Society
Organizing a Stamp Club among the Youths by Alfredo Principe, 
      executive director of QCPS

For the afternoon activities, a lecture-workshop with an open forum followed by the second viewing of the video were held. The former, on The Basics of Stamp Collecting, were conducted by three QCPS governors: Rogelio Tuazon, Estanislao Caldez Jr. and Reynaldo Laurio.

On Day 3 (November 29), before the closing ceremonies held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., there was a lecture on Auction, A Vital Component of Philately followed by an open forum, and two actual auctions: first for junior collectors with Ysmael E. A. Inductivo, secretary of the Philippine Philatelic Auction Club, as auctioneer, and second was the IPPS International Auction with Abraham Luspo as auctioneer.

Other convention activities were the following:

1. Raffles held "several times a day for three days".
2. A noncompetitive exhibit mounted by participating clubs.
3. Club lounge for "those who wish to buy copies of the exhibition sheet and the souvenir program or to apply for membership to any of the participating stamp clubs" (listed on Page 6).
4. "PHILACON '91 grand auction" at the home of Carlos Inductivo, PHILACON '91 vice-chairman and president of the PPAC, on December 1.

Pages 7 and 8 listed sponsors and donors.

I wasn't there. Were you?

Cebu exhibit

These show covers for the Cebu Provincial Jamborette Philatelic Exhibition are cancelled in five places: the Exhibition Hall, Mandaue City, Toledo City, Lapu Lapu City, and Danao City.

All are signed by one person (who?).

The event was held on November 5-8, 1986.

What was the Cebu City Collectors Club?

CEPEX '87

A signed cover for CEPEX '87 held at the USIS Lincoln Center in Cebu City.

Are the signatures that of officials of the United States Information Service?

CEPEX was an annual exhibit of the Cebu Philatelic Society held every November. 

Anyone knows if it still is a current activity of the club?

PPAC private overprints

Aside from Postpex '82 souvenir cards, the Philippine Philatelic Auction Club also came out with privately overprinted stamps for its 5th year anniversary in 1982.

These came with additional printing on the selvage reading "Stamp Collecting is Fun and Gains" and were overprinted on the 1935 Woman & Carabao issue.

POSTPEX '82 souvenir card cancelled

Here's a POSTPEX '82 large souvenir card cancelled with a 40s stamp.

The October 9, 1982 slogan cancellation was applied at the Manila Central Post Office.

Philippine Airlines 75th

New Issue alert:

Philippine Airlines 75 “ The Heart 0f The Filipino”

October 20, 2016  Kind of Issue : Commemorative
Denomination & Quantity : P 12.00 – 101,000
Date of Issue : October 19, 2016
Last Day of Sale : October 18, 2017
Size of Stamps : 40mm x 30mm
Sheet Composition : 40 On (4 x 10)
Perforation : 14
Printing Process : Litho - Offset (4 colors)
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro
Design Coordinator : Marla Manundo – Corporate Communications Department,
Philippine Airlines
Design : Philippine Airlines flying over the map of the world.

[press release added later]

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases Philippine Airlines commemorative stamps

October 28, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) launches the Philippine Airlines 75th Anniversary Commemorative Stamps featuring the new and inspiring slogan “The heart of the Filipino”.

Philippine Airlines, a trade name of PAL Holdings, Inc., historically is the nation’s flag carrier. It is the first commercial airline in Asia and the oldest of those currently in operation, with a long and distinguished record in the aviation industry.

The Airline was founded on February 1941 by a group of businessmen led by Andres Soriano, one of the country's leading industrialists.

The Philippine Airlines 75th anniversary commemorative stamps feature’s the flag carrier flying over the map of the world. According to the new slogan, “from the beauty of the Philippines to the warmth of its people, Philippine Airlines embodies the generous, the resilient, the Beautiful Heart that is uniquely Filipino”.

PHLPost commissioned security printer Amstar Co. to print 101,000 copies of the stamps, to be sold at P12 each. The stamps were designed by PHLPost graphic artist Rodine Teodoro, based on the photo provided by Marla Manundo of PAL.

The stamps and official first day cover are available 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.

[Here's the media release of Philippine Airlines]

November 8, 2016

Postage stamp celebrates PAL's 75^th anniversary

A commemorative postage stamp marking Philippine Airlines' 75^th anniversary was presented by the Philippine Postal Corporation to PAL Chairman Dr. Lucio C. Tan and PAL President Jaime J. Bautista in a ceremony last November 8 at the Villamor Airbase Grandstand, Pasay City.

The stamp features PAL's flagship aircraft – the Boeing 777-300ER – soaring over a world map as well as the Philippine map.

It reflects PAL's role of flying Filipinos to the far corners of the globe and back home, as well as linking the islands of a nation.

The design by the Philippine Postal Corporation also shows the flag carrier's current mandate – to be a showcase of the best of the Philippines to the world. Many associate Philippine Airlines to the Philippines while the Philippines is best represented by Philippine Airlines.

The stamp's unveiling was a key sidelight of PAL's public presentation of its seventh B777.

"Despite today's electronic age of emails, chats and private messages, the postage stamp refuses to be relegated to the postal service archives," said Mr. Bautista.

"They remain relevant because stamps contain messages of a certain time, certain place, person, event or era. They are rich in historical significance ... and appreciated particularly by philatelists," he added.

The Philippine Postal Corp. first issued the PAL stamp last Oct. 19.

The stamp captures a significant milestone in the history of Asia's first airline. That milestone is made known to peoples of distant lands where mails and parcels using the stamp are delivered.

For the last 75 years, PAL had caused the issuance of commemorative stamps to mark historic occasions.

Philtrust Bank

New Issue alert:

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost launches commemorative stamps to mark Philtrust bank 100 years

October 20, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) will issue stamps to commemorate the Centennial Anniversary (100 years) of Philtrust Bank, known as the Philippine Trust Company, one of the oldest private universal banks in the Philippines.

The stamp features the iconic façade and the corner domed tower of the Philtrust Bank Building in Binondo, Manila which was the earliest known Art Nouveau structure and one of the district’s most distinct landmarks.

The first institution to engage in the trust business under Philippine law, Philtrust started its operations on October 21, 1916 at the corner of Muelle del Banco Nacional and Calle T. Pinpin in Escolta Manila.

The bank was established in recognition to the increasing need for trust services such as guardianships (guardianships of deceased veterans’ children), receiverships, assignee ships, and custodianships of wills and states.

At present, its head office is located along UN Avenue in Manila, and has 56 branches all over the country, continuously serving the banking needs of the people.

PHLPost has printed 101,000 copies of the stamps, to be sold at P12 each. The layout of the stamps was done by in-house graphic artist Victorino Z. Serevo.

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.

POSTPEX '82 souvenir cards

Large

Small

Two types of POSTPEX '82 souvenir cards issued by the Philippine Philatelic Auction Club on the occasion of its 5th year anniversary.

The P5 card is inscribed "Issued with the cooperation of..." and the P4 card doesn't have that inscription, but both illustrate "The First Stamp of each era of Philippine Philately, 1854 thru 1946.

Hong Kong '94

On February 18, 1994, a set of two stamps and two souvenir sheets were released for the HONG KONG '94 Stamp Exhibition.

Shown above is the official first day cover for the two-stamp set.

The Philippines promoted this event philatelically as did many other countries.

Philippine Philatelic Federation

The Philippine Philatelic Federation is composed of stamp clubs in the country.

There used to be more member clubs than the current ones, which are as follows: International Philippine Philatelic Society, Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club, APO Philatelic Society, Philippine Chinese Philatelic Society (based in Manila), Naga City Philatelic Society, and Cebu Philatelic Society. Did I miss one or two more?

At one time, in 2008 or thereabouts, the Mindanao Philatelic Society (Minphilsoc) was a member. Minphilsoc is a stamp club based in Cagayan de Oro City. It is an on-and-off, off-and-on stamp club founded in, if I'm not mistaken, 1995. I have no idea whether it's on...or off...this year!

The Philippine Philatelic Federation was incorporated in 1993 as a nonprofit, nonstock organization.

It is a member of the Federacion Internationale de Philatelie and the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately.

Current president is Mr. Antonio So.

color changeling?

Normal color

Color changeling?

In 1978 the 4th centenary of the town of Agoo in La Union was commemorated with a two-stamp set.

In both values (30s and 45s) the inscriptions within the circle are red, but the 30s stamp above shows yellow.

A case of color changeling? Or is it a red-omitted error?

BCC auction October 9

There are seven Spanish-Philippine philatelic lots in today's auction of the Bayanihan Collectors Club to be held at the Ortigas Library.

These are as follows:

1862 5c dull red imperf used

1863 5c vermillon imperf mint

1863 10c carmine imperf mint

1863 1 real violet imperf mint

1863 2 reales blue imperf mint

1863 1 real grey green imperf mint

1863 1 real green imperf used

Passenger Terminal Fee: Ozamis City

Hmm...now it's Passenger Terminal Fee.

Oh well....

Let's go back to stamps!

PPA Terminal Fee Ticket P5.60 surcharge

Whoa!

Surcharges are not only the domain of postage stamps, as evidenced by this Terminal Fee Ticket used in 2006.

Sulat ng Bayani

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost holds nationwide "Letter Writing Day"

October 6, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) will hold a simultaneous nationwide letter writing campaign focusing on the theme “Sulat ng Bayani sa Henerasyon Ngayon” - to be participated by about 2,000 students in celebration of “World Post Day” on October 07 at 8:30 AM to be held at SM North EDSA Main Building, Cinema 10 and at selected SM Supermall branches all over the country.

The 4th Simultaneous National Letter-writing Day activity will be undertaken in partnership with SM Supermalls and Department of Education. Participating Malls are SM City Cabanatuan, SM City Tarlac, SM City North Edsa, SM City San Pablo, SM City Seaside Cebu, SM City Iloilo, SM City Davao, SM City Cagayan De Oro. PHLPost Area 9 will hold their activity in Zamboanga City National High School.

The NLWD is a national event coinciding with the worldwide celebration of World Post Day. It is celebrated every 9th of October annually, to commemorate the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss capital of Berne. Its main purpose is to create awareness of the role of the postal sector in people’s and businesses’ everyday lives and its contribution to the social and economic development of countries.

The Philippines, being an active UPU member, are encouraged to organize their own national activities to celebrate the event, including everything from the introduction or promotion of new postal products and services, to the organization of exhibits and letter writing activities at post offices and mail centers.

Students who will participate in the simultaneous letter writing competition will be asked to write based on the theme of the contest. “We wanted to build and nurture a sense of social commitment, nationalism and love for country. Our heroes were willing to risk their lives to help other people”, Assistant Postmaster General Luis D. Carlos said.

Together with thousands of participating youth, PHLPost further hopes that the activity will provide them the venue to learn the ideals and recommendations embodied in their letters.

The postal service would like to encourage the youth to express his or her thoughts and hopes through letter writing.

PHLPost will gather all the letters made by the participating students for a chance to win P10,000 for the first prize, P7,000 – second prize and P3,000 – third prize.

Stamps of the World

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost, SM Manila opens Stamps of the World exhibit

October 6, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm

In celebration of World Post Day (WPD), the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) in partnership with SM Manila will open the “Stamp of the World” Exhibit and On the Spot “Salamat Po” Letter Writing activity for grade school students at the activity center, ground floor of SM City Manila on October 06.

World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1874 in the Swiss capital, Berne. It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1969.

Assistant Postmaster General Luis Carlos said that Communication has evolved with the introduction of e-mails and texts, but the feeling of receiving handwritten letters through the post office cannot be replaced by these technologies.

He added, that “Stamps are not just pieces of paper that we stick onto and envelope. More than that, Stamps are windows to bigger things, connecting and sharing information with people around the world”.

The, Philippines, being an active UPU member country, are encouraged to organize their own national activities to celebrate the event, including everything from the introduction or promotion of new postal products and services, to the organization of exhibits and letter writing activities at post offices and mail centers.

“Stamps of the World” exhibit hopes to spread the knowledge of history, geography, art and world cultures. Stamps have been issued from postal services from all over the world since 1840. People can learn exciting stories that will complement someone’s interest in animals, sports, maps, cars, ships, even movie stars.

The exhibit will have an interactive activity wherein the students will be asked to write a “Thank you letter” to anyone they want using Filipino or English Language following the proper format of writing a letter. The students, the teacher and school will have the chance to win P50,000 in the April 2017 grand draw.

PHLPost will display famous stamps issued by countries coming from the Seven (7) Continents namely, Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Stamps from Africa’s Tarcissius Malan George Silundika, Zimbabwe’s national hero to Asia’s ancient coins of Kazakhstan, the world history is printed in miniature pieces of art and displayed for the public to see and appreciate.

PPA Terminal Fee Ticket P11.00

This P11 brown Terminal Fee Ticket was used at the Port of Tagbilaran City in 2005 as payment of entrance fee for a vehicle.

PPA Terminal Fee Ticket P5.50

This P5.50 blue Terminal Fee Ticket was used in 2005 for receipt of a taxi's entrance fee to the Port of Cagayan de Oro City.