Philatelic Philippines: January 2020

Saturday, January 18, 2020

EFO 1987 Asean Summit

Pale blue background color shifted upward causing white lines to appear on top of the flags.

With normal for comparison.

₱4 Third Asean Summit Meeting stamp of 1987.

Friday, January 17, 2020

ring flaw 138

Three ring flaws, leg area of upper right stamp.
Block of four 30-sentimo Fight Drug Abuse stamps of 1979.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Overinking of the red overprint is indicated by streaks of lines and a dot. Also, the stamps at right in this vertical block of six have larger paper sizes than the ones at left due to boardwalk margins at right side.

90-sentimo Philatelic Week overprint of 1979 on ₱1.60 Felipe Agoncillo stamp of 1976.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Manila-Legaspi 8

A railway post office cancel of the Manila-Legaspi line.

It says SOUTH so this must have been on mail from Manila to Legaspi, or a way station in between. (If NORTH then it would have been on the train from Legaspi to Manila.)

6-centavo Ateneo de Manila stamp of 1959.