postage due 3

In 1937, the 4-centavo due was surcharged 3 centavos in blue.

postage due 2

The next set of postage dues were released in 1928.

All seven values are shown above.

These dues depict a post office clerk.

2017 Year of the Rooster

New Issue alert:

2017 Year of the Rooster

November 28, 2016

Kind of Issue : Special
Denomination & Quantity : P12, P45 . . . 101,000
Souvenir Sheet : P200 . . . 5,000
Date of Issue : December 1, 2016
Last Day of Sale : November 30, 2017
Size of Stamps : 30mm x 40mm (2 designs)
Sheet Composition :16on
Size of Souvenir Sheet : 63mm x 63mm

Diameter : 38.1mm

Perforation : 14

Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors)

Embellishment - Gold Foil & Special Round Perforation

Paper : Imported Unwatermarked

Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.

Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro

postage due 1

The first time postage due stamps were issued by the Philippines came out during the American administration.

These were postage dues of the United States overprinted PHILIPPINES in black reading diagonally upwards.

The 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c and 50c values were released in 1899, and the 3c and 30c in 1901.

EFO 1972 Aguinaldo Credo surcharge

These are listed in the IPPS EFO catalog as "three types of overprint -- light, medium, and heavy".

EFO 1972 Christmas

Normal Copy

Color shift

This color shift was unrecorded in the IPPS EFO catalog.

The gold frame of the painting is shifted upward and slightly to the left, causing some letters of PILIPINAS and the denomination to touch it.

Christmas 2016

New Issue alert:

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of 4 stamps in celebration of the yuletide season.

Kind of Issue : Special

Denomination & Quantity : P15 . . . 101,000

Date of Issue : November 25, 2016

Last Day of Sale : November 24, 2017

Size of Stamps : 4cm x 3cm

Sheet Composition : 16on ( Blk/ 4 stamps)

Perforation : 14

Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors)

Special Embellishment - Spot Lamination

Paper : Imported Unwatermarked

Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.

Designer : Aimee Cabingao

Design : Four (4) designs of Paról or Christmas Lanterns
[press release added later]

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases Parol Stamps to celebrate Christmas

The star-shaped Christmas lantern known locally as "Parol" is now on postage stamps.

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) released special “Parol” stamps featuring one of the most iconic symbols of Filipino Christmas spirit and goodwill.

The “lantern stamps” features a special or spot lamination which is different from other regular issued postage stamps. The Christmas color of red, white, and green reflects the Filipino Christmas celebration which is colorful, lively and full of bright lights.

Traditionally, the Parol (lanterns) have a star-shaped framework made of bamboo sticks which are then covered by colored pieces of either Japanese or crepe paper. The most common form is a five-pointed star with two decorative “tails”. 

Parol is a representation of the star of Bethlehem that was used by the Biblical Magi as marker of the birth place of the baby Jesus.

The star-shaped lanterns are displayed hanging outside the house, along the busy streets and small villages. This kind of lantern was used by barrio folk to light their paths during the ritual yuletide dawn Masses called Misa de Gallo.

Recently, innovations from Pampanga include production of lanterns with electronic lights that can be programmed to produce a dancing effect, using LED rope lights, known as “flexilight” lanterns. 

PHLPost has printed 101,000 copies of the block of four stamps with different designs and denominations sold at P12 and P17, respectively. 

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.

1992 Philatelic Week FDC

Paintings of Filipino artists were the theme of the 1992 Philatelic Week issue.

This time I can figure out the cachet!

1991 Philatelic Week FDC

Continuing on the art theme, the 1991 Philatelic Week issue featured a three-stamp set of paintings by Filipino artists.

Leastwise, the cachet is "philatelic". Missing though is the close quote for "We are a very happy family of stamp collectors".

1990 Philatelic Week FDC

With the advent of art used for Philatelic Week, in 1990, we were given a pleasant surprise.

From hereon, the stamp designs are no longer "philatelic" so much so that the issues need to be scrutinized to determine if these are Philatelic Week (or the later National Stamp Collecting Month) issues.

Nonetheless, I still can't make out the cachet on this first day cover. Maybe an illustration of paints on a palette?

UP College of Business Administration

New Issue alert:

University of the Philippines College of Business Administration Alumni Association 100 Years.

November 21, 2016

Kind of Issue :Commemorative

Denomination & Quantity :   P12 . . . 101,000

Date of Issue :December 3, 2016

Last Day of Sale :December 2, 2017

Size of Stamps :30mm x 40mm

Sheet Composition :40on (10x4) Single design

Perforation :14

Printing Process :Litho Offset (4 colors)

Paper :Imported Unwatermarked

Printer :Amstar Company, Inc.

Layout Artist :Victorino Z. Serevo

Design :Logos of UPCBAAA and UP

1989 Philatelic Week FDC

Well, this cachet could have looked better if colored like the stamp at right.

But, then again, the cost of production would have been higher.

FSCC auction November 2016

Some 30 bidders participated in today's auction sale of the Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club held at the Philpost lobby. 

Of the 535 philatelic and nonphilatelic lots, the following were the Philippine philatelic lots:

Spanish era

Alfonso surcharged used pair

Revenue stamps 5 diff mint

Papel sellado 1890-91

Papel sellado 1894-95 Mother & child

Papel sellado 1888-89 Old man

Aguinaldo

Stamp violet used

USPI/Commonwealth

1903 1c green & 2c red ovpts VFU

1928 FFC Manila-Singapore

1928 London-Orient Flight FDC

1929 Large registered cover Manila-Switzerland

1930 Registered cover Manila-Switzerland

1932 Aparri-Manila cover

1932 Pictorials 7 FDCs

1932 Pictorial FDC w/signature of Rein

1933 FFC Manila-Iloilo

1933 FFC Manila-Iloilo (diff from above)

1933 FFC Fabrica-Iloilo

1935 FFC Manila-Labuan Flying Boat

1935 Commonwealth issues 8 values VFU

1936 Cover w/registered sticker on back

1936 FFC Manila-Batavia KNILM

1937 First flight PAA Manila, Macau, Hong Kong

1937 FFC Manila-HK Clipper

1937 FFC Manila-HK Clipper (diff from above)

1939 FFC Manila-Baguio Pamex

1939 FFC Manila-Bacolod Pamex

1941 Registered cover Manila-New York via Clipper

1941 FFC Manila-Singapore Clipper

Victory FDC

Consolidated Mines document 1946 w/victory document stamps

Japanese occupation

FDC 2 pcs

RP mint

1947 Quezon-Roosevelt A

1947 Quezon-Roosevelt B

1959 Boy Scouts ss with and without ovpt

1959 Boy Scouts 25c+5c sheet of 50

1959 Boy Scouts tete-beche sheet

1959 Congress 6s sheet of 50

1960 Rotary surcharged sheet of 50

1960 Stamp Centenary surcharged sheet

1960 Tuberculosis full sheet

1961 Boy Scouts tete-beche surcharged sheet

1961 Dela Salle full sheet

1967 Battle of Bataan 5s sheet of 50

1970 Bamboo Organ surcharged sheet of 50

1973 Independence B/4

1975 San Sebastian 60s sheet of 50 perf/imperf

1975 Basilica 45s imperf sheet of 50

1976 US Bicentennial ss

1978 Oil Reef full sheet

1978 FEU 30s sheet of 50

1981 Pope 90s sheet of 20

1984 LA Olympics imperf/perf

1984 Ships set

1984 Butterflies set

1984 Horses set

1985 Horses ss

1985 Girl Scouts set

1988 Seoul Olympics ss

1990 Christmas

1991 Philacon

1991 SEA Games 2 sets

1991 Philatelic Week

1992 Kabisig

1992 Chess Olympiad ss

1992 YPS ovpt ss

1995 Endemic Mammals ss

1995 Jakarta exhibit ovpt ss

1995 Asean environment ss

1996 Eagle P20

1996 Eagle P30

1996 Gregorio Araneta Foundation B/4

1997 Stamps & Philatelic Division ss

1998 Philippine Centennial ss

1998 Pilipinas 98 ss pink background

1998 Pilipinas 98 ss blue background

1998 Year of Rabbit strip of 5

2002 Orchids ss

2002 Coastal Resources ss

2003 St Luke’s B/4

2004 Filipino-Chinese General Chamber of Commerce

2006 RP-UK ovpt

2008 Bonsai ss

1959-1994 sets face value P586

Mint single set surcharged ovptd

Color and paper variety all mint

Musical Instruments 30s sheet of 50

75 pcs

RP used

1959 Veterans surcharge blocks of 4 (2x)

1980 Rotary strips of 5 (2x)

Modern stamps over 100 pcs

Stocksheets in a binder full of RP used stamps

RP specimens

1992 National Symbols sheet of 56

1995 WWII ms

1996 Cattleyas

1998 Shells 2 ms of 16 stamps

1999 Millennium Stamps Series 1 to 4 ms of 48 stamps

2006 Pasko B/4

2006 Turtles ms of 16 + ss

RP FDCs

1947 Roxas oathtaking set

1956 Sacred Heart B/4 toned

1959 Scouting ss

1970 Shells

1981 Marcos cancelled Sta Mesa

1981 Marcos cancelled Nayong Pilipino

1981 Marcos cancelled Makati

1987 signed by Butz Aquino

1988 Solar Eclipse

1991 Year of Monkey

1992 Expo 2 pcs

1992 Greetings

1992 Year of Cock

1992 Chess Olympiad

1992 Great Filipinos

1992 Freshwater Aquarium Fishes

1994 Year of Rat

1995 Year of Pig

2008 Bonsai

1940s 26 pcs

2 pcs Lorenzo Ruiz

RP covers

1947 Initial flight Pan-Am Manila, Bangkok, Calcutta

1948 Airletter PAL DC-6 Manila-San Francisco

1948 Special flight around Manila Atlas Sky

1951 Airletter FDC

1958 Inaugural flight PAL Viscount Manila-Cebu

1958 Inaugural flight TWA-NWA Manila-US

1958 Inaugural flight Manila-Davao

1959 1st airmail flight Pan-Am Manila-Jakarta

1960 FFC Manila-Amsterdam KLM

1960 FFC Manila-Bangkok KLM

1960 FFC Manila-Djakarta PAA

1961 FFC Manila-Tokyo Qantas

1965 PAL to Singapore

1965 Inaugural flight PAL to Sydney

1965 FFC Manila-Singapore PAL

1967 Inauguration Convair 880 jet service Manila-Tokyo

1968 FFC Manila-Tokyo PAL

1974 FFC Manila-Vienna Swiss Air

1975 FFC 10 covers Manila to diff RP cities

1976 FFC Aparri-Manila

1980 FFC Manila-London British Airways

1981 FFC Manila-Denmark SAS

1985 FFC Manila-Chicago PAL

1985 FFC Manila-San Francisco

Philpex 93 commemorative/slogan cover

RP souvenir albums

1957 Juan Luna

1966 New Seal of Manila

1966 Presidential Gems Laurel

1968 Philatelic Week

1969 Presidential Gems Osmena

1969 Rice for Progress

Miscellaneous

1976 Virgin of Antipolo souvenir folder

1991 Basketball Centennial FDC + ss

1992 Rare & Endangered Species FDC + ss

1992 UN Conference on Nutrition FDC + stamps

1993 Year of Cock FDC + stamps

2014 Pilipinas Shell souvenir folder

FDC album w/15 diff postal cards

Lot of Philippine stamps + ss

Great Filipinos FDC + stamps

26th SEA Games FDC + ss

1 sheet of USAFFE Induction stamps

USPI/JapOcc assorted stamps 120 pcs

Aseanpex 96 sticker

1 sheet of Phil Revolution TB seals

IPPS auction November 2016

Auction No. 68 of the International Philippine Philatelic Society closes on November 25.

This sale has 680 lots for the Philippine specialist, covering all periods, divided into five: Spanish Period & Provisionals, US Administration, Japanese Occupation, Republic Period, and Revenue & Miscellaneous.

You can bid online at

http://www.theipps.info/auction12-2016/IPPS2016-Spanish.htm

IPPS Auction Chairman is Nigel Gooding.

Happy bidding!