Tagkawayan

New Issue alert:

Tagkawayan Quezon : 75th Anniversary

February 10, 2016  The Tagkawayan Quezon : 75th Anniversary Stamps and Official First Day Covers will be available starting February 10, 2016 at the Post Shop, Philately and Museum Division, Manila Central Post Office, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and at all Regional Offices of the Philippine Postal Corporation. [press release added later]

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases Tagkawayan, Quezon 75th Anniversary commemorative stamps

March 22, 2016   Posted By: Corp.Comm

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) releases stamps to highlight the 75th Anniversary of Tagkawayan in the province of Quezon.

The commemorative stamps feature the town’s official seal and the panoramic view of the famous Pook Mataas na Bato beach front in the background.

The name Tagkawayan is said to have derived from the phrase “Taga-Kawayan” which during the early Spanish period was the name given to the people living in the area. These natives would tie a piece of cloth in a bamboo pole, climb the “Mataas na Bato” and make signals to invite other groups to join in the merrymaking which they locally called “Lungkasan”.

The place where they usually make signal for an invitation is called “Kawayan” and the people living there were called “Taga-Kawayan” which ultimately became “Tagkawayan”.

Established in 1941, the Municipality of Tagkawayan is an agricultural and fishing community in Quezon Province. It is the last town in the province south to the Bicol Region. 

PHLPost commissioned security printer Amstar Co. to print 101,000 copies of the stamps, to be sold at P15 each. The stamps were designed by PhlPost layout artist Victorino Z. Serevo. 

The stamps and official first day cover are now available at the Post Shop, Central Post Office, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and area post offices nationwide. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

first overprints

3 1/8 centimos de peso fuerte, horizontal overprint

3 1/8 centimos de peso fuerte, vertical overprint reading downward

6 2/8 centimos de peso fuerte

6 2/8 centimos de peso fuerte, no periods under O of PO and E of FE variety

6 2/8 centimos de peso fuerte, no period under E of FE variety

25 centimos de peso fuerte

The first overprinted stamps of the Philippines were the HABILITADO POR LA NACION issue of 1868. (There is a period after NACION.)

Base stamps were the 1864 Queen Isabella II issue.

My dictionary translates the overprint to "Authorized for the Nation (or Country)". It refers to the change in the form government of Spain -- from monarchy to revolutionary.

Interestingly, this overprint was also used in later years on older and older issues!

Not shown above is the 12 4/8 centimos de peso fuerte value.

Japanese Occupation stamp

Some interesting comments here --

http://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=5245

-- about stamps of the Japanese occupation era.

Investment tip

For the Philippines --

http://stampselector.blogspot.com/search/label/Philippines

Agree, or disagree?

Valentine's Day 2016

New issue announcement for Valentine's Day in today's edition of The Philippine Star.

[press release added later]

PRESS RELEASE: PHLPost releases rose-scented stamps for Valentines

February 10, 2016

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) released special rose-scented stamps to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

The stamps which are specially printed in rose-scented paper will warm the hearts of someone who will receive the stamps to be circulated nationwide in limited quantity.

Some say that flowers have meanings, and the beautiful rose symbolizes love. It signifies something to the person to whom the flowers is given.

About 101,000 pieces of the Valentine’s Day stamps with an image of a single-stem of rose in full bloom and the three words Faith Hope and Love imprinted at the background. The stamps are being sold at P25 each.

The colorful and heartwarming stamps were designed by artist Rodine Teodoro.

PHLPost is expecting that a lot of people will get the stamps either for mailing purposes or for collections. There are stamp collectors who's collection are specializing on Valentine’s Day stamps. 

These Valentine’s Day stamp is unique because of special embellishment added to make it more attractive. PHLPost has used a special kind of ink that smells the fragrant of a rose that will last longer and make it appear like stationery.

PHLPost has also showcased series of scented stamps featuring the late president Cory Aquino’s floral paintings which are among the top selling stamps issued by the postal service.

The stamps and official first day cover are now available at the Post Shop, Central Post Office, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and area post offices nationwide. For inquiries, please call 527-01-08 or 527-01-32.

BCC February 2016 auction

I counted over 50 philatelic lots in the February 7 auction sale of the Bayanihan Collectors Club to be held at the Ortigas Foundation Library.

As usual, coins and banknotes make up most of the 668 lots, although there also are significant numbers listed for books, medals, photographs, postcards, periodicals, maps, prints, paper ephemera, antiques and other collectibles.

As usual, too, or so it seems to me, the schedule falls on the same date as that of the APO Stamp Auction.

Pheepoy

Meet Pheepoy, mascot of the Philippine Postal Corporation.

"He," according to a Philpost bulletin published for this issue, "personifies an honest and dedicated postman, whose primary goal is to deliver the mails rain or shine anywhere in the country and around the world, to the satisfaction of the mailing public. His outgoing spirit, high energy and passion also represent the ideal qualities of every Philpost employee."

Have you seen Pheepoy lately?