100 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA
July 23, 2018
Kind of Issue : Commemorative
Denomination & Quantity : P 12 - - -50,000
Souvenir Sheet : P55 - - - 4,000
Date of Issue : July 19, 2018
Last Day of Sale : July 18, 2019
Size of Stamps : 30mm x 40mm
Sheet Composition : 40 (Single Design)
Perforation : 14
Size of Souvenir Sheet : 85mm x 70mm
Printing Process : Litho Offset (4 colors)
Paper : Imported Unwatermarked
Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.
Designer : Victorino Z. Serevo
Designs : Rotary Club of Manila Logo and its 100th Year Anniversary Logo
Leon J. Lambert, a leading American businessman, initiated the organization of a Rotary Club in the Philippines. On January 12, 1919, he hosted a meeting at his home and attended by prominent American businessmen in Manila to discuss organizational matters on forming a Rotary Club. Several more meetings followed.
On January 29, 1919, the charter members signed the Articles of Incorporation of the Rotary Club of Manila. And on June 1, 1919, the official Charterof the Rotary Club of Manila (Charter No. 478) was granted by the Association of International Rotary Clubs. The first officers of the Rotary Club of Manila (RCM) were Leon J. Lambert, President; Alfonso Sycip, Vice-President; Walter A. Beam, Treasurer; and Edwin Emil Elser; Secretary.
Until 1935, RCM was a non-district club and was under the direct supervision of the President and Board of Directors of Rotary of Rotary International (R.I.). In Rotary Year 1936-37, RCM was included in China District 81. In 1938 R.I. (former China District) for RCM and for other Philippine Clubs.
Arsenio “Arsenic” Luz was elected the first Filipino President of RCM on July 1, 1933. Under his leadership, the “Manila Beautiful” movement was launched, wherein Luneta Park (now Rizal Park) and Dewey Boulevard (now Roxas Boulevard) were beautified.
During World War II, President Hugo Miller convened Rotary meetings under shellfire and aerial bombings, calling the meeting to order with the butt of his pistol. General Douglas MacArthur was even voted as an honorary member of RCM amidst rumble of heavy artillery; however, he was not able to accept the honor personally.
When General Carlos P. Romulo (RCM President 1935-36) returned to the Philippines with the Allied Forces, one of his first visits was to the UST interment camp on February 28, 1945 where he talked to the Rotarian-survivors. The Club was formally reorganized on September 13, 1945 and 50 members attended the meeting and unanimously decided that Gil Puyat(RCM President 1940-41) reassumed the club presidency. RCM was re-admitted to Rotary International on October 23, 1945.
1947 saw the resumption of the club’s socio-civic and humanitarian projects under the presidency of Manoling Lim. In 1949 the club membership rose to 137 only 20 less than it was before the outbreak of war.
On January 19, 1994, the Philippine Postal Corporation issued a special stamp to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of RCM.
The Boy Scout movement was first started in the Philippines by the RCM during the presidency of E. E. Elser. Among the original organizers were Manila Rotarians Carlos P. Romulo, Jorge Vargas, and Arsenio Luz, At that time scouting wasunder the Boy Scouts of America. On October 3, 1936, President Manuel L. Quezon signed into law Commonwealth Act No. 111 creating the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
RCM furthered its commitment to humanitarian projects with the founding of Gaches Village for the mentally-retarded children under President Samuel F. Gaches (1930-31), the The Philippine Postal Corporation is a self- reliant and socially responsive enterprise, professionally managed and run by a corps of committed personnel providing the highest quality and widest range of postal products and
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