Aguinaldo telegraph stamps

Telegraph stamps were also issued by Aguinaldo's revolutionary government.

telegraph stamps

Specimen stamp

These are some examples of telegraph stamps issued during the Spanish era of Philippine philately.

punched hole

Looks like a black eye!
King Amadeo 25 centimos de peseta stamp of 1872

1876 King Alfonso XII 20 centimos de peso

1879 King Alfonso XII 250 milesimas de peso

1876 King Alfonso XII 25 centimos de peso

1879 King Alfonso XII 200 milesimas de peso, telegraph cancel

1879 King Alfonso XII 200 milesimas de peso, remainder

1880 King Alfonso XII 2 1/2 centimos de peso

Punched but didn't go all the way through in making a hole
1882 King Alfonso XII 20 centimos de peso

1882 King Alfonso XII 20 centimos de peso

Surcharge type of 1883 on King Alfonso XII stamp of 1880
1 real on 2 centimos de peso

1883 2 reales surcharge on 1882 King Alfonso XII 2 4/8 centimos de peso

1880 King Alfonso XII 10 pesos telegraph stamp

There are two purposes for the punched holes on Spanish-Philippines stamps: first was to cancel remainders (for destruction by the post office), and second was to cancel for telegraph use on receipts (either postage stamps or telegraph stamps were used). The punched holes used telegraphically are usually a smaller hole.

early catalog

An early stamp catalog devoted solely to the Philippines is the one published in 1904 titled The Postage Stamps of the Philippines.

As noted on the title page it includes "a List of Telegraph and Revenue Stamps Issued Under Spanish Dominion."

This illustrated work by J. Murray Bartels, F. Apthorp Foster and Captain F. L. Palmer covers the issues of the Spanish era, revolutionary period and early American administration.

There are no prices given but it's still referenced by Philippine collectors today who are into philatelic research.