AFF 30th anniversary

The 30th anniversary of the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas is what this slogan cancel on a postal card commemorates.

AFF was organized on May 10, 1925, by Don Joaquin Ortiz, who edited the first philatelic magazine in the Philippines, Revista Filatelica Filipinas, which became the official organ of this club.

Many of its members were Spanish-speaking.

another Chrisquapipex cover

Here's a Chrisquapipex cover cancelled at the postal station specially set up at the show's venue.

The Christianization Quatercentennial Philippine International Philatelic Exhibition was held at Manila from December 6 to 12, 1965.

As noted on the lower left, the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas was a philatelic agent for United Nations postal issues.

The AFF also printed a souvenir sheet for Chrisquapipex.

1950: AFF 50th anniversary

For the 25th anniversary of Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas, a set of three stamps and a souvenir sheet were issued on May 22, 1950 featuring American philatelic president Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) examining his stamp collection. FDR was an honorary member of AFF.

Quantities printed:
4c blackish (2,000,000)
6c carmine (2,000,000)
18c blue (1,000,000)
80c souvenir sheet (100,000)

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement of stamps: 12
Unwatermarked paper

The imperforate souvenir sheet is airmail.

[Data taken from various sources.]

Chrisquapipex cover

Here's an interesting Chrisquapipex cover: It uses a United Nations souvenir sheet!

If you recall, the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas was made a philatelic agent of the UN beginning with this exhibit.

Awardees of Chrisquapipex, the Christianization Quatercentennial Philippine International Philatelic Exhibition, include Don Jesus Cacho (International Grand Award "for the rarest philatelic material in the show"), Rogelio de Jesus (the Mexican "Año de Amistad" Silver Medal), Ysmael 'Boy' Inductivo (the American Topical Association Merit Award), and Rizal's Story In Stamps (Gold, literature category).

UNDAYPEX

The Chrisquapipex souvenir sheet was overprinted in 1996 by the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas for UNDAYPEX, the United Nations Day Philatelic Exhibition held at Manila from October 21 to 26.

This exhibit was held to mark the 21st anniversary of the UN, and a slogan canceller was used to cancel the 6c stamp while a "postmark" was used to cancel the United Nations stamp.

Chrisquapipex

This privately issued souvenir sheet for Chrisquapipex was made by the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas.

Chrisquapipex, the Christianization Quatercentennial Philippine International Philatelic Exhibition, was held at Manila from December 6 to 12, 1965.

As noted on the sheet, this was also issued for the inauguration of the AFF as philatelic agent of the United Nations, hence a printed United Nations stamp at left.

Also noted was the fact that it was "printed with the permission of the United Nations Postal Administration."

A 6c stamp of the 1965 Christianization issue is affixed at right while a facsimile of the 70c value of the set is printed (but with different colors from the actual stamp).

PANAPEX

PANAPEX (Pan Asian Philatelic Exhibition)was held at Manila from November 16 to 29, 1952 (it was originally scheduled from Nov. 16 to 22 but got extended due to a reported public demand).

Earlier, on October 10, President Elpidio Quirino signed Proclamation No. 342 "to draw the people's attention to the First Pan Asian Philatelic Exhibition" and to "declare the period from November 16 to 22, 1952, as the First National Philatelic Week in the Philippines". 

See

http://www.gov.ph/1952/10/10/proclamation-no-342-s-1952/

Sponsors of the exhibit were the Stamp & Philatelic Division of the Bureau of Posts, the Philippine Philatelic Club and the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas. A report of the event says 600 frames of local and foreign material were displayed by some 60 exhibitors.

A set of three large stamps (5c, 6c, 30c) was issued portraying Maria Clara.

It must have been an exciting exhibition to see, along with the hundreds who came daily!

AFF cover

Three times.

This cover marks the 40th anniversary of the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas.

Thrice the name of the club is given (hey, wait a minute, that's FILIFINAS in one of the three!), thrice the "40th Anniversary" and thrice the years "1925 1965" as shown in the cancellation and cachets.

(The AFF was organized on May 10, 1925, by Don Joaquin Ortiz, who edited the first philatelic magazine in the Philippines, Revista Filatelica Filipinas, which became the official organ of this club.)