Philippines: Stamps

I just happened to be looking for an opportunity to procrastinate for a moment, and this task was of the right scale!

The Scott US Specialized for 2014 shows the unused value as still $1.00, with the used value at an italicized $10.00.

However, I believe it is the newspaper stamp, YP1, as opposed to the registration stamp, YF1 (whose value is $3.00 unused, italicized $10.00 used).

In the cartoon illustration, the registration stamp is on the left and the newspaper stamp is on the right.

-- Dave

Hi, Rod -- I happened to be on my phone at that time, and saw your post from the "Recent Posts", rather than the original thread, and it is hard to edit on the phone.  I usually do try to trim things down, but it was very hard to follow on the phone.  It does create additional scrolling for people, and for which I apologize.

Also, it's my understanding that, unless the image is hosted on here, which I don't believe you're doing (and which I don't do), then admin pays for the "hit" to the page, but the images and their sizes should have no impact.  The bandwidth used for the image is a matter for the image host, and possibly for the reader of this thread (if they have metered service) but not for ProBoards  --  unless I'm really mis-understanding how the internet works.  That's the beauty of HTML -- it looks like the image is here, as if it were embedded in the post, but in fact exists on another site.

(Must now return back to my original task ...)

-- Dave

I see, thanks for explaining that Dave.

First example I have seen cancelled, bogus or not,....nice one!

Pmk looks genuine (not that I would know)

The 3-stamp set issued May 22, 1950 both honored Franklin D. Roosevelt and also commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Philatelic Association of the Philippines. The perf. 12 stamps of the set are: 4c dark brown (Scott 542), 6c carmine rose (Scott 543) and 18c blue (Scott 544). The Philippines also issued an 80c deep green air post stamp (Scott C70) of the same design on May 22nd (sadly not in my collection).

Dull Grey Green,  and Olive  ?  

Manuel L. Quezon

Quezon, a statesman and leader of the Filipino independence movement, was elected as the first President of the newly-formed Philippine Commonwealth on September 17, 1935. Quezon was re-elected President in 1941 and traveled to the U.S. to form a government-in-exile after Japan invaded and occupied the Philippines in 1942. Quezon died of tuberculosis on August 1, 1944 while still living in the U.S.



The Philippines issued its first Quezon stamp on May 1, 1947 (Scott 511); I acquired this 1 centavo bright green, imperf. souvenir sheet of 4, issued on November 28, 1947 (Scott 515), from the Stamps for the Wounded table at a local show held several months ago.

I am going through several of my late dad's albums and books to decide what I will do with these Philippine stamps and note not too much activity in that part of the World on our Forum  BTW, tomiseksj - Steve - I have this nice S/S posted by yourself

René

René (renden),

You are correct regarding the absence of activity on many of the countries on the Forum's regional boards. In fact, there are approximately 100 or so countries that haven't yet had boards created for them yet -- the list of those may be viewed here.

I'm hopeful that Bart (bafletcher) will add some of his favorite material to this category and I welcome additions by others.

To get the ball rolling, let me share something from my China Clipper collection -- a first flight cover from Manila to San Francisco (the cachet is by F. R. Rice).

I thought that with this lump the revised o/p value had been forgotten  -  no such luck.    The original 1978 values of 1.35 piso and 30 sentimo from the 'Decade of the Philipino Child', were revised in 1981, and the lower value was o/p to read 10 sentimo.        It is visible but difficult to read and I needed a lens to see the new value.         Why the new figure wasn't placed next to the obliteration seems a mystery.            The title of the image is 'Traveling Family' and the original SG Nos. were 1432/33 - with the revised 1981 entry for this lower value of PH 1625.              I'm way out of my comfort zone with this area, so correct my errors if necessary  -  I hadn't realized the difference in spelling with Philippines and Philipino - had assumed it was two pees for both.               You can see a speck flaw on one of the right hand stamps.                                        

Some early US stamp of the Philippines:

Scott #262a, 1911 - perf 12, single line PIPS watermark:


Scott #265, 1911 - perf 12, single line PIPS watermark: