PSC

Yes, I was a member of Philippine Stamp Collectors, a stamp club "for stamp collectors who cannot attend club meetings but want to enjoy all the benefits of a stamp club."

By the first year of its existence (January 1981-January 1982), there were 108 members listed in the club's roster, 52 from Metro Manila, 53 from the provinces and 3 from abroad.

It was originally called Philippine Stamp Club, and the name change was "due to registration requirements."

Members were given a personal membership card, the PSC Newsletter and a free subscription to Hobby Time. We could also avail of any of the following benefits at the outset: "RP new issue and FDC services" with a 10% fee over the cost, "Bargain Counter" of stamps by mail, "Exchange Center" for duplicates, and a "Question & Answer Service" for queries about philately. Approvals were added later.

Founder/Adviser was Linda Stanfield, President was Amando H. Labayen Jr., and Secretary was Fe A. Carandang. Among the members were Rogelio de Jesus ("the dean of Filipino stamp dealers") and Severino N. Luna (founder of the Philippine Philatelic Auction Club).

Not long after its first year the PSC folded.

V-PEX seals

By privately overprinting the green Rizal stamp of 1941, the Philippine Philatelic Club created a new philatelic souvenir in 1945 for V-PEX, the Victory Philatelic Exhibition.

The 1941 stamps had been demonetized during the Japanese occupation.

PHLPost philatelic clubs

Is the list of philatelic clubs on the PHLPost website current, or does it need updating?

NAME OF CLUB                                           PRESIDENT                            ADDRESS

Phil. Philatelic Federation (PPF)                        Pio Rodriguez                            Manila

APO Philatelic Society                                     Paulina Calinawan                       Manila

International Phil. Philatelic Society (IPPS)        Pio Rodriguez                             Manila

Young Philatelists Society (YPS)                       Marco Ruben T. Malto               Manila

Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club (FSCC)          Josefina T. Cura                          Manila

Chinese Philatelic Club of the Phils. (CPCP)      Roberto Ong                              Manila

Quezon City Philatelic Society (QCPS)             Crecensio Viernes                       QC

Naga Philatelic Society                                      Virginia B. Belleca                      Naga City

Bayanihan Collectors' Club, Inc. (BCCI)            Ramon Villegas, Jr.                    Manila

Cebu Philatelic Society (CPS)                            Roberto Lim                              Cebu City

Pampanga Stamp Collectors' Society                 Jorge H. Cuyugan                       Pampanga

Baguio Philatelic Society                                    Anna Balajadia                           Baguio City

Far East Philatelic Society                                  Renato Luansing Jr.                    Batangas

PMA Philatelic Society (PMATS)                      Cdt. Noli Baguitan                      Baguio City

Phil. Thematic Philatelists Society (PTPS)           Edison Cornejo                          Manila

victory stamps souvenir

This is "a souvenir with a brief history of Philippine postage stamps dedicated to the United States and her allied forces of liberation in freeing the Philippines and the rest of the world from the common enemy" from the acting postmaster of Tolosa, Leyte.

Made not long after the Second World War.

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Stamp Clubs News

The Philippine Philatelic Auction Club...celebrated its 4th anniversary with a luncheon and grand auction at the Kowloon House...on Dec. 6, 1981. The affair drew over 150 members and guests and occasioned the official launching of PPAC's Catalogue of Philippine Postage Stamps, 1982 Edition.
     Right after luncheon, election of the club's 1982 Board of Directors were held by a show of hands. Elected were Josefina T. Cura, Larry Dolan, Jose Luis Faustman, Fernando Gaite Jr., Carlos Inductivo, Amando Labayen Jr., Philip Liao, Naty G. Lozano, Rogelio Quistol, Nemesio Rivera, Jorge delos Santos, Antonio So and Quintin Tan. Some directors of 1981 did not accept nominations but took charge of the elections.
     The PPAC's annual award of Appreciation for the individual who contributed most to the advancement of philately was given to Mandy Labayen, writer of the weekly column "Sunday Philatelist" which appears in the Philippine Sunday Express.

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The International Philippine Philatelic Society...concluded its first mail auction with success in terms of prices realized and participation of Philippine specialists both here and abroad. This was announced by Ms. Linda Stanfield, IPPS Secretary and RP Representative.
     Among the mail auction highlights: Sc. No. 223 of 1900 for P2,600, 30% over catalog value; a used 20c Manila-Madrid for P95, just a little over full catalog; 1943 Kalayaan FDC postmarked Bacolod for P300, and Surigao for P320; an imperf pair of 30s Kennedy for P1,500, and a se-tenant PLDT pair with values omitted for P800.
     Ms. Stanfield also announced that all 4 IPPS members who joined the ROCPEX '81of Taipei, forming the total entries on Philippine philately, won awards. They are Mario Que of the Philippines and IPPS US members C.L. Harb, William J. Oliver and Robert W. Thompson.

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Mr. Ysmael "Boy" Inductivo, President of the Philatelic Philippines Exchange Guild...announced that the club's newsletter will now come out three times a year instead of quarterly starting with 1982. This move was decided upon in order not to increase annual membership dues despite increased printing costs. In fact, payment in used stamps has been reduced from 200 to 150 so as to encourage more members from areas where US-dollars and IRCs are not easily available.
     The latest issue of PALS lists scores of friend-seekers, mainly stamp collectors, from some two dozen countries around the globe. Members who pay their annual membership fees on or before April 1982 will still be entitled to four issues of PALS.
[Source: Hobby Time, December 1981-January 1982]

NSCM 2001

For the 2001 National Stamp Collecting Month issue, the artists of "Great Achievers in Philippine Art" are Antonio Austria, Angelito Antonio, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Mauro "Malang" Santos and Danilo Dalena.

The cachets on these official first day covers feature artworks by Antonio Austria and by Mauro "Malang" Santos different from those shown on the stamps.

National Stamp Collecting Month

It is Proclamation No. 494, signed by then President Fidel V. Ramos, that makes November a special month for us stamp collectors.

"Declaring the month of November every year as National Stamp Collecting Month," this proclamation enumerates three whereases, as follows:

"...it is desirable that public attention be focused on the value and significance of philately;

"...philately, which is the collection and study of stamps, will provide our people, especially the youth, with deeper knowledge of our history, culture, and traditions, as well as of the rest of the world;

"...a month-long celebration for the promotion and development of our people’s consciousness of the value and significance of philately in our country will help provide an effective means of projecting the Philippines abroad and, consequently, boost our tourism and economy."

The proclamation was signed on October 27, 1994.

You'll find it online on the government's Official Gazette at
http://www.gov.ph/1994/10/27/proclamation-no-494-s-1994/

Let's have some philatelic fun this month!