JapOcc 9: 1c

On different dates over the period 1943-44, a set of 14 definitive stamps were issued. Shown here first is the lowest value, 1 centavo, released on June 7, 1943. The main design pictures a nipa hut. Printing quantity: 1,250,000.

The 14 stamps were designed and printed in Tokyo on watermarked paper and perforated. All were engraved except the 2c, 6c and 25c which were typographed.

For collectors not familiar with these stamps, they could easily mistake these for stamps of Japan or, in at least one instance I know of, the Ryukyu Islands. This is because inscriptions are in Japanese. The top one is in kanji characters for PHILIPPINE POSTAGE and bottom one in katakana characters designate either centavo or peso.