ring flaw 15

There's a ring flaw on the water at right of the diver's mask.

Youngpex 92

A show cover for Youngpex '92, a stamp exhibit mounted by the Young Philatelists' Society for its 6th year anniversary celebration.

This one was for the show held at the Mapua Institute of Technology from February 24 to 26.

Another Youngpex '92 was held at the University of Santo Tomas from February 12 to 14.

1st National Philatelic Week

Here's a slogan cancel (on a postal card) for the First National Philatelic Week in the Philippines to be celebrated from November 16 to 22, 1952.

It was used in Manila from November 10 to 22.

Earlier, on October 10, President Elpidio Quirino signed Proclamation No. 342 "to draw the people's attention to the First Pan Asian Philatelic Exhibition" and to "declare the period from November 16 to 22, 1952, as the First National Philatelic Week in the Philippines".

This is not to be confused with Proclamation No. 622 signed on October 13, 1969 by President Ferdinand E. Marcos "declaring the last week of November every year as Philatelic Week."

The latter was observed from 1969 to the first half of the 1990s. It was superseded by the National Stamp Collecting Month celebrated every November.

(The first Philatelic Week issue, however, were overprints dated 1968 although these were issued on February 14, 1969. So, I'm really not sure if the observance goes back to 1968!)

PPC auction May 28

Some 20 bidders participated in today's auction sale of the Philippine Philatelic Club held at the Philpost lobby.

Of the 516 philatelic and nonphilatelic lots offered, the following were the Philippine philatelic lots (not counting the additional, late lots):

Spanish era

1880-96 diff issues

1880-97 10 diff

1880-98 24 diff

USPI/Commonwealth

1899 10c Webster used

1899 1c thick & thin ovpts varieties

1899 5c thick & thin ovpts varieties

1899-1903 6 diff used unused

1903 2c broken L of PHILIPPINES

1917 6c Magellan cinderella

1935 4c Juan dela Cruz envelope mint

1937 P20 “gold bullion” unused

1941 Rizal booklet pane unused

1945 MacArthur VJ Day + P5 cancelled parcel

McKinley single + 1927 cover cancelled Cebu

Small Commonwealth ovpt Fort Santiago w/broken C position 14 pane of 50

Triumphal Arch set + Quezon Oath Taking set
Stamped envelopes 2c & 4c long mint

Victory 7 FDCs B/4 2c – 20c

Victory 2c errors & varieties in blocks of 4 & 6 mint

Victory cover 2c-30c incl special delivery cancelled Tacloban        

Japanese occupation

1942 1st Anniv Fall of Bataan single mint & FDC

1943 Bataan & Corregidor FDC & mint set

1943 Kalayaan perf imperf on 2 FDCs

1943 Kalayaan perf on special cachet cover

1943 Kalayaan ss w/slight faults

1943 underground cover Quezon 3rd Inaugural Address 8th Anniv of Commonwealth Nov 15

1944 Rice Planting postal card mint Rep. Type K.P. 8

FDCs stationeries 2pcs 1943-44

2 FDCs regular issue 2c 5c + Kalayaan

Cover w/regulars 1c-P2 + Kalayaan 12c 14c

Postal card used diff dates

Republic mint

1947 postage due set
1947 officials set
1949 UPU ss + ovptd

1950 80c Roosevelt ss brown gum

1950 Roosevelt stamps & ss
1955 Red Cross 4 sets

1956 UST set

1959 5c Del Pilar surcharged 1c pane of 100

1960 Jose Abad Santos B/55

1960 Olympics set
1963 semipostals set B/4

1964 Olympics set
1964 Rizal barong pane of 100

1964 Rizal coat pane of 100

1965 Christianization ss

1967 Birds set

1967 PNB ss

1969 Recto 41 stamps + 1959 Rizal OB 31pcs

1970 Shells set

1971 UST set b/4

1972 Paintings set
1972 Heart set B/10

1972 Aguinaldo credo surcharge 10c on 6c pane of 50

1972 Magsaysay credo surcharge 10c on 6c pane of 50

1973 Fruits surcharged set B/4

1973 Imelda set B/4

1974 Gabriela Silang imperf pane of 100

1974 30c Pediatrics red shifted upward

1975 Palma green B/65

1975 Sultan Kudarat pane of 50

1975 50c Civil Service imperf B/18 + Irrigation imperf

1975 5c P1 APO imperf B/8 with extra 5c

1976 60s Constabulary imperf pane of 50

1976 Constabulary set imperf pane of 50

1977 90c Aglipay B/10 + 15c Sultan Kudarat B/14

1978 Capex set

1978 Capex ss
1980 Rotary strip of 5 set

1982 Isabelo delos Reyes B/18 + 1969 Philatelic Week

1983 Philatelic Week strip of 5 set

1984 LRT single & B/4

1985 Trans Pacific Airmail set

1985 Santiago Fonacier sheetlet of 20

1985 Horses ss + 1965 Christianity ss
1986 Orchids set

1987 Rizal set B/4

1987 Rizal surcharge P1 on 6c half pane of 50

1987 UN strip of 5 entire pane (10 sets) perf
1987 United Nations strip perf
1987 United Nations strip imperf

1987-1991 Lorenzo Ruiz ss & St. John of the Cross ss
1988 Olympic Week strip perf
1988 Olympic Week strip imperf

1989 World Stamp Expo B/4

1990 Great Filipinos strips of 5 (6 sets)

1990 Lions sheet of 50

1991 Basketball ss 2pcs

1991 Southeast Asian Games ss 2pcs

1991-1992 Boy Scout Jamboree ss & Chess Olympiad ss

1991 Scouting stamps & ss

1992 Katipunan Centennial set B/4

1992 Manila Jockey Club B/4 & ss
1992 Barcelona Olympics stamps & ss

1994 Miss Universe set

1994 Naphilcon ovpt on Corals ss

1996 Aquarium Fishes I ss 2pcs

1997 Aquarium Fishes II ss 2pcs

1997 Year of Tiger ss perf imperf

1998 Pilipinas 98 ss set of 6

1998 Philpost ss & Expo 98 ss

2000 Insects ss set of 2

2000 Year of Snake ss perf imperf

2017 Valentine’s Day vertical perf shifted to right

Leyte Landing perf imperf B/4         

Planned Parenthood set

Part sheets 3c Christianity 10c Maphilindo

15c Rizal Prevent Blindness B/14

15c Scouting Jamboree imperf pane of 50

70s Tobacco B/12+ 40s Marcos Emancipation B/9 (small type)

P1.20 Children’s Museum green color omitted
Fiesta Islands series complete w/reprints 13 v

1980s 3 diff ss

1991-94 4 diff ss

1995 3 diff ss

1995 3 diff ss (diff from above)

1997 3 diff ss

5 diff sets

Republic FDCs

1946 Independence
1948 FAO

1950 Quirino Inauguration

1951 Peace Fund

1952 Fisheries Council cancelled Manila & UP

1953 Medical set B/4 on 2 FDCs

1954 Asian Games

1954 Rotary

1956 Red Cross

1956 Liberty Well

1956 Seal surcharged 3pcs
1960 Constitution w/Tokyo tab on 2 FDCs

1963 18 diff
1964 7 diff
1965 12 diff
1966 10 diff
1967 10 diff
1968 9 diff
1969 11 diff

1979 Scoutpex stamp & ss on 2 FDCs

1980 Rotary strip of 5
1981 Pope John Paul
1983 Lechon strip of 5 color variety

1983 Philatelic Week strip of 5

1983 Philatelic Week strip of 5

1984 Ausipex + 1981 Motorcars

1985 Princess Kiram

1985 Philatelic Week

1985 Vicente Romualdez

1985 Virgin Mary

1985 Marian Year + 1985 United Nations

1985 Sto. Nino de Cebu strip of 5 + 1978 PLDT pair

1987 Dominicans
1987 United Nations set
1988 Solar Eclipse cancelled General Santos
1993 Taipei ovpt ss set
1994 Corals P2 strip of 10

1994 Naphilcon ovpt on Corals ss

1995 Pope John Paul cancelled Iloilo
1998 Centennial stamps & ss

1999 Marine Biodiversity ss

Thailand exhibit ovpt ss set

4 diff Ecafe perf, Asian Productivity, Salvation Army, Refner

6 diff GSIS, PLDT, Year of Ox, Cardio, Scouts, NSTA

6 diff incl Chess, General Santos City B/4, 1988 Pre-Olympics

12 diff

19 diff 1946-56

23 diff incl 1973 P5 Evangelista perf, 1948 Boy Scout

23 diff incl Rizal, Roxas, Girl Scouts, postage due, Gozar

24 diff 1957-62

Republic covers

1947 postage due cover

1948 slogan cover cancelled Dumaguete
1949 slogan cover cancelled Legaspi
1985 flight cover Mla-Honolulu via PAL on postal card backstamped

1986 flight cover to Abu Dhabi on viewcard backstamped

10 diff covers
15 diff covers

25 diff slogan covers 1948-56

Rizal postal card slogan cancel

PNB ss on registered cover

Miscellaneous

1948 FAO 40c FDC cancelled Baguio + Panapex airmail

1948 MacArthur set & FDC

1951 Peace Fund perf imperf FDC on postal card + 1948 slogan

1952 P2 Lopez-Jaena mint, Lapu-Lapu, Burgos

1955 Rotary set B/4 unused

1959 Bacolod souvenir booklet

1961 Rizal Cipex ss 4 diff mint

1961 Rizal Cipex ss FDC

1962 Rizal Foundation Fund mint set sheet of 25

1965 Chrisquapipex ss

1977 Amphilex ss perf imperf unused

1977 Espamer ss perf imperf unused

1978 Capex ss perf imperf unused

1995 Jose Diokno mint B/4 & FDC

Cory Oath Taking single mint & FDC

Manuel Roxas mourning 4 diff cachet envelopes

Political seal YEBA ovpt Rizal Park sheetlet of 20 mint

Quezoniana collection 11 diff covers FDC & slogans

Magsaysayana collection 10 diff cachets for 5c Death Anniversary

Rizaliana collection 12 diff cacheted covers 1962 Rizal 6c brown + OB

Victory & Republic covers 13 diff singles & B/4

Victory & JapOcc covers 6 diff
RP 20c revenue stamp B/4 mint

EFO 1988 Luna-Hidalgo

Broken L of LUNA and broken "na" of Sina

Broken "na" of Sina

Broken "na" of Sina and Ring Flaw on Hidalgo's collar

Litho flaw above head of Hidalgo (white spot)

Broken "na" of Sina on left stamp of this pair

Broken "na" of Sina on third stamp from left

A few EFOs of the Luna-Hidalgo stamp of 1988.

EFO 1988 PLDT

Color shift on this Philippine Long Distance Company commemorative of 1988.

EFO 1988 Red Cross P5.50

Color Shift (see "outlines" on three persons at top)

Color Shift

Normal Copy

The P5.50 value also has a color shift.

EFO 1988 Red Cross P1

Color Shift

Brown shifted to the right

Normal Copy

Color shifts of the International Red Cross and Red Crerscent Movement commemorative of 1988.

EFO 1989 surcharge

There's a dot on the perf at right after the overprint.

EFO 1989 Fiesta Islands Masskara

Blue is shifted to the right, causing blue outlines on the heads.

FSCC auction May 2017

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

Of the 510 philatelic and nonphilatelic lots listed, the following were the Philippine philatelic lots:

Spanish era

1888-89 papel sellado Old Man With Child

1890-91 papel sellado Lady With Mirror & Guitar

1896-97 papel sellado Two Children

1898-99 papel sellado Lady With Sword & Scale

USPI/Commonwealth

1926 FFC Aparri-Manila

1926 FDC w/8c Madrid Manila

1927 FFC Manila-Iloilo

1928 FFC Manila-Aparri

1928 FFC Aparri-Manila

1935 slogan cover Manila-Davao

1935 40pcs 2c mint long envelopes

1935 10pcs 4c mint long envelopes

Victory FDC

Japanese occupation

1943 postal card 2nd Anniv of Greater East Asia War

1943 FDC April 1 w/censor mark

1944 Heroes ss 5pcs

FDC 2pcs A

FDC 2pcs B

FDC 2pcs C

Republic mint

1949 Libraries set

1963 UN ss 100pcs

1965 Christianization ss 40pcs

1969 Musical Instruments

1972 Tokyo Olympics

1972 Flags sheet of 50

1977 Espamer ss perf

1981 Pope 90s sheet of 20

1984 Ausipex imperf ss [slight stain]

1984 LA Olympics ss perf red stars

1985 Horses ss

1988 Seoul Olympics

1991 Asia Pacific Jamboree ss

1991 Basketball Centennial ss

1991 Pasko

1992 Katipunan Centennial

1992 Nuestra Senora Soledad B/4

1993 Philippine Corals ss

1993 Year of the Cock ss

1995 Endemic Mammals ss

1996 National Anthem ss Part 4

1997 Fighting Rooster (small ss)

1997 Fighting Rooster (big ss)

1998 Pasig River B/4

2000 Insects B/4 2x

2001 Boxer Codex B/4 + ss

2002 NSCM

2003 Language Development ss 3x

2004 1st Philippine Postage Stamps ss

2004 Philippine Owls (Giant Scope Owl) ss

2004 Tomas Cloma B/4

2004 World Philately Championship ovpt on Bonsai ss

2005 Lighthouses ss

2005 Butterfly error

2005 Philippine Shells ss

2005 Eucharistic Congress ss

2006 Year of the Pig

2006 Marine Turtle

2007 Bureau of Fisheries ss

2008 Pigeons 10 diff B/10

2013 Marine Biology ss

2013 Marine Biology ss ovptd Thailand Exhibit

Jesuits ss

Philippine Olympic Week

Basketball Centennial

First greetings stamps

Freshwater Aquarium Fishes

Usaffe Induction

Francisco Baltazar, QI, Mushrooms

Bengzon error B/4

Aquino handstamp surcharges 10v set

Definitives 7v

Republic specimens

1995 UN B/4 + ss

1996 Unicef set + ss

1996 Modern Olympic Games set + ss

1997 NSCM  B/4 + ss

1998 NSCM B/4 + ss

1998 Flowers B/4 2 sheetleets + ss

1998 Century of Friendship 3 strips + ss

1998 Marine Biodiversity 4v

2001 Thomasites, 4 schools & universities 6pcs

2001 Lopez, Ortega, Makati, Court, etc 6pcs

2001-03 Manaoag, Caysasay, etc 6pcs

2005 Lighthouses 4v

2005 GMA Oathtaking 2v

2005 Butterflies 10v

2005 & 2006 Butterflies B/4 8v

2006 Butterflies B/4 various issues 52pcs

2006 Butterflies 10v

2006 Butterflies B/4 8v

2006 Year of the Dog B/4

2007 Butterflies 10v

2007 Birds and Eagle 6v

2007 ss 4v SSS

2008 Birds 5v

2008 Pigeons 10v B/10

2008 Parrots and Eagles 6v

Republic FDCs

1961 La Salle College set

1963 Quezon B/6

1967 Chiang Kai Shek Visit set

1968 Christianization set & ss 2pcs

1970s 36pcs

1978 Flowers set

1980s 34pcs

1980 Library Conference set

1982 Christmas set

1988 Land Bank sheetlet of 6 2pcs

1995 Asean Environment + 1989 Philatelic Week

1995 Pope cancelled Iloilo

Marcos Oathtaking 2pcs A

Marcos Oathtaking 2pcs B

10 diff

Republic souvenir albums

1957 Juan Luna

1967 Taal Volcano [bonus 2,000 RP stamps]

1972 Nurses

Republic covers

1949 slogan cover 2c red Rizal Victory

1950s postal cards 20pcs

1958 FFC PAL Viscount Manila-Cebu backstamped

1959 slogan cover 75th Birthday of Liberator

1968 FFC Manila-Tokyo

1975 FFC 11pcs

1977 airletter mint used

1980 airletter surcharged

12 diff

Rizal postal card slogan cancel

Miscellaneous

1984 Train set CTO

1985 special souvenir program album National Bible Week

1987 TB seals FDC 5 progressive colors

1988 Children’s Fund sheetlet of 6 + FDC sheetlet of 6

1992 Labuyo post card Phil. Stamp Exhibit Taipei mint

1997 Zodiac stamps ss specimen + FDC

Maphilindo unused B/10

Album of Span-Phil USPI Commonwealth JapOcc stamps

BCC auction May 21

There are 20 lots listed under "Stamps and Covers" in today's auction sale of the Bayanihan Collectors Club to be held at the Ortigas Foundation Library.

Of these, the following are the Philippine items:

Philippines 1952-60 17 different blocks of 4 Red Cross, Girl Scout, mounted on pages

Philippines 1890-1945 old collection of few hundreds Spanish, prewar stamps arranged in 1   stockbook, some in blocks or strips, mint and used

JapOcc 1943 Kalayaan souvenir sheet used

1898 Spanish-Philippines revenue stamps 13 values

Philippines, American Occupation 20 cents special delivery w/

  “commonwealth” ovpt, mint, multiple 

Philippines, Japanese Occupation 16 cents Magellan, mint

Philippines 3 different Jose Rizal Centenary 1961 FDC