JapOcc 5: first Kalibapi

Three more provisional stamps were issued, on April 30, 1943, all known as the KALIBAPI issue.

KALIBAPI stands for Kapisanan ng Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas, a political party founded during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

The first of the three is this 12-centavo Salt Spring stamp with deleting bars covering UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the small COMMONWEALTH overprint. Printing quantity: 310,000. This was the new rate for registered mail, reduced from 16 centavos.