Philippine Postage Stamp Centenary

Centenary of the First Philippine Postage Stamp
Commemmorating the Centenary of the First Philippine Postage Stamp Issued under Spain in 1854


Philippine Postage Stamp Centenary
April 25, 1954
Engraved by De La Rue (England). Perf. 13.

No.----------- Value----------Quantity
#128----------- 5c-------------5,000,000
#129----------- 18c------------- 500,000*
#130----------- 30c------------- 500,000
#131----------- 10c(airmail)-- 1,000,000
#132----------- 20c(airmail)-- 1,000,000
#133----------- 50c(airmail)---- 500,000

*for surcharge, see #231


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First National Boy Scout Jamboree

April 23, 1954
5c Del Pilar definitive of 1052 (#105) and 50c definitive of 1947 (#10) ovpt. by Phil. Bureau of Printing. Perf. 12


Commemorating the First National Boy Scouts of the Philippines Jamboree held in Balara, Quezon City held from April 23-30, 1954.


No.-------------Denomination-----------Quantity
#126--------------5c ovpt---------------1,000,000
#127-------------18c on 50c-------------300,000

50th Anniversary of the Philippine Medical Association

December 16,1953
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12

Commemorating the Golden Jubilee of the Philippine Medical Association.

No.-----------Denomination---------Quantity
#124--------------5c----------------5,000,000
#125--------------6c------------------600,000

Quirino-Sukarno State Visits

October 5, 1953
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Commemorating the State visit to Indonesia made in 1952 by President Quirino of the Philippines in return to President Sukarno's state visit to the Philippines in 1951.

No.-------------Denomination--------------Quantity
#120-----------------5c------------------5,000,000
#121------------------6c------------------2,000,000

Philippines International Fair

April 30, 1953
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Commemorating the Philippines International Fair held in Manila from February 1, to April 30, 1953

No.-------------Denomination------------Quantity
#118----------------5c-----------------5,000,000
#119----------------6c-----------------1,000,000

National Language Week (Francisco Baltazar)

March 27, 1953
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Commemorating the National Language Week in the Philippines.


No.--------------Denomination--------Quantity
#117--------------------5c---------------5,000,000

3rd Lions District Covention (Wright Park)

December 15, 1952
Engraved by Amer. Bank N ote Co. Perf. 12.

Commemorating the third Lions district convention held in Baguio city.

No.--------------Denomination--------------Quantity
#115------------------5c------------------5,000,000
#116------------------6c------------------1,000,000

First Pan-Asia Philatelic Exhibiton (Panapex)

November 16, 1952

Commemorating the First Pan-Asian Philatelic Exhibition held in Manila from November 16-22, 1952.

No.-----------Denomination---------Quantity
#112-------------5c----------------5,000,000
#113-------------6c----------------1,000,000
#114------------30c(airmail)-------1,000,000



PHILIPPINES
A letter from Rizal
PANAPEX
MANILA 1952

Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council

October 23, 1952
Engraved by Security Bank Note Co. (USA). Perf 12 1/2

Commemorating the 4th Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council Meeting held at Quezon City from October 23, November 7, 1952.

No.--------------Denomination------------Quantity
#110----------------5c------------------5,000,000
#111----------------6c------------------1,000,000

Fruit Trees Memorial Fund Semi Postals

August 19, 1952
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12

A special issue honoring Mrs. Aurora A. Quezon, The First Lady of the late President Manuel L. Quezon. The surtax in these semi postal stamps is intended for the improvement and development of plant nurseries in the Philippines.


No.------------Value-----------------Quantity
#108-----------5c + 1c --------------800,000
#109-----------6c + 2c --------------500,000

Famous Filipinos Series

Denominations------------------------------Date of Issue------------Quantity Issue
1 centavo (Manuel L.Quezon)--------------November 30, 1953-------6 million
2 centavos (Jose ABad Santos)------------May 2, 1960------------15 million
3 centavos (Apolinario Mabini)-----------May 13, 1959------------5 million
5 centavos (Marcelino H. Del Pilar)-------March 17, 1952---------50 million
6 centavos (Dr. Jose Rizal)---------------December 30, 1959------90 million
10 centavos (Father Jose Burgos)--------April 1, 1955----------15 million
20 centavos (Lapu-Lapu)-----------------August 16, 1955--------10 million
25 centavos (General Antonio Luna)-----October 29, 1958-------25 million
50 centavos (Cayetano Arellano)---------March 2, 1959-----------7 million
60 centavos (Andres Bonifacio)-----------November 30, 1958-------5 million
2 pesos (Graciano Lopez Jaena)-----------May 1, 1952-------------5 million

Philippine Educational System, 50th Anniversary

Engraved by the Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Philippine Educational System


No.-------------Value------------Quantity
#104-------------5c-------------5,000,000

Declaration of Human Rights Day

Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf.12.

Commemorating the Third Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights


No.-----------Value------------Quantity
#101-----------5c-------------5,000,000
#102-----------6c---------------500,000
#103----------18c---------------500,000

United Nations Day

Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations


No.-------------Value------------Quantity
#98--------------5c------------10,000,000
#99--------------6c-------------2,000,000
#100------------18c-------------1,000,000

City Coat of Arms Issues

Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Coat-of-Arms of Several Cities in the Philippines


From Top Row:

Manila City Coat-of-Arms
February 3, 1951
No.------------Value------------Quantity
#83-------------5c-------------3,000,000
#84-------------6c-------------2,000,000
#85------------18c-------------1,000,000

Cebu City Coat-of-Arms
April 27, 1951
No.------------Value-----------Quantity
#89-------------5c-------------3,000,000
#90-------------6c---------------974,200
#91------------18c-------------1,000,000

Zamboanga City Coat-of-Arms
June 19, 1951
No.------------Value-----------Quantity
#92-------------5c-------------3,000,000
#93-------------6c---------------922,900
#94------------18c-------------1,000,000

Iloilo City Coat-of-Arms
August 26, 1951
No.------------Value-----------Quantity
#95-------------5c-------------3,000,000
#96-------------6c---------------943,500
#97------------18c-------------1,000,000

Peace Fund Campaign

March 31, 1951
Litho. by Carmelo Bauermann, Inc., Manila. Perf. 12 1/2 or imperf.

A special issue depicting harvest time in the rural areas. Proceeds from sale of these stamps will go to the funds in the campaign for peace and order throughout the Philippines.


No.----------Value---------------Quantity
#86-----------5c----------------9,000,000
#87-----------6c----------------2,000,000
#88----------18c----------------1,800,000
#86A----------5c imperf.--------200,000
#87A----------6c imperf.--------200,000
#88A---------18c imperf.--------200,000

Aid to War Victims (Veterans) Semi-Postals

November 30, 1950
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12

A special issue honoring war widows, orphans and veterans of the Philippines. The surtax is intended for their benefit.

No.-----------Value-----------Quantity
#81----------2c + 2c-----------360,000
#82----------4c + 4c-----------300,000

Baguio Conference of 1950

October 23, 1950
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Commemorating a seven nation conference held in Baguio City from May 26-30 1950. Participating nations were Australia, Ceylon, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand.


No.------------Value------------Quantity
#78-------------5c-------------4,000,000
#79-------------6c-------------3,000,000
#80------------18c-------------1,000,000

Inauguration of President Elpidio Quirino

July 4, 1950
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Commemorating the Fourth Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines


No.------------Value-----------Quantity
#73--------------2c-----------5,000,000
#74--------------4c-----------4,000,000
#75--------------6c-----------3,000,000

Lion's International Convention Souvenir Sheet

June 4, 1950
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12 1/4.



No.------------Value-----------------------Quantity
#72----------(80c) souv. sheet (air)------100,000

Lion's International Convention

June 2, 1950
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note co. Perf. 12.



No.-----------Value---------------Quantity
#68------------2c-----------------2,000,000
#69------------4c-----------------1,000,000
#70-----------30c (airmail)-----2,000,000
#71-----------50c (airmail)-----1,000,000

Asociacion Filatelica De Filipinas (AFF), Silver Jubilee (Pres. Franklin D.Roosevelt)

May 22, 1950
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12. With imperf. souv. sheet of 1.




No.-----------Value----------------------Quantity
#64------------4c-----------------------2,000,000
#65------------6c-----------------------2,000,000
#66-----------18c-----------------------1,000,000
#67-----------80c souv. sheet (air)-----100,000

Bureau of Forestry, 50th Anniversary

April 14, 1950
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

A commemorative issue depicting the Red Lauan Tree and Honoring the Bureau of Forestry of the 50th Anniversary on its Organization


No.------------Value-----------Quantity
#62-------------2c------------5,000,000
#63-------------4c------------4,000,000

5th World Congress of Jaycees (Junior Chamber of Commerce International) I - II

Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.



No.-------------Value--------------Quantity

#57-------------30c (airmail)------5,000,000
#58-------------50c (airmail)------4,000,000
Issued March 1, 1950

#59--------------2c-------------------5,000,000
#60--------------6c-------------------4,000,000
#61-------------18c-------------------1,400,000
Issued March 3, 1950

Gregorio del Pilar, 50th Death Anniversary

December 2, 1949
Engraved by Amer. bank Note Co. Perf. 12.



No.-------------Value-----------Quantity
#55--------------2c------------5,000,000
#56--------------4c------------4,000,000

Universal Postal Union (UPU), 75th Anniversary

October 9, 1949
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12. With imerf. souv sheet of 3



No.-----------Value-------------------Quantity
#51-------------4c--------------------5,000,000
#52-------------6c--------------------5,000,000
#53------------18c--------------------3,000,000
#54-----------(28c) souv. sheet-----(-15,000)

Records show that 915,000 souvenir sheets were cut up into a horizontal pair of 6c + 4c and an 18c single and sold for postage use starting August 31, 1960. FDC's show only a circular date stamp for the cut stamps plus a special cancel with "FOR PHILATELY ONLY" within a circle at the back of the cover. Out of the 915,000 18c imperforate single, 635,001 remained unsold and were burned in 1974. Another 100,000 souvenir sheets were overprinted in 1963, although records show that originally, there were only 1,000,000 souvenir sheets printed!

Jose Rizal Booklet Pane

August 19, 1949
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co., in booklet panes of 6 (2x3) and bound into booklets with 4 panes each which were sold for 50c. Perf. 12. Each pane is imperforate at right, left and bottom edges with a narrow tab on top.

The first booklet pane issued under the Republic


No.-----------Value----------------------Quantity
#50----------2c bklet. pane of 6---------800,000

Library Rebuilding Fund Semi postals

April 1, 1949
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

Issued for the Rehabilitation of National Library of the Philippines


No.-------------Value------------Quantity
#46------------4c + 2c-----------237,900
#47------------6c + 4c-----------145,226
#48-----------18c + 7c-----------129,430

Flower day (Sampaguita, National Flower)

December 8, 1948
Typo. by Phil. Bureau of Printing. Perf. 12 1/2.

A special issue honoring the National Flower of the Philippines. The Sampaguita is a legendary symbol of a maiden's faithfulness for a valiant youth who defended our land from invaders.


No.-----------Value----------Quantity
#43------------3c------------1,000,000

Philippine Boy Scouts, Silver Jubilee

October 31, 1948
Typo. by Phil. Bureau of Printing. Perf. 12 or imperf.



No.-----------Value--------------Quantity
#41------------2c----------------1,500,000
#42------------4c----------------1,000,000
#41A-----------2c (imperf)------500,000
#42A-----------4c (imperf)------500,000

Pres. Manuel Roxas Mourning

July 15, 1948
Engraved by Amer. Bank Note Co. Perf. 12.

PRESIDENT ROXAS MEMORIAL ISSUE
A special issue mourning the sudden death of Pres. Manuel A. Roxas at Clarkfield, Pampanga on April 15, 1948


No.-----------Value----------Quantity
#39------------2c-----------1,500,000
#40------------4c-----------1,000,000

4c Mint block of stamps

2c and 4c stamps on Postal Card and Cover