Edith L. Tiempo

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FDC exchange club

Anyone has information about the Universal First Day Cover Exchange Club aside from the address given on this Czechoslovakian cover?

fancy star cancel

A United States fancy cancel is on a Philippine stamp!

Francisco Coching

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PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases Birth Centenary Stamps of National Artist Francisco V. Coching

April 24, 2019   Posted By: Corp.CommThe Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) released a commemorative stamp featuring the birth centenary (1919-2019) of Francisco V. Coching, National Artist for Visual Arts.

Born on January 29, 1919, National Artist Francisco V. Coching is acknowledged as the Dean of Philippine Illustrators. He was a master storyteller in images and in print. His illustrations and novels were products of happy combination of fertile imagination, a love of storytelling, and fine draftsmanship.

Coching was a part of the golden age of the Filipino comics in the 50’s and 60’s. The source of his imagery can be traced to the Philippine culture from the 19th century to the 1960s. His works reflected the dynamics brought about by the racial and class conflict in Philippine colonial society in the 19th century.

In his characters and storylines, Coching brings to popular consciousness the issues concerning race and identity. He also discussed the concept of the hero, which resonates through the characters in his comics like Dimasalang and El Vibora.

Francisco V. Coching was proclaimed National Artist for Visual Arts in 2014 by former President Benigno Aquino III.

In house graphic artist Victorino Z. Serevo designed the stamps. PHLPost has printed 25,000 copies of the single design P12.00 commemorative stamps.

Stamps and Official First Day Cover are now available at the Philatelic Counter, Manila Central Post Office, Liwasang Bonifacio 1000, Manila and all other Postal Areas of the Philippine Postal Corporation.

EFO 1948 Boy Scout 4c perf

Broken J of JUBILEE

Broken U of JUBILEE

Additional broken letters.

See also January 28, 2018 post.

Bizal

BIZAL instead of RIZAL

BIZAL instead of RIZAL.

Claudio Teehankee

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EFO 1948 Boy Scout 2c perf

White "X" on Scout's lips

Green shifted upward to the left

Brown dot inside the second P of PHILIPPINES

Additional EFOs.

See also June 10, 2017 and June 22, 2018 posts.

Pigcawayan

The year 2004 in this Pigcawayan Post Office cancel extends beyond the circle!

And notice the different positions of the dates on the two cancellations. So, my guess is that this postmark was struck twice, first for the DISPATCHED cancel and then for the date.

Pigcawayan is a municipality in Cotabato (also known as North Cotabato) province.

RPO cancel

The purple cancel is a railway post office cancel.

Panapex slogan

Another PANAPEX (Pan Asian Philatelic Exhibition) slogan cancel.

PANAPEX was held at Manila from November 16 to 29, 1952. It was originally scheduled only up to November 22 but got extended.

The slogan was used on mail from July 16 to August 15, 1952.

Libertad NHS

Large circular date stamp cancel of the Libertad National High School Postal Services in 2008.

The date was handwritten and there's an initial...of the person in charge? or a student assistant?

Diameter of the outer circle measures 4.9 centimeters.

Centenarians

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PRESS RELEASE: A stamp to be given by PHLPost in in honor of Filipino Centenarians

April 2, 2019   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) in celebration of its 27th Corporate Anniversary will launch the Filipino Centenarian Special Stamp in the City of Manila to kick-off the issuance of personalized stamps that will be issued to persons who have lived for a century.  Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada said that this momentous event gives the City’s oldest and most treasured citizens a chance to be recognized and appreciated with a stamp.

“Living to 100 years old is one of life’s greatest achievements, and definitely a milestone worth celebrating with their own picture imprinted in the postage stamp”, Postmaster General Joel Otarra said.

Mayor Estrada and PHLPost Chairman Norman Fulgencio will present special stamp frames to living Centenarians’ endorsed by the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs of Manila namely; Mrs. Sabina Pelayo Santos of Tondo Manila, Mrs. Neriza Castaneda Reyes of Sta. Ana Manila and Mrs. Encarnacion Vinluan Pedroso of San Miguel Manila.

Chairman Fulgencio added that the presentation of personalized stamps to Filipino Centenarians in the country is part of their social responsibility to pay tribute to these important persons who are still alive so that they can enjoy the honor accorded to them by PHLPost.

The basis for the issuance of PHLPost personalized stamp to Filipino Centenarians’ is Republic Act. No. 10868, known as “An Act Honoring and Granting Additional Benefits and Privileges to Filipino Centenarian, and for other purposes, otherwise known as the Centenarian Act of 2016.

After the launching of the Centenarians’ Stamp, PHLPost will start coordinating with Local Government Units (LGU’s) to include in their program the issuance of personalized stamp frame honoring the Filipino Centenarians.

PHLPost supported the recognition and incentives to Filipino Centenarian especially during the observance of the National Respect for Centenarians’ Day, every First Sunday of October, during the observance of the Elderly Filipino Week from October 1 to 7 of every year. 

“Their collective wisdom and experience is an inspiration to us all. It is only fitting to treat them with appreciation and respect they truly deserve”. Fulgencio said.

Aviso

This Rizal postal card was sent in 1926.

The printed message on the back is in Spanish, a notice from the secretary of Casino Español in Manila. It says that the Dia de Santiago will be celebrated on July 25 at 5:30 in the afternoon after a merienda and baile in the salones of the building.

According to Wikipedia, the Casino Español de Manila "was a club established in 1893 by Spaniards living in the Philippines as their exclusive venue for recreational and social activities. It later opened its doors to Filipino members to foster Spanish-Filipino ties in the country."

Dia de Santiago is the annual Feast of Saint James, one of the first disciples of Jesus, who is believed to be buried in the Santiago de Compostela, a cathedral in Spain.