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.

EFO 2002 Mallat Drawing

Brown shifted downward, causing white line at top and blurred horses and riders. 

₱5 Mallat Drawing stamp of 2002.

EFO 1992 flower definitive P1.50 D

Black outlines of flowers on the left and right stamps of this strip of 3 are shifted.

EFO 1992 flower definitive P1.50 B

Black outlines of flowers shifted on the right stamp of this pair.

EFO 1987 Balmori E

Portrait shifted to left

Normal position

Additional "portrait shifted to left" variety.

EFO 1992 flower definitive P1.50 A

Black outlines of flowers shifted on the right stamp

Black outlines of flowers shifted on the right stamp

Black outlines of flowers shifted on the left stamp

Black outlines of flowers shifted on both stamps

Black outlines shifted on the P1.50 flower definitive of 1992, light and dark shades, in pairs.

EFO 1988 CCF Aid to Children A

Flaw on right stamp, below the boy's right ear

Black shifted upward

Ring flaw between the girl and boy

Two ring flaws on left stamp

EFOs of the 1988 Christian Children's Fund stamp of 1988.

1948: Sampaguita

For Flower Day, sampaguita was featured on a stamp issued on December 8, 1948. Sampaguita is the national flower of the Philippines.

Quantity printed:
3c green and black (1,000,000)

Designer: L. Velasco
Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12-1/2
Unwatermarked paper

Perforation freaks:
Vertical shifted and slanted

Varieties:
Shades of green
Green color shifts

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948: BSP 25th anniversary

The silver anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines was commemorated with a set issued on October 31, 1948 showing a Boy Scout saluting.

Quantities printed:
2c perf (1,500,000)
4c perf (1,000,000)
2c imperf (500,000)
4c imperf (500,000)

Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

Errors:
2c perf green and sepia (horizontal perfs omitted, vertical perfs omitted, vertical perfs doubled, B/4 perforated on four sides only)
4c perf pink and sepia (horizontal perfs omitted, vertical perfs omitted, vertical perfs doubled, B/4 perforated on four sides only)

Perforation freaks:
2c perf (horizontal shifted downward and vertical to the right)

Varieties:
2c perf
Color shades
Color shifts
Broken first E of JUBILEE

4c perf
Color shades
Color shifts
Broken first E of JUBILEE
Broken third P of PHILIPPINES
Broken U of JUBILEE

2c imperf
Color shades
Color shifts

4c imperf
Color shades
Color shifts
Broken third P of PHILIPPINES
Ring flaws

[Data taken from various sources.]

1948: FAO Conference

FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization and a stamp set was issued on February 3, 1948 for the FAO Conference held at Baguio. Printing is rather crude but the design shows farmers threshing rice using a thresher.

Mint copies today can have dark brown to blackish gum (it was made from cassava).

The 40-centavo value is an airmail stamp.

Quantities printed:
2c green and yellow green (572,650)
6c brown and cream (400,000)
18c blue and light blue (300,000)
40c carmine and light pink (199,000)

Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Perforation measurement: 12-1/2
Unwatermarked paper

Perforation freaks:
2c vertical shifted
2c both horizontal and vertical shifted

Color shift:
2c downward

[Data taken from various sources.]

1947: ECAFE Conference

The first stamps of the Republic era issued perforate and imperforate were released on November 24, 1947 for the Economic Commission in Asia and the Far East conference that was held at Baguio City.

Quantities printed:

[perf]
4c carmine with pale carmine background color (498,047)
6c purple with pale purple background color (299,499)
12c blue with pale blue background color (298,649)

Perforation measurement: 12-1/2
Natural straight edges occur.

[imperf]
4c carmine with pale carmine background color (97,900)
6c purple with pale purple background color (99,650)
12c blue with pale blue background color (97,719)

Printing method: Typographed
Printers: Philippine Bureau of Printing
Unwatermarked paper

There are color shifts in all three denominations, perf and imperf.

Printing error:
6c double transfer

Printing flaws:
6c imperf (ring flaw)
12c imperf (ring flaw, different positions)

[Data taken from various sources.]

EFO 1988 Malate

Year 1880 has shadow.

EFO 1982 UP College of Medicine

Color shift affecting logo at left.

EFO 1989 PLDT

"YOUR LINK TO THE TIMES" slogan shifted upward

"YOUR LINK TO THE TIMES" slogan omitted

An error and freak of the PLDT stamp of 1989.

EFO 1980 Christmas

Multiple color shifts!

EFO 1991 P1 flowers definitive

Color shift.

EFO 1978 Sipa se-tenant A

Blanket offset of the black

Blanket offset of the black

Line across the 40s and 75s values

Color shift and Line across the 40s and 75s values

EFOs of the 1978 Sipa se-tenant block of four.

EFO 1983 local printing

 
Green is shifted to the left.

EFO 1975 Holy Year 30s B

Black outline of church slightly upward

Black outline of church upward and rightward

Black outline of church upward and rightward

Black outline of church rightward

Black outline of church rightward

Black outline of church upward and rightward

Additional EFOs of the 30-sentimo Holy Year stamp of 1975.

EFO 1967 Post Office

Magenta shifted to the left, causing blurred design.