Unconditional cachet B

This one has the 6c victory stamp.

Unconditional cachet A

Special occasion post office cachet for the Unconditional Surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945 with 2c and 4c victory stamps on cover.

V-J in V-J DAY stands for Victory over Japan.

Japocc cover 2

Two secret numbers (11 and 6) of the BATAAN-KOREHIDOR cachet.

Japocc cover 1

Neat Japanese occupation cover with interesting design of addressee.

Rizal green PC first day

A post office cachet comes with the first day of issue for the Rizal 2c green postal card of 1952.

The cachet contains a quote from one of Rizal's letters.

Magsaysay death anniversary

A special occasion cachet commemorating the death anniversary of President Ramon Magsaysay on March 17, 1958 was used at three post offices: Manila, Cebu and Castillejos (Zambales).

Magsaysay was born in Iba (Zambales), so there must be an explanation for Castillejos? He died in a plane crash in Cebu, and was buried in Manila.

He was 49 years old when he died.

D-Day Leyte

A special occasion cachet for the first anniversary of D-Day Leyte was used at the Tacloban post office on October 20, 1945 as shown on this victory postal card with a Philippine Philatelic Club address.

1st Philacon FDC

Here's a first day cover for the Philacon '91 issue (an overprinted 1982 souvenir sheet).

The First National Philatelic Convention (Philacon '91) was held at the Manila Central Post Office from November 27 to 29, 1991.

Cachet at left represents the 10 participating stamp clubs: APO Philatelic Society, Filipino-Chinese Philatelic Society, Baguio Philatelic Society, General Santos City Stamp Club, Cebu Philatelic Society, International Philippine Philatelic Society, Chinese Philatelists' Club of the Philippines, Philippine Philatelic Auction Club, Clark Stamp Club, and Quezon City Philatelic Society.

1988 Philatelic Week FDC

Another cachet of the 1988 Philatelic Week issue.

See also November 19, 2016 post.

Republic 2nd anniversary

A special occasion cachet used by the post office was for the second anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1948.

On this cacheted cover it comes with the first stamp of the republic issued in 1946.

1968 Philatelic Week FDC

Here's a different cachet for the 1968 Philatelic Week first day cover. (See November 1, 2016 post.)

Scoutpex 79

This is a first day cover for Scoutpex '79, the 1st Scout Philatelic Exhibition held at Quezon City from July 4 to 14, 1979, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the first national jamboree held at Quezon City in 1954.

It's cancelled at U.P. Diliman Post Office,one of two cancellations (the other is Manila).

There also was an overprinted souvenir sheet for Scoutpex '79.

One of the three sponsors of this event shown on the cachet is the APO Philatelic Society.

museum and library

In 1992 the Philippine Postal Museum and Philatelic Library was inaugurated.

To mark this event, the 1980 MacArthur Centenary souvenir sheet was overprinted.

Sadly this facility today no longer exists.

1986 Philatelic Week

Here is a 1986 Philatelic Week first day cover with a cachet on the theme of the issue.

World Stamp Expo '89

World Stamp Expo '89 was held from November 17 to December 3 at Washington, DC.

It was held in conjunction with the 20th Universal Postal Congress.

Philippines issued three stamps for this event. These stamps-on-stamps issue picture the following:

P1 -- the first stamps of the Spanish era and Revolutionary period
P4 -- the first stamps of the US administration and Commonwealth period
P5.50 -- the first stamps of the Japanese occupation and Republic era

The P1 errs in design in that the Queen Isabella II stamp is perforated!

1992 Philatelic Week FDC

Paintings of Filipino artists were the theme of the 1992 Philatelic Week issue.

This time I can figure out the cachet!

1991 Philatelic Week FDC

Continuing on the art theme, the 1991 Philatelic Week issue featured a three-stamp set of paintings by Filipino artists.

Leastwise, the cachet is "philatelic". Missing though is the close quote for "We are a very happy family of stamp collectors".

1990 Philatelic Week FDC

With the advent of art used for Philatelic Week, in 1990, we were given a pleasant surprise.

From hereon, the stamp designs are no longer "philatelic" so much so that the issues need to be scrutinized to determine if these are Philatelic Week (or the later National Stamp Collecting Month) issues.

Nonetheless, I still can't make out the cachet on this first day cover. Maybe an illustration of paints on a palette?

1989 Philatelic Week FDC

Well, this cachet could have looked better if colored like the stamp at right.

But, then again, the cost of production would have been higher.

1988 Philatelic Week FDC

Nope, there was no Philatelic Week issue for 1987.

So, we come to 1988...with a design error on one of the se-tenant stamps!

The top left stamp of the block of four was inscribed 1938 instead of 1988. This error, however, was corrected later when another block of four was printed.