The only other Republic stamp issued in 1946 was for the 50th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal on December 30. This was an overprint of a Commonwealth definitive issued earlier in 1946 before the Proclamation of Independence issue.
Denomination: 2 centavos sepia (with black overprint)
Quantity printed: 1,500,000
Printing of base stamp by rotary press
Printers: US Bureau of Engraving and Printing (overprint by the Philippine Bureau of Printing)
Perforation measurement: 11x10-1/2
Unwatermarked paper
Shifted overprints (in different degrees):
downward
downward and to the right
downward and to the left
upward
upward and to the left
leftward
rightward
One source says forgeries of the overprint exist but I don't know what the differences are from the genuine overprint.
[Data taken from various sources.]
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