1986 Philatelic Week

Here is a 1986 Philatelic Week first day cover with a cachet on the theme of the issue.

World Stamp Expo '89

World Stamp Expo '89 was held from November 17 to December 3 at Washington, DC.

It was held in conjunction with the 20th Universal Postal Congress.

Philippines issued three stamps for this event. These stamps-on-stamps issue picture the following:

P1 -- the first stamps of the Spanish era and Revolutionary period
P4 -- the first stamps of the US administration and Commonwealth period
P5.50 -- the first stamps of the Japanese occupation and Republic era

The P1 errs in design in that the Queen Isabella II stamp is perforated!

World Post Day poster

Here's another souvenir made by a collector.

This time it's a poster for World Post Day in 1989 with a cancelled Fiesta Islands stamp.

Postage Stamp Day card

According to a stamp dealer, this souvenir item was made for a Postpex event of the Philippine Philatelic Auction Club. This must have fallen on Postage Stamps Day of 1979.

Printed by silkscreen, the image at top illustrates the first stamp of the Spanish Philippines.

Affixed on the card is the 1949 Universal Postal Union souvenir sheet overprinted in 1963 for the 15th anniversary of the United Nations adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights.

The sheet is cancelled on October 9, 1979.

The souvenirs that collectors make!

Taipei 1992

Souvenir Sheet of 4

Souvenir Sheet of 1

On one FDC

For the Taipei Stamp Exhibition of 1992, two souvenir sheets of the Freshwater Aquarium Fishes I with additional inscriptions were issued.

These came out on September 12, three days after the Freshwater Aquarium Fishes I stamps and souvenir sheets were released.

The first day cover bearing both souvenir sheets is extra long!

PPS Journal

The Philippine Philatelic Society Journal was published by the UK-based Philippine Philatelic Society.

This journal was merged in 2008 with the Philippine Philatelic Journal of the International Philippine Philatelic Society.

Can someone confirm if this UK club is now defunct?

UNDAYPEX

The Chrisquapipex souvenir sheet was overprinted in 1996 by the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas for UNDAYPEX, the United Nations Day Philatelic Exhibition held at Manila from October 21 to 26.

This exhibit was held to mark the 21st anniversary of the UN, and a slogan canceller was used to cancel the 6c stamp while a "postmark" was used to cancel the United Nations stamp.

Miss Universe

New Issue alert:

MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT 2017

January 24, 2017 The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of three (3) stamps and a souvenir sheet featuring “ MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT 2017.”

Kind of Issue : Special

Denomination & Quantity : P12, P17 & P55 - - - 103,500
                                     : Stamp on stamp

Souvenir Sheet : P100 - - - 6,000
                       : Stamps on stamp

Date of Issue : January 24, 2017

Last Day of Sale :January 23, 2018

Size of Stamps : 50 mm x 35 mm

Sheet Composition : Miniature Sheet of 9

                            : Se-tenant strip of 3

Perforation : 14

Size of Souvenir Sheet : 70 mm x 45 mm

Printing Process : Litho offset (4 colors)

Paper :Imported Unwatermarked

Printer :Amstar Company, Inc.

Layout Artist :Rodine C. Teodoro

Designs

P12: Portrait of Gloria Diaz – Miss Universe 1969.Issued on May 5, 1994.
P17: Portrait of Margie Moran – Miss Universe 1973.Issued on May 5, 1994.
P55: Photo of Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach – Miss Universe 2015 in her winning moment. Issued April 17, 2016.

PRESS RELEASE: Miss Universe Stamps to Feature Filipina Queens

January 24, 2017   Posted By: Corp.Comm

With more than two decades after the last staging of Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines, it is set to once again be held in the country on January 30 as the the reigning Miss Universe from the Philippines Pia Alonzo-Wurtzbach pass on the crown to whoever wins the title this year. And to commemorate the Philippines’ hosting of this prestigious pageant, the Philippine Postal Corporation will produce commemorative stamps featuring the Filipina beauties who have brought home the Miss Universe title.

The ‘stamp-on-stamp’ design will highlight the three maidens from Philippines who have won the much coveted crown. The first stamp design is of Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Diaz, which was released in 1994, in commemoration of the last Miss Universe pageant held in the Philippines. Second is Miss Universe 1973 Margarita Moran, which was also released in 1994. Last design is of Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo-Wurtzbach, which was released last year, in celebration of her victory.

All three beauty queens were part of the PHLPost Living Legends roster, along with the first Miss World from the Philippines Meagan Lynne Young and Filipino world boxing champion Senator Manny Pacquiao. Living Legends are living personalities aside from the president and elected officials who have been featured on stamps because of the pride and honor they have brought for the country.

The stamps of Gloria Diaz, Margarita Moran and Pia Alonzo-Wurtzbach can be bought individually for P12, P17 and P55, respectively, but a whole sheetlet with all the design can also be bought. The Gloria Diaz stamp can be used for ordinary mails within Luzon, the Margarita Moran stamp for ordinary mails sent to the Visayas and Mindanao, while the Pia Alonzo-Wurtzbach stamp for mails within Asia. Meanwhile, a souvenir sheet can also be availed of for P100, containing all three designs.

The stamps and first day cover will be available starting today, January 25, 2017 at the Post Shop, Central Post Office, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and all area post offices nationwide. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 o 527-01-32.

Chrisquapipex

This privately issued souvenir sheet for Chrisquapipex was made by the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas.

Chrisquapipex, the Christianization Quatercentennial Philippine International Philatelic Exhibition, was held at Manila from December 6 to 12, 1965.

As noted on the sheet, this was also issued for the inauguration of the AFF as philatelic agent of the United Nations, hence a printed United Nations stamp at left.

Also noted was the fact that it was "printed with the permission of the United Nations Postal Administration."

A 6c stamp of the 1965 Christianization issue is affixed at right while a facsimile of the 70c value of the set is printed (but with different colors from the actual stamp).

Scoutpex

There is actually an issue for Scoutpex '79. These are overprints on the 1959 6c+4c value of the 10th World Boy Scout Jamboree stamp and the souvenir sheet of 5.

On the covers shown here, however, the 1977 National Boy Scout Jamboree stamp is used.

Scoutpex '79, the 1st Scout Philatelic Exhibition, was held at Quezon City from July 4 to 14 in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the first national jamboree held at Quezon City in 1954.

straight edges 2

These straight edges occurred naturally, not scissored, as manufactured.

The 2c came from a booklet pane of 6 stamps.

Republic documentary stamps 6

These documentary tax stamps were printed by the Toppan Printing Company of Japan. The quality of printing looks better than the later issues of similar design.

Officially Sealed

This was used by the postal bureau to seal envelopes that were damaged in transit.

Were there other uses for this?

Bustos

New Issue alert:

Centennial Celebration of Bustos, Bulacan

January 19, 2017 

Kind of Issue : Commemorative

Denomination & Quantity : P12 - - - 101,000

Date of Issue : January 15, 2017

Last Day of Sale :January 14, 2018

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 : Centennial Logo of the Municipality of Bustos, Bulacan

Sta. Rosa

New Issue alert:

225th Founding Anniversary of Sta. Rosa City, Laguna

January 19, 2017

Kind of Issue : Commemorative

Denomination & Quantity : P12 - - - 101,000

Date of Issue : January 18, 2017

Last Day of Sale :January 17, 2018

Size of Stamp : 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

Designs :Arch de Triumph, Museo de Sta. Rosa,City Hall of Sta. Rosa City, Laguna

            and it’s Official Logo, Image of a lion

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases 225th Founding Anniversary of Sta. Rosa Laguna

January 19, 2017   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) is releasing “225th Founding Anniversary of the City of Sta. Rosa, Laguna,” stamp on January 18, 2017, in commemoration of Sta. Rosa’s 225th founding anniversary.

The City of Sta. Rosa, Laguna, also known as the “Lion City of South Luzon,” is widely known for being home to a famous amusement park. It was founded on January 18, 1792. The town folks of Sta. Rosa were helpful in the Declaration of Philippine Independence from Spain during the revolutionary period in 1898. Revolutionaries from Sta. Rosa were also cited as among those who fought alongside Pio del Pilar during the Philippine-American War.

“PHLPost is privileged to take part in this momentous occasion. We are proud to present the ‘225th Founding Anniversary of the City of Sta. Rosa, Laguna,’ stamp, which shows landmarks of the beautiful city that is Sta. Rosa,” Assistant Post Master General for Marketing and 
Management Support Services Luis Carlos said.

Among the most popular tourist attractions in Sta. Rosa is the Sta. Rosa Arc. The original “Bantayang Bato” was built in 1972, the year when Sta. Rosa was founded. After being refitted, it is now near the marketplace and was designed after the Arc de Triomphe in Champs Elysees, Paris, France.

The stamp, which bears the official logo of the City of Sta. Rosa, features a bust of a lion, the façade of Sta. Rosa City Hall, Museo de Santa Rosa, Sta. Rosa City Plaza, Sta. Rosa Arc, and Sta. Rosa de Lima Parish.

PHLPost commissioned security printer Amstar Co. Inc. to print 101,000 copies of the “225th Founding Anniversary of the City of Sta. Rosa, Laguna,” stamp, which is sold at P12 each. The stamp was designed by PHLPost in-house graphic artist Rodine C. Teodoro.

You may now avail yourself of the stamp at the Post Shop, Central Post office, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila, and area post offices nationwide and is only available until January 17, 2018 or until supplies last. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

Republic customs

A revenue stamp for the Philippine Customs Service, which later became the Bureau of Customs. This stamp was halved when used, thus the same two serial numbers on the left and right.

Can someone tell us more about these customs stamps? What were they for and how were they used?

Is the "Republic of the Philippines" an overprint?

Asean chairmanship

New Issue alert:

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost issues Philippine Chairmanship of the ASEAN Commemorative stamps

January 13, 2017   Posted By: Corp.CommThe Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) is set to launch the “ASEAN 50, PHILIPPINES 2017”, Philippine Chairmanship of the ASEAN Commemorative stamps in President Rodrigo Duterte’s home city, Davao coinciding with the opening of the ASEAN 2017 commemorative activities on Sunday, January 15.

The government has partnered with different agencies including PHLPost to create a memorable event that will set the tone to this important year-long commitment.

“As a founding member of ASEAN, the Philippines chairmanship and hosting of the ASEAN is a historic and important milestone event as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of this regional organization in 1967”, Postmaster General Joel Otarra said.

The stamps are visual tool that document important people, places and events and serve as excellent primary resources for teaching about the country and its culture.

PHLPost hopes that the postage stamps will spread awareness and educate the public about the ASEAN, giving them basic understanding of what it is and its purpose.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprises the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Vietnam.

The ASEAN is committed to intensifying community building through enhanced regional cooperation and integration, in particular by establishing an ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community as its main pillars.

The “ASEAN 50, PHILIPPINES 2017” Commemorative stamps feature’s the official logo and this year’s theme: “Partnering for Change, Engaging the World.”

PHLPost printed 101,000 copies of the stamps, to be sold at P12 each.

The stamps, commemorative folder and official first day cover will be available starting June 16, 2017 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 1988 Malate

The 1880 inscription at top right is doubled. Caused by a color shift?
 
Unlisted in Ngo's specialized catalog.

EFO 1969 overprint

The overprints on this block of four were described in an auction sale as having "missing letters".

Under magnification, however, all letters are discernible. 

The overprint was for the inauguration of President Marcos's second term. Base stamp is the 6s value of the 1966 Marcos oath-taking issue.

Gold of Ancestors

New Issue alert:

Gold of Ancestors

January 3, 2017

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of four stamps and a souvenir sheet featuring the Gold of Ancestors.

Kind of Issue : Special
Size of Souvenir Sheet : 100mm x 90mm (4 designs)
Denomination & Quantity : P18 - - - 101,000
Printing Process : Special Embellishment with Gold Foil Stamping and 3D Embossing
Souvenir Sheet : P200 - - - 5,000
Date of Issue : December 21, 2016
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked
Last Day of Sale :December 20, 2017
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.
Size of Stamps : 30mm x 40mm
Designer: Rodine C. Teodoro
Sheet Composition : 16on (se-tenant Blk/4)

Perforation : 14

Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors)

Designs : Photos of the Pre-colonial Treasures of the Philippines from the collection of Ayala Museum.