About 520 philatelic and nonphilatelic lots were offered. Shown above is the lot I won consisting of 25 different used souvenir sheets, ranging from the 1940s to the 1990s. Most have first day cancels.
Before the sale began, Philippine Philatelic Federation president Rey Ong appealed to the collectors to support the Stamp Advisory Committee in a campaign to stop the recent 25,000 printing quantity for each Philippine new issue and bring it back to a higher quantity.
Also at the auction was Philippine Philatelic Journal editor Hans Becker who came from Cebu.
Still at the main lobby of the Manila Central Post Office is the Mga Selyong Pamana stamp exhibit on the theme "Imaging and Imagining Womanhood in Stamps". This has been mounted in celebration of May as the National Heritage Month. The show will run until the end of this month.
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