EFO 1942 JapOcc 5c surcharge

Bottom stamps have the two-line COMMONWEALTH overprint completely covered by deleting bars, top stamps not, in this block of four provisional issued on September 1, 1942.

Surcharged Jesuits s/s

Three hundred pesos or three pesos?

The P300 initial printing (4,000 copies) was later corrected to P3.00 (more than 60,000 copies).
P3 surcharge of 1984 on the P2 Jesuits souvenir sheet of four 40-sentimo stamps of 1981.

EFO 1942 surcharge B

Short deleting bar covering UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Block of six 5-centavo surcharge of 1942 on 6-centavo Filipina allegory stamps of 1935 overprinted in 1939 with small COMMONWEALTH in two lines.

EFO 1942 surcharge A

Top stamps have deleting bars covering the small COMMONWEALTH overprint, bottom stamps don't.

Block of six 5-centavo surcharge of 1942 on 6-centavo Filipina allegory stamps of 1935 overprinted in 1939 with small COMMONWEALTH in two lines.

1950: Junior Chamber International

The first issue for 1950 was a set of five stamps marking the 5th World Congress of the Junior Chamber International held at Manila from March 1 to 8, 1950. These Jaycees stamps were released on two dates: March 1 for the airmails, and March 3 for the three lower values.

Quantities printed:
2c purple (5,000,000)
6c green (4,000,000)
18c blue (3,000,000)
30c orange (5,000,000) airmail
50c red (4,000,000) airmail

1,600,000 of the 18c were surcharged in 1960.

Designer: L. Velasco
Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Company
Perforation measurement: 12
Unwatermarked paper

[Data taken from various sources.]

EFO 1988 surcharge

Narrow P3.00 upper stamp, wide P3.00 lower stamp

Extra long upper deleting bar of bottom stamp

More varieties of the 1988 surcharge (see May 15, 2017 post).

shades 2

Two distinct shades here: light brown and dark brown.

Two types of overprints, too!

postage due 3

In 1937, the 4-centavo due was surcharged 3 centavos in blue.

EFO 1968 surcharge (doubled)

This error stamp, a double surcharge, is unlisted in the IPPS EFO catalog.

One of the two surcharges is struck lightly.

The 1965 stamp was surcharged in 1968.

This was my EFO discovery last July 23.

surcharged Ninoy

This is a Ninoy Aquino P5 (surcharged on P3.60) cover, cancelled on Nov. 29, 2000. The surcharge was handstamped. (Addressee's name has been deleted electronically.)

Read all about this issue in...

http://www.philippinestamps.net/Library-Tak-Ninoy.htm#Library-Tak-Ninoy

Have fun!

one peso two peso

Shouldn't the surcharge read TWO PESOS?

surcharged Baby Head

Stamps of the 'Baby Head' keytype were surcharged in 1897.

An example is shown above.

5 centimos (?) on 5 centimos de peso?

Probably another change in currency during the Spanish colonial period.

Revisado

1883 10 cuartos on 1880 2 centavos de peso, green surcharge

1883 1 real on 1878 10 cuartos Derecho Judicial stamp, green surcharge.
Inverted surcharge!

1883 20 centimos on 1880 8 centimos de peso

1887 8 centimos on 1883 2 4/8 centimos de peso

The "Re" on these stamps spelled Revisado entirely on two attached stamps. These were handstamped on surcharged issues of the 1880's.

Revisado in my dictionary means "to revise" and the handstamp denoted a revision of the surcharge back to the original face value of the stamp.

1947 first definitives

With Manila Variety Store Co. cachet

With stamp dealer Rogelio de Jesus cachet

With stamp dealer Rogelio de Jesus cachet

The first definitives of the present republic were pictorials and issued as a set on different dates in 1947.

On March 23, the initial two values came out, followed on June 19 by three, and on August 1 by two more.

Denominations:
4 centavos black Rizal Monument
10c orange Bonifacio Monument
12c blue Jones Bridge
16c grey Santa Lucia (design error; it depicts Puerta Real)
20c brown Mayon Volcano
50c green Colonnade of Palm Trees
P1 violet Colonnade of Palm Trees

Printing method: Engraved
Printers: American Bank Note Co.
Perforation: 12
Unwatermarked

The stamps are common, despite thousands recalled of the 16c value.

Varieties to look for: Possible shades of color in all 7 values.
Shifted perforation of 10c and 20c.
I have a hibrite paper variety of the 4c, 20c, 50c and P1.

The 4c was overprinted O.B. in 1948 and surcharged in 1959.
The 10c was overprinted O.B. in 1948 and overprinted with a new value in 1954.
The 16c was overprinted O.B. in 1948.
The 20c was overprinted O.B. in 1949 and overprinted with a new value in 1954.
The 50c was overprinted O.B. in 1949 and overprinted with a new value in 1954.