Thursday, November 30, 2017

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

ring flaw 48

Ring flaw on the Girl Scout's hair of the lower left stamp
Another position of the ring flaw
A couple of ring flaws on this 6-sentimo Girl Scout stamp.

See also ring flaw #12.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Sunday, November 26, 2017

approvals booklet

An approvals booklet of Baldomero Fernandez of Manila, probably a stamp dealer back then.

The booklet contains 10 pages and each page has spaces for 10 small stamps (like the Baby Heads of Spanish Philippines) to be hinged.

This one had stamps of Spain.


Saturday, November 25, 2017

ASEANPEX 2017 LOGO, THE PHILIPPINE JEEPNEY and THE PHILIPPINE TARSIER

New Issue alert:

ASEANPEX 2017 LOGO, THE PHILIPPINE JEEPNEY and THE PHILIPPINE TARSIER

Kind of Issue : Special 
Denomination & Quantity 
Generic Sheet (selling price) : P150 (with 4 x P17 stamps + 4 labels) - - - 1,000 Sheets
Personalized Sheet (selling price) : P150 (with 4 x P17 stamps + 4 Personalized labels to be printed) - - - 4,000 Sheets 
Date of Issue : November 4, 2017
Size of sheet : 150mm x 100mm 
Sheet Composition
Generic & Personalized Sheets : Sheets of 4 + 4 labels 
Perforation : 14 
Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors) 
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked 
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc. 
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro
Design : ASEANPEX Logo, Philippine Jeepney and Philippine Tarsier

Friday, November 24, 2017

National Flowers


New Issue alert:

NATIONAL FLOWERS OF ASEAN COUNTRIES

Kind of Issue : Special 
Denomination & Quantity 
Generic Sheet (selling price) : P150 (with 4 x P17 stamps + 4 labels) - - - 1,000 Sheets
Personalized Sheet (selling price) : P150 (with 4 x P17 stamps + 4 Personalized labels to be printed) - - - 4,000 Sheets 
Date of Issue : November 4, 2017
Size of sheet : 150mm x 100mm 
Sheet Composition
Generic & Personalized Sheets : Sheets of 4 + 4 labels 
Perforation : 14 
Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors) 
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked 
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc. 
Designer : Eunice Beatrix Uy Dabu 
Designs : National flowers of the 10 ASEAN countries.

Thursday, November 23, 2017

ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEETS (DAY 3)

New Issue alert:

ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEETS (DAY 3)

ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEET 3 : P 100 - - - 1000 sheets – November 6, 2017
(Evolution of Philippine Postal Service) 
Size of Stamp : 40mm x 30mm (blk/4)
Size of sheet : 120mm x 90mm (3 designs) 
Special Embellishment : Gold Foil Stamping 
Perforation : 14 
Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors) 
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked 
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc. 
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro


Wednesday, November 22, 2017

ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEETS (DAY 2)

New Issue alert:

ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEETS (DAY 2)

ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEET 2 : P 100 - - - 1000 sheets - November 5, 2017
(Philippine jeepney with tarsier) 
Size of Stamp : 40mm x 30mm (blk/4)
Size of sheet : 120mm x 90mm (3 designs) 
Special Embellishment : Gold Foil Stamping 
Perforation : 14 
Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors) 
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked 
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc. 
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro


Tuesday, November 21, 2017

ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEETS (DAY 1)

New Issue alert:

ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEETS (DAY 1)

Denomination, Quantity, Date of Issue (Design)
ASEANPEX SPECIAL SOUVENIR SHEET 1 : P 100 - - - 1000 sheets - November 4, 2017 
(National flowers of ASEAN countries) 
Size of Stamp : 40mm x 30mm (blk/4)
Size of sheet : 120mm x 90mm (3 designs) 
Special Embellishment : Gold Foil Stamping 
Perforation : 14 
Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors) 
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked 
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc. 
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro

Monday, November 20, 2017

Postal Service 250th

New Issue alert:

250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PHILIPPINE POSTAL SERVICE

Se-tenant Block of Four(4) Stamps
Kind of Issue : Commemorative 
Deno.& Quantity : P12 (4 Designs) - - - 102,400 
Souvenir Sheet : P 55 - - - 5,000 
Date of Issue : November 06, 2017 
Last Day of Sale :November 05, 2018 
Size of Stamps : 40mm x 30mm 
Size of Souvenir Sheet : 70mm x 45mm
Souvenir Sheet
Printing Process : Litho-Offset (4 colors)
Paper :Imported Unwatermarked
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro
Designs In the stamps : Galleon, Horse, Train, Bicycle
Sheet Composition : Sheetlet of 16 (Se-tenant Blk/4) 
In the souvenir sheet : Modern PHLPost Van

Sunday, November 19, 2017

FSCC auction November 2017

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

About 500 lots, philatelic and nonphilatelic, were offered.

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Jeepney

New Issue alert:

EVOLUTION OF THE PHILIPPINE JEEPNEY

Kind of Issue : Special
Denomination & Quantity : P 12 ( 4 Designs)- - - 102,400
Date of Issue : November 4, 2017
Last Day of Sale : November 3, 2018
Size of Stamps : 40mm x 30mm 
Sheet Composition : 16 (4 x 4) 
Perforation : 14
Printing Process : LItho-Offset (4 colors)
Embellishment : Luminous Ink
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro
Designs : 1943 Willy’s Jeep, 1945 Transformed Jeep, Decorated Jeepney, 
and Modern Jumbo Jeep.

Friday, November 17, 2017

Year of Rooster with Aseanpex logo

New Issue alert:

2017 YEAR OF THE ROOSTER WITH ASEANPEX LOGO

Kind of Issue :Special
Denomination & Quantity : P250 - - - 5,000
Date of Issue :November 05, 2017
Last Day of Sale : November 04, 2018
Size of Souvenir Sheet : 140mm x 96mm
SIZE OF STAMP 
Monkey : 40.5mm x 30mm
Rooster : 51mm x 40mm
Dog : 40.5mm x 30mm 
Special Embellishment : 3D Emboss with Goldhotstamp
(Rooster), Silver hotstamp(Monkey), 
and Bronze hotstamp (Dog)
Perforation : 14
Printing Process : Litho-Offset (4 colors)
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked
Printer : Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited 
Designer : Rodine C. Teodoro 
Designs : At the lower middle portion of the souvenir sheet features 
the Chinese New Year of the Rooster with the previous 
Year of the Monkey at left, and the upcoming Year of the Dog 
at right. At the upper right corner of the souvenir sheet is 
the “ASEANPEX 2017” logo.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Philippine endemic flowers

New Issue alert:

4th Quarter Topical Issue: PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC FLOWERS

Block of Four(4) Stamps
Kind of Issue : Special 
Deno.& Quantity : P12 (4 Designs) - - - 102,400 
Date of Issue : October 16, 2017 
Last Day of Sale :October 15, 2018 
Size of Stamps : 30mm x 40mm 
Sheet Composition : Sheetlet of 16 (Se-tenant Blk/4) 
Souvenir Sheet : P 48 - - - 5,000 
Size of Souvenir Sheet : 120mm x 100mm 
Perforation : 14
Souvenir Sheet
Printing Process : Litho-Offset (4 colors)
Paper :Imported Unwatermarked
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.
Designer : Ma. Aimee Cabingao
Final Artist : Victorino Z. Serevo
PHOTOGRAPHERS
All the Stamps Design : Danilo N. Tandang
OFDCE Cachet : John Rey C. Callado

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

PPN September 1988


September 1988 edition of PPN.

Contents are:

Philippines Imperfs Intended to Curb Thefts by Bill Gramaud (USPI era)
An Introduction to the 1925 'Lambert' Imperforate Issue:Scott #340a-353a and E6a by Bill Grimaud
1900 Philippine Giros (Second of a three-part series) by Douglas K. Lehmann
Registration Handstamps of the Spanish Philippines by Don Peterson
Index of the Philippine Philatelic News Volume X 

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

PPN July 1988

July 1988 edition of PPN.

On the inside front cover, the IPPS treasurer is Mario Que.

Contents are:

1899 Philippine Giros (First of a three-part series) by Douglas K. Lehmann
Legislative Palace Commemorative Issue of 1926 (Part III) by Arnold H. Warren
From the Past (illustrated is a Philippine dealer's list titled To American Collectors 1900 of Federico C. Schenkel)

Monday, November 13, 2017

PPN April 1988

April 1988 edition of PPN.

Contents are:

Specimens of the Spanish Philippines by Don Peterson
Legislative Palace Commemorative Issue of 1926 (Part II) by Arnold H. Warren
The 'Tachibana-maru' and Gunji-yubin by Fumihiko Yano

Sunday, November 12, 2017

APO auction November 2017

In just an hour and a half, this afternoon's auction sale of the APO Philatelic Society held at Manila was over. Mabilis!
 
Some 15 bidders participated, and the number of lots totalled 440, with nonphilatelic items included for numismatists and other collectors.
 
This club's auction usually is scheduled for the first Sunday of the month but because of Aseanpex 2017 it was moved today.

Saturday, November 11, 2017

PPN January 1988

January 1988 edition of PPN.

1988 IPPS officers same as previously given except the treasurer.

Contents are:

The First Month of Issue of the 1897 Surcharged Stamps by Don Peterson
Four-in-one:The 5c Green Issue of 1892 by Don Peterson
Captured Gunji-yubin from the Philippines (Part II) by Fumihiko Yano
Legislative Palace Commemorative Issue of 1926 by Arnold H. Warren
[advertisement of Irwin Siegel]
The Album Page (illustrated is a 1943 restaurant receipt with revenue stamps)

Friday, November 10, 2017

PPN September 1987

September 1987 edition of PPN.

On the inside cover, a new IPPS treasurer is named as Raymond James White.

Contents are:

First U.S. Printed IR Stamps by Douglas K. Lehman (internal revenue)
An Interesting Revenue Find by Ray L. Coughlin (USPI era)
Captured Gunji-yubin from the Philippines by Fumihiko Yano (Japanese occupation era)
Papeles Sellados Update by Douglas K. Lehman
From the Past (Philippine Philatelic Literature (continuation) by Pablo M. Esperidion)
[advertisement of Irwin Siegel]
Index of the Philippine Philatelic News Volumes VIII and IX