Monday, September 3, 2018

1946: 50th Anniversary of Martyrdom of Rizal issue

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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