1950: Lions convention

For the Lions International Convention of 1950 held at Manila, a set of four stamps was issued on June 2,1950 and a souvenir sheet on June 4, 1950.

Quantities printed:
2c orange (2,000,000)
4c violet (1,000,000)
30c green (2,000,000)
50c blue (1,000,000)
80c souvenir sheet (100,000)

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

The 30c, 50c, and souvenir sheet are airmails.

[Data taken from various sources.]

1950: AFF 50th anniversary

For the 25th anniversary of Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas, a set of three stamps and a souvenir sheet were issued on May 22, 1950 featuring American philatelic president Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) examining his stamp collection. FDR was an honorary member of AFF.

Quantities printed:
4c blackish (2,000,000)
6c carmine (2,000,000)
18c blue (1,000,000)
80c souvenir sheet (100,000)

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement of stamps: 12
Unwatermarked paper

The imperforate souvenir sheet is airmail.

[Data taken from various sources.]

1950: Bureau of Forestry

Red lauan is featured on a two-stamp set issued on April 14, 1950 for the 50th anniversary of the Bureau of Forestry.

The red lauan is a tree endemic to the Philippines. "Red" comes from the reddish tinge of the bark.

Quantities printed:
2c green (5,000,000)
4c purple (4,000,000)

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

[Data taken from various sources.]

1950: Junior Chamber International

The first issue for 1950 was a set of five stamps marking the 5th World Congress of the Junior Chamber International held at Manila from March 1 to 8, 1950. These Jaycees stamps were released on two dates: March 1 for the airmails, and March 3 for the three lower values.

Quantities printed:
2c purple (5,000,000)
6c green (4,000,000)
18c blue (3,000,000)
30c orange (5,000,000) airmail
50c red (4,000,000) airmail

1,600,000 of the 18c were surcharged in 1960.

Designer: L. Velasco
Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

[Data taken from various sources.]

1949: Gen. Gregorio del Pilar

A set of two stamps commemorated the 50th death anniversary of Gregorio del Pilar on December 2, 1949. It depicts the general astride a horse at the Battle of Tirad Pass (December 2, 1899) where he was killed.

Quantities printed:
2c brown (5,000,000)
4c green (4,000,000)

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

This was the last issue for 1949.

[Data taken from various sources.]

1949: UPU 75th Anniversary

On October 9, 1949 the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union was commemorated with a set of three stamps and a souvenir sheet. Pictured is the UPU Monument in Berne, Switzerland. Philippines entered the UPU on January 1, 1922.

Quantities printed:
4c green (5,000,000)
6c purple (5,000,000)
18c blue (5,000,000)
28c imperforate souvenir sheet (1,000,000)

2,000,000 of the 18c stamp were surcharged in 1959.

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement for stamps: 12
Unwatermarked paper

Possible shades of color in all three stamps of the set.

Imperforate copies come from the souvenir sheet, which the post office allowed for use in mail beginning on August 31, 1960. The 6c and 4c are usually in pairs. Reportedly 915,000 souvenir sheets were cut up.

The quantity printed for the souvenir sheet was further reduced by an unofficial overprint in 1960 reading "President D.D. Eisenhower visit to the Philippines June 14-16,1960", and another overprinting by the post office in 1963.

[Data taken from various sources.]

1949: Rizal booklet

The first booklet issued during the Republic era was released on August 19, 1949 featuring Dr. Jose Rizal.

Quantity printed:
200,000 booklets totalling 800,000 panes of six stamps

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

Each booklet contained 4 panes of six stamps. Each pane was imperforate on the left, bottom and right edges with a blank tab on top. The 4 panes were bound into a booklet with covers, and glassine interleaves between the panes, by two staples at the top. The printed front cover stated the price (50 centavos) and the following note about stamp collecting:

"Stamp collecting is a hobby that will make one at home in the world. Through it one can converse with great minds, note high ideals, see scenic wonders, and be acquainted with the nations' grand old traditions as well as their prevailing culture."

[Data taken from various sources.]

1949: library rebuilding semipostals

The first semipostal stamps of the Republic era were issued on April 1, 1949 depicting past directors of the National Library (Epifanio de los Santos, Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera and Teodoro M. Kalaw), the frontispiece of Doctrina Christiana, and the title page of Noli Me Tangere.

Quantities printed:
4c+2c black (1,000,000)
6c+4c purple (600,000)
18c+7c blue (400,000)

In 1953 excess stocks of all three values were burned by the post office, as follows:

4c (762,092)
6c (454,774)
18c (270,570)

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

The surtax (amount after the plus sign) went to the Library Rebuilding Fund for war-damaged public libraries.

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948: Rizal O.B. overprint

On December 30, 1948 another official stamp was released, this time an OB overprint on the Rizal 2c green definitive. This was the last issue for 1948.

Printing quantity: 12,999,100
Overprint printing by the Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

The quantity printed was reduced by a later surcharge.

Overprint freaks:
Shifted and slanted upward (reading B.O. instead of O.B.)

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948: Sampaguita

For Flower Day, sampaguita was featured on a stamp issued on December 8, 1948. Sampaguita is the national flower of the Philippines.

Quantity printed:
3c green and black (1,000,000)

Designer: L. Velasco
Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12-1/2
Unwatermarked paper

Perforation freaks:
Vertical shifted and slanted

Varieties:
Shades of green
Green color shifts

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948: BSP 25th anniversary

The silver anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines was commemorated with a set issued on October 31, 1948 showing a Boy Scout saluting.

Quantities printed:
2c perf (1,500,000)
4c perf (1,000,000)
2c imperf (500,000)
4c imperf (500,000)

Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

Errors:
2c perf green and sepia (horizontal perfs omitted, vertical perfs omitted, vertical perfs doubled, B/4 perforated on four sides only)
4c perf pink and sepia (horizontal perfs omitted, vertical perfs omitted, vertical perfs doubled, B/4 perforated on four sides only)

Perforation freaks:
2c perf (horizontal shifted downward and vertical to the right)

Varieties:
2c perf
Color shades
Color shifts
Broken first E of JUBILEE

4c perf
Color shades
Color shifts
Broken first E of JUBILEE
Broken third P of PHILIPPINES
Broken U of JUBILEE

2c imperf
Color shades
Color shifts

4c imperf
Color shades
Color shifts
Broken third P of PHILIPPINES
Ring flaws

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948: Roxas mourning

The first mourning stamps of the Republic era were issued on July 15, 1948 for President Manuel Roxas who died of a heart attack on April 15, 1948.

Quantities printed:
2c (1,500,000)
4c (1,000,000)

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

Possible shades of the black.

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948: Rizal definitive

On June 19, 1948 a definitive was issued honoring Dr. Jose Rizal (his birthday).

Quantity printed:
2c green (one source says 110,000,000 and another says 123,000,000)

Total quantity was lessened by later overprints.

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

Possible shades of the color.

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948-49: O.B. overprints

The first official stamps of the Republic era were five definitives of 1947 overprinted O.B. (for Official Business) issued on different dates:

May 1, 1948 (4c and 10c)
May 28, 1948 (16c)
January 23, 1949 (50c)
July 4, 1949 (20c)

The overprinting was done by the Philippine Bureau of Printing for the 4c, 16c and 50c and both the Philippine Bureau of Printing and the American Bank Note Company for the 10c and 20c.

Quantities printed:
4c (14,998,500)
10c (9,499,500)
16c (999,898)
20c (4,500,000)
50c (400,000)

A total of 787,879 of the 16c was withdrawn on July 26, 1950.

There are two measurements of the O.B. for the 10c:
13mm Manila printing
12-1/2mm New York printing

There are two measurements of the O.B. for the 20c:
13-1/2mm Manila printing
13mm New York printing

Errors:
4c overprint inverted, overprint doubled

Shifted overprints:
4c leftward, rightward (the extreme is B.O. instead of O.B.)
10c leftward, rightward, downward
16c leftward
20c rightward

Varieties:
10c small period after O

[Data taken from various sources.]

FSCC auction September 2018

Found this used FAO airmail in a packet of 100 stamps I bought for forty-five pesos in today's auction sale of Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club. I say it's a lucky find for the price paid!

Some two dozen bidders, including a few absentee bidders and one who was vacationing from Hawaii (I was informed he was a regular years ago), participated in the sale offering over 500 philatelic and nonphilatelic lots.

By now Ompong's destruction of lives and properties is known. While the supertyphoon was raging in the northern part of the country and bringing rains in Manila yesterday, many were wondering if the auction would push through.

Today was all right, however, except for a heavy downpour midway in the auction; but it stopped before the auctioneer closed the sale, and the coast was clear by the time we all went home.

1948: FAO Conference

FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization and a stamp set was issued on February 3, 1948 for the FAO Conference held at Baguio. Printing is rather crude but the design shows farmers threshing rice using a thresher.

Mint copies today can have dark brown to blackish gum (it was made from cassava).

The 40-centavo value is an airmail stamp.

Quantities printed:
2c green and yellow green (572,650)
6c brown and cream (400,000)
18c blue and light blue (300,000)
40c carmine and light pink (199,000)

Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12-1/2
Unwatermarked paper

Perforation freaks:
2c vertical shifted
2c both horizontal and vertical shifted

Color shift:
2c downward

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948: Liberation of Manila

The first issue for 1948 was a set of three stamps for the "Third Anniversary of Liberation" of Manila.

It portrays Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) as "Defender-Liberator". The date of issue was February 3, 1948.

Quantities printed:
6c purple (600,000)
6c carmine (400,000)
16c ultramarine (300,000)

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

[Data taken from various sources.]

1947: Special Delivery

The first special delivery stamp of the Republic era was issued on December 22, 1947. It shows a letter carrier on a bicycle leaving the Manila post office, presumably to deliver special delivery mail, and I would say only to addresses in Manila (and probably Rizal City) kasi nakabisikleta lang.

It also is the last issue for 1947. Catalogs say the color is rose lilac, with shades of the color.

Quantity printed: 11,000,000
Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

[Data taken from various sources.]

1947: NAPEX souvenir sheet

The first souvenir sheet of the Republic era was issued on November 8, 1947 for the National Philatelic Exhibition (Napex).

Napex was held at Manila from November 28-30, 1947. It was sponsored by the Philippine Philatelic Club.

Quantity printed: 500,000
Printing method: Typography
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Unwatermarked paper

The four 1-centavo stamps, same design as the Manuel L. Quezon issue of May 1, are imperforate.

Printing flaws:
One or two green dots in different positions.

Each one of the four 1-centavo stamps could be used as postage on mail at that time, just scissor the souvenir sheet in quarters!

[Data taken from various sources.]

1947: ECAFE Conference

The first stamps of the Republic era issued perforate and imperforate were released on November 24, 1947 for the Economic Commission in Asia and the Far East conference that was held at Baguio City.

Quantities printed:

[perf]
4c carmine with pale carmine background color (498,047)
6c purple with pale purple background color (299,499)
12c blue with pale blue background color (298,649)

Perforation measurement: 12-1/2
Natural straight edges occur.

[imperf]
4c carmine with pale carmine background color (97,900)
6c purple with pale purple background color (99,650)
12c blue with pale blue background color (97,719)

Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Unwatermarked paper

There are color shifts in all three denominations, perf and imperf.

Printing error:
6c double transfer

Printing flaws:
6c imperf (ring flaw)
12c imperf (ring flaw, different positions)

[Data taken from various sources.]