JapOcc 10

On May 7, 1943 the anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and Corregidor was commemorated with a two-stamp set printed in Japan by photogravure on unwatermarked paper.

The 2-centavo carmine and 5-centavo green both depict a Japanese sentry at left, a map of Bataan-Corregidor-Manila at middle, and the Japanese flag, a warplane and a battleship at right. Printing quantity: one source says 1,000,000 each and another says 1,000,500 each.
Katakana inscriptions mean Philippine Postage (upper panel), Fall of Bataan and Corregidor First Anniversary (top of central design), May of 18th year of Showa (lower panel), and centavo (below the denomination at right).