March-April 1975 - International Philippine Philatelic Society

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INTERNAT~'(L 

PHILIPPINE PHILATELIC NEWSLETTER 

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

PHILIPPINE PHILATELIC SOCIETY 

1069 Vito Cruz, Manila 

Vol. I No. 2 -1- 

P. O. Box 1936 Manila. Philippines 

March~April 1975 

BATAAN-CORREGIDOR 

PHILATELIC EXHIBIT 

April 9 - May 6, 1975 

As early as March 1975, plans were already 

being undertaken to celebrate the 

33rd Anniversary (If tIle Fall of Bat-aan 

and Corregidor. A special committee was 

created b~' President Ferdinand E. Marcos 

to handle the commemoralive activities of 

the two separate evenls, one in Dahan 

and one in Corregidor with Genentl Romeo 

Espino, Chief of Staff of the Armed 

Forces, as Chairman. 

Bataan, a 3-houl' ride from ManUs, was 

one of the last strongholds of the Filipinos 

and Americans during WW II. On Thursday 

of April 9, 1942 the beleagul'ed de~ 

fenders of Batuan, trapped at l\1t. Samat, 

surrendered to the Japanese Imperial Forces, 

Many died in this last st!'uggIe for 

freedom. President Marcos, then a Lieu~ 

tenant, moved by the gallant sbnd of his 

comrades in arms, made a pledge "Some, 

day, [ will comc back and put up a (TOSS 

on top of this ~noulltaiJl to honol' my 

fal1£'n comrades". Twenty-four yeal's later, 

this pledged was fulfilled, as then Lt, :l\Ial'~ 

cos became the 6th Pre.sident of the Phil-, 

ippines. 

Thus, atop Mt. Samat, a Memorial Cross 

now stands, a structure of reinforced steel 

and concrete, rises 555 meters above sea 

level. The crOss itself is 92 meters high, 

and illside the arms of the cross, is a. 

viewing gallery from which, on a clear 

day, the outline of Manila amI a rolIhlg 

sweep of tlle cuuntryside can be seen. '1'0 

get to the foot of the cross, there is a 14 

fljght zigzagg'ing foot path carved out of 

the mountain, although, for those whose 

legs and heart.s can't take it, there is an 

tl.l'temate route for vehicles. 

Below the memorial cross a colonade 

made of marble-capped structure with an 

inscribed story on the wall of the "Battle 

of Bataan", was built. It also features ll!l 

altar, esplanade, and museum of war mementoes. 

In this museum, on April 10, 1975, a 

twenty f,'ame philatelic exhibition was put 

up by the IPPS in cooperation with the 

Armed Forees, Fittingly titled "Eataan and 

Corregidor 'None But the Brave' Philatelic 

Exhibition", it consisted of stamps, first 

day covers, unusual covers, maximum 

cards. postal stationeries, etc. , . from the 

Japanese Qccupation to the present issues. 

The first frame of the exhibit portrays 8 

reproduction of the 25th Anniversary com~ 

memorative stamps on Batann and Corregidor, 

(Scott Nos. 9fi6~968, 971-972), a 

sketch of the memorial cross and a pictnre 

of President Marcos saluting the fallen 

DefendClB of Dataan and COlTegidor. What 

f01l0\\'5 are 3 frames on the start of the 

Great East Asia War which eventunlly led 

to the Fall of Bataan flnd COITC'gidor, ;.lS 

ghown in the following "1 frames; the 

n('xt four frameB were devoted on the "D 

Day" or Leyte Landing of the Am.erican 

Liberation Forces, headed by Gen. Doug-biS 

MacArthur; two frames on the Hecaptul'e 

(Conf1'III/('d on page 5)

Vol. 1 No.2 

OFFICERS 

RICAIWO S. INOCENCIO 

P'reftident 

RIZAL VILLAPANDO 

Executive Vice President 

LINDA i'lTANFIELD 

S ecret(l"Y~T,'casw"et' 

FE A. CARANDA. 'G 

Correspollcli11g SCC1'ctary 

FRANK R. STANFJELD 

Chai1'man of the BO(l1'd 

b'IJ!TOIII.4l, STAFF 

R(NtQr-ilt.Chie!: Linda Stanfield 

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Vol. 1 No.2 

THRIFT SLOGANS OF THE 

PHILIPPINES 

By Eugene A. Garrett 

"AGIN-INUCTA: LICLICAM DAKES 

A PANAGGASTO". 

To one who insists upon deciphering all 

the markings on his Philippine covers and 

postal ,statIOnery, this particular marking 

was a real head-scratcher. It appears on 

the United Postal Stationery Society Catalog 

No. BIb 4, red McKinley envelope, 

postmarked Bootoe, Mountain Prov:nce, 

October 8, 1928. applied neatly by rubber 

stamp in red ink. My good frienp and 

fellow UPSS'er, Robert L. Griffin, Vo-ho 

seems to have endless resources concerning 

Philippine postal history, advised that this 

slogan is in llocano dialect, and translates 

idiomatically, .fBe thrifty: avoid foolish 

spending." 

This is one of about HI different "Thrift 

Slogans" used in the Philippines from mid 

1927 until late 1928 to promot0 a "National 

Thrift Campaign". But, are they postal 

markings? Well, they were applied 

by postal clerks in post offices in Manila 

and in many provincial cities and towns 

and the purpose was to urge the people to 

deposit savlIlgs with the local postmastf'r 

in the Postal Savings Bank. 'I'he U.S. system, 

d'scontjnued in the States in 1966, 

was the model for the Philippine Pastal 

Saving~ Bank, which continues in operation 

to t} e present day, although a recent 

presidential decree provides that the Postal 

Savings Bank will be phased out in fhe next 

couple of years and absorbed into the 

Philippine National Bank. 

Whether or nnt these "Thrift Slogans" 

ere true postal markings (they really 

didn't do anything to help the covers on 

their swift course through mails) J they 

are a little-known, but fac;cinating siderile 

for Philippine collectors. les a real 

challenge to assemble n collection of all 

]9 ~logans, t>F-pecially on postal stationery. 

D12alers don't seem to pay the slightest 3t- 

- 3- March - April 1975 

tention to them, !50 it hasn't been an exercise 

in high finance to accumulate a modest 

(and incomplete) collection of them. 

The majority are in native dialects s.uch 

as Tagalog, Bicol, llocano, Negros Pampango 

and Visayan with only one being 

entirely in English: "DO NOT IMITATE 

THE RICH; UVE WITHIN YOUR IN 

COME," This one was used in Manila 6n 

envelopes such as the UPSS No. 56 postmarked 

on October 5, 1928. Two of the 

slogans are in both English and Tagalog: 

"WATCH FOR NATIONAL THRIFT 

CAMPAIGN - ABANGA ' Al'lG MASIG 

LANG PAGSISIKAP SA PAGTlTIPID." 

and "SPEND YOUR MONEY WISELY 

ISIPING MABUTI ANG PAGGUGU 

GOL NG SALAPI.!' These, at least are 

capable of instant translation, but eyen 

Bob Griffin has trouble (it took two months 

to find someone who could handle the difficult 

Pampango dialect) with One which 

has the quaint message, freely translated, 

"BEWARE OF ORGANIZERS OF BIG 

EXPENSIVE GROUP PARTIES." It 

sounds like it was possible to drop a bundle 

on a big bash even then, as now. 

The only known references to these slogans 

in the Philatelic literature appears in 

two article,s written by Pablo M. ESpcridion 

for the Philippine Journal of Phila· 

tely. The first. article appeared in the N,Jvember~Decembel' 

1950 issue and the second. 

and more comprehensive study, in the 

September-October, 1955 issue. He listt!d 

a total of 18 different "Thrift Slogan'3;" 

the only known unlisted is the slogan as 

mentioned in paragraph one of this article. 

It is appropriate that Esperidion is "he 

only known cataloguer of these interestiug 

markings. for it was he who inspired a 

revival of the "Thrift Slogans" during the 

Japanese Occupation of the Philippines. 

Don Pablo wrote an open letter to the 

"Public Pul~e:' the lctters-to-the-editor 

column of the Manila Tribune. which was 

printed in the June 23, 1943 edition. suggesting' 

that some new "thrift postnl 

(Continued on llext 

page)

Vol. 1 No.2 

slogans" be used by the Bureau of Communications. 

Sure enough, a serie! of 

three such slogans appeared on cOvers 

posted in the Manila Post Office starting 

on August 5, 1943, and continuing in use 

for about seven months. These 1943 markings 

were rubber-stamped in purple or 

black ink and, like the slogans of fifteen 

years earlier, were placed on the regular 

commercial, private, and official mail which 

passed through the Manila Post Office. Unlike 

the earlier slogans, however. these later 

markings are most frequently Seen on 

philatelic and "favor" covers, such as the 

UPSS No. 822 postal card. This one is a 

bit unusual in that it shows all three slogans 

on one "cover." 

One can guess what the Japanese Military 

Administration advisers had in mind 

when they put their seal of approval 

un these IlThrift Slogans." They probably 

kicked the idea around with the boys from 

the Propaganda Corps, and all 2greed that, 

after all thrift is a universal virtue; it's 

non-contl'ov~rsial, non~po1itical and certainly 

neither pro-American or anti-Japanege, 

ri~ht? Wrong! The motdve which Don 

Pholo and his fellow conspirators had In 

mind was not nearly as innocent as it ap~ 

peal'ed. At a time when all vestiges of 

the previous American adrninisration were 

systematically being eliminated by the .T \ 

panese, the "Thrift Slogans" were all writ~ 

ten in English. In fact, one of th~m 

(" Thrift takes you up the ladder. waste 

brings you down") is from the writings of 

none other than Benjamin Franklin. Were 

these Japanese aware of this sneaky bus; 

ness? Not on your watermark detector. 

they weren't ;otherwise, Esperidion and his 

friends would have been tossed into Ft. 

Santiago pri!:on and most probably never 

heard from again. 

In spite of the very real risk of severe 

punishment for such seditious (fl'om the 

Japanese vil?wpoint) activities, Pablo M. 

peridion was foremost in the "philatelic 

guerilla!';" of those difficult days. Under 

the very no~e of the Japanese '·adviser::;'· ill 

the Manila Post Office, these '·philc.lteiic 

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CORRECTIONS 

In Vol. 1 No. 1 dated Jan.-Feb. 1975, we 

have the following corrections: 

1) On page 4, Article on "Meter Postage 

Vol. 1 No.2 - 5 - March - April 1975 

BATAAN . . . (f"ont page 1) 

of Corregidor, Feb. 16, 1945, was used; and 

one frame on the Unconditional Surrender 

of Japan, using covers and maxil1}um 

cards; the Victory stamps issued for the 

re-opening of the Manila Post Office were 

also featured in one frame. Two frames 

were used on the Famous Filipino Aviation 

Heroes, namely Gozar and Basa (Scott :: 

C'78-C81) and Villamor (Scott " 1186 

1187); a frame was devoted on the Defender 

and the Liberator - Gen. Douglae 

MacArthur, ieaturing stamps issued in his 

honor (Scott =:'5]9-521); the last frame dramatically 

portrays the Independence stamps 

and First Day Covers issued on July 4, 

1946 (Scott "500-502), the day the Americans 

granted us our Independence. 

People from all walks of life viewed the 

exhibit: the veterans, their wives. relatives. 

sons and daughters, their grandchildren; 

members of the Philippine Military, government 

officials nnd their g'uests, Filipinos 

and Americans, - all congregated in one 

place to pray, and to recall - as "our mission 

is to Remember". 

The same exhibit \vas on display at Manila 

Grandstand in Rizal Park on April 9, 

the Bataan Day itself. And at 4-:00 A.M. 

the following day, April 10, it was shipped 

to Dutaan in time for the celebration that 

day. Earlier, plans called for April 9 as 

the big celebration day in Batann, as in 

previous years. An exception was made 

this year cJue to the arrival in the afternoon 

of April 9 of President Nicolac Ceausescu 

and the First Lady of Romania. 

They were the guests of honor at the rit.es 

held in Bataan. together with US Ambassador 

William H. Sullivan and his wife. on 

April 10. 

A ~pecial canceller was used on mails 

posted on April 9, L975 at Limay, Bataan 

(one of the battlegrounds) with the following 

slogan: 

33rd Anniversarry 

Fall of Bataan 

1942 - 1975 

One thousand cacheted covers were made 

b}~ Spenders Phil. Stamps in two colors, 

for this particular cancellation, using Eataan 

~tamps (Scott ~966) and Villamor 

stamps (Scott "1186). 

On April 26, the l!arne exhibit was 

transferred back to Manila and was put 

on display for three days at the Col. Andres 

Soriano Memorial Hall of the Defen· 

ders of Bataan and Corregidor Associa· 

tion's annual convention. Located at Fort 

Bonifacio, the affair was at.tended by almost 

all Filipinos and American Veterans, 

and their immediate relatives. 

Our special thanks to IPPS members 

Enrique San Jost: and Frank R. Stanfield 

for materials used in this exhibit (both 

are colleclors of WW II materials and 

Philippine POt!tal History), and to philatelist 

Ysmael lnductivo, a collector of Mac 

Arthur and related materisls on stamps. 

(Burne exhibit will be transferred to 

Corregidor on May 5, details will be co· 

vered in Our next issue. - Editor) 

DISTRIBUTION' 

Two Hundred copies of the first newsletter. 

Vo:. I No. 1 were printed and distributed 

around the world - to other societies, libraries, 

and in particular dealers in Philippine 

postal materials, to postal authorities 

catalog makers, pubI:cations, and to 

som~ of the' postmasters in the Philippines. 

Five Hundred copies of the second i::;3ue 

is being m!ldc and dh;tributed but not necessarily 

to the ::;ame mailing list used on 

the first issue. 

PHILIPPINE. BUYING LIST 

Carasan Co., P.O. Box 2003 Culver 

City, California 90230, USA. has come 

out with what we believe is the first 

buying list of the Republic of the 

Philippines Stamps. For further information, 

write to Carasan Co. direct.

Vol. 1 No.2 - 6 - March - April 1975 

IPHILIPPINE POSTAL HAPPENINGS ... ·1 

NEW ISSUES: 

De1Wmina-tion: 

SULTAN MOHAMMAD DIPATUAN KUDARAT 

Issued on January 13, 1975 

Qua,ntity: K iml: Colors: 

15. 16,000,000 Regular pink, red, green, yellow, 

blue 

PHILIPPINE MENTAL HEALTH As.sDCIATION 

Issued on January 20, 19:5 

458 925,000 (perforate) CommE.morative green and orange 

75,000 (imperforate) 

1'1.00 925.000 (perforate) Commemorative green and purple 


15. 

50. 

PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER FOR ASIA' 

Issued on FcbrUHl'y 14, 1975 

4,925,000 perforate) 


4,925,000 (perforate) 


special 

special 

red and blue 

green and blue 

15. 

45. 

1,000,000 

PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY 

Issued on February 17, 1975 

Commemorative goreen, 

hlack 

blue, red, yellow, 

Commemorative purple, blue, red, 

yellow, green, black 

PHILIPPINE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION 

Issued on Marth 17, 1H7S 

455 9,250,000 (perforate) Commemorative light green 


(Issued in Souvenir Sheet form with overall printing areaof !l4 x 92.5 mm 

the whole mural divided into ten samp!"= of 458 each.) 

NEW SURCHARGED STAMPS 

On Apl'il 15, 1975, 3 Anti TB stamps ",ere surcharged into 3 different values [or combination. 

purposes with other denomination to meet the needs of the mailing puhli(': 

15 + 5s Dr. Basilio Valdez stamps to 55 - 2.500,000 PC:". 

70 + 56 Doi'ia Julia V. de Ortigas stamps to 60s - 500,000 pes. 

r1.10 5s Dr. Basilio Valdez stamps to j'l.OO - 3;)0.000 pes. 

NEW POSTAL STATIONERY, 

On January 21, 197!l, new P1.20 AIR LETTER Sheetf:; was issued by the Bure:lu 01 

Post.!:; in colors of blue and red on light bluE' with 151.000 pie('es only,

Vol. 1 No.2 , 7 - March -April 1975 

OUR APPRECIATION TO 

TIrE PRESS 

1975 Spenders Philippine Stamp 

Exhibition Featured in Stamps Magazine 

The 1975 Spenders Philippine PhHate~lc 

Exhibition held for the whole month of 

February at the Manila Hilton Hotel. was 

featured in the March 8, 1975 issue of 

Stamps Weekly Magazine published ~y 

H. L. Lindquist of New York. 

The lead article for the said issue, the 

show was not only written up but it also 

featured a photogl"aph of the beginning 

frame of the MacAl'thUl' Legacy that waS 

exhibited, all in ar taking up almost one 

whole page of the Magazine. 

Our sinc~re~t thanks of COUl',se to tne 

publisher, Mr. Lindquist, for giving Us this 

publicity, which surely helped a lot in the 

promotion of Philippine Philately, and for 

all the other publicities he has extended 

us in the past. 

Our appreciaton also to Linn's Stcump 

News, for the advance publicity, to Western 

Stamps Collector c/o Mr. Clyde Carrikel', Jr. 

and all other foreign publications who has 

given us publicity for the said show. 

Special thanks of CQurse to Our local 

press the Times JowrnaJ c/o ollr good friend 

Julie Daza, The Bulletin Today, c/o another 

good fl'iend Letty Magsanoc and Mr. Do~ 

roy Vf.llencia; and to the Daily Exp?-csS; 

to DZl-JP for the daily announcements of 

the show. 

We hope these combined efforts from all 

of us, -the International Philippine Philatelic 

~ociety, the local and foreign pres

Vol. 1 No. 2 - 8 - March - April 1

Vol. 1'l0.2 - 9 - March - April 1975 

N],;'." 

MEMBERS 

017 Eliczer Jimenez 

Nagbalon, Marilao, Bulaenn 

Birthday: March 27 1942 

Phil. Philatet:c Interest: Republic 

Others: World wide, and UN coins - 

world crowns, and talers, silver 

dollars and Phils. 

Member: Phil. Numismatic and Anti- 

quariar.. So., 

018 Seb&stian M. Balda£sarne 

1312 Pacific A,'c., Alameda, Calif 94501 

B"rthday: Dec. 5, 1941 

Phil. Philatelic interest: Spanish & 

American administration, commonwealth, 

Japanese Ooc., Flight covel'S, 

Postal Stationeries. 

Others: Souvenirs of Jap. Dce. in the 

Phil~. row letters, etc. 

Member: APS 

019 Herbert M. Rubin 

P.O. Box 3397 Bu,rbank. Calif 91504 

Birthday: May 6, 1921 

Phil. Philatelic Interest: General 

others: USA, Costa Rica, Nicaragua 

Member: SPA, APS 

APO Philatelic So. 

D20 Robert Hetzel 

1404 E. Paegelow 

Scott AFB. Illinois 62225 

Birthday: Dec. 18, 1942 

Phil. Philatelic Interest: Japanese Oce. 

Others: Jap. Oce. of Brunei, Burma, 

HK, Malaya, No. Borneo. Sarawak, 

and Dutch Indiesj PUW mail from SEA 

Memwr; Royal Philatelic Society, 

London; APS, l\lalaya Study Group, 

Sarawak Specialist Society, 

lS,TP, UPSS, War Cover Club, Dai 

Nippon Society, and International Society 

of Indoneshl S,pecialist. 

PHILIPPINE POSTAL RATES 

The following is a list of the different 

stamp denominations being used presently 

and for what purpose: 

] 5s local ordinary postage 

20s - second class periodica·-s to fOt" 

eign countries j ordinary printed 

matter up to 20 grams to AO 

PU countries (Asian Oceanic Postal 

Union, composed of the following 

countries - Australia, 

China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea; 

Laos, New Zealand, Thailand. 

and the Philippines). 

30s _ Special Delivery; ordin2.ry 2 rates 

405 _ ordinary printed matter up to 20 

grams to forcig-n countr';es except 

AOPU countries. 

45s _ local ordinary Special Deliver)' 

(includes 15s postage) 

50s _ ordinary mail to AOPU countries; 

service fee for small packages; 

ordinary registry fec. 

60:; - local air mail; for retul'n receipt 

fee requested at mailing. 

655 - registered ordinary includes las 

postag-e) 

80s _ ordinary mail to fore'gn eountries 

except AOPU countries. 

90s Air Mail to AOPU countl'ies 

Pl.lO Registered AirMail local sin~le 

post cards. and postal cards. (for 

transmission ?y air to countries 

which the air mail fee is 0101"

; .' 

214 

21 ta 

214b 

227 

227a 

240 

240~ 

248 

257 

21\8 

268. 

282 

289A 

297 

~4'1 

TilE "AMERICAN BI-CENTENNIAL" HAS CREATEL) A LOT OF INTEREST TO A LOT OF COL 

J."CTORS WORLDOVER, ESPECIALLY TO AMEHrCANS, ON TIlE SUBJECT OF "AMERICANA 

ON FOREIGN STAMPS". THE PHILIPPINES, HAVINe: BEEN UNDER THE AMERICAN RULE, 

JlAS HAD A CONSIDERABLE ISSUES THAT HAS "AMERICAN" RELATED SUBJECTS. IN SA 

LUTR TO THIS CO:"llNG A)IERICAN BI-CENTENNIAL, AND TO THOSE WIIO ARE COLLECTiNe: 

ANn WHO WOULD LIKE TO COLLECT "AMERICANA ON PHILIPPINE STAMPS", THE IPPS 

HAS COMPILED A LIST OF ALL STAMPS AND POSTAL MATERIALS THAT ARE RELATED 

TO TIllS SUBJECT. THE LIST HAS BEEN DONE ON A PRR TOPIC BASIS, LISTING DOWN THE 

)IATERIALS ACCORDING TO SCOTT NUMBERS AND DATES OF ISSUES" WITH A BRIEF 

DESCRIPTION. WE HOPE THIS EFFORT ON OUR PART WILL BE OF GREAT HELP TO THE 

COI.LF.CTORS. IF ANY DISCREPANCIES ARE I\OTED, IT WILL BE APPRECIATED IF THEY 

AHE RROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IN ORDER THAT NECESSARY CORRECTIONS MAY BE 

AlADE. (Editor) 

AMERICANA ON PHILIPPINE STAMPS 

(First Serief!) 

(;]!.OIU?E WASIIINGTON: First President of the United States of America (1732 - t799) 

SCOTT :: --UATE OF ISSCE: DENOMINATION AND COLOR: DESCRIJ'1'ION: 

1890 ·qoO 

1899 1qao 

1890-1900 

Sept 20, 1003 

Sept. 20, 1003 

NO\i. 1, 1904 

Nov. 1, 1904 

1006-1910 

1000-191~ 

1011-1910 

101l-19'~ 

J014·1923 

1018·19?1i 

101'/·19?0 

1925·1.Q.'l1 

2c orange red 

2c carmine 

2c orange red 

:lc carmine 

2c carminp. 

2c Ca)'mine 

2c carrnil1e 

20e ~range brown 

ZOe )1ellow 

20e yellow 

20e orange 

ZOc orange 

ZOe orange 

20e orange yellow 

20c yellow 

R.egulwr U.S. stamp~ overprinted HPHILIP-/ .... 

--- 0 

PINER" in black; Washington's Portrait. 

Perf 12, wmkd. 


Booklet Pane of Six 


Dooklo:; Pane of Six 


Booklot; Pane of Six 

Regu.u,'r' Philippine stmnpsj Washington's 

portrait. 






Perf 11. wmkd. 

Perf 1]. unwmkd. 

imperi, unwmkd. 

I 

~ 

.... 

zo 

"" 

, 

E::: 

~ 

~ :::: 

.... 

CJ:) 

.., 

en

396 

424 

446 

Feb. j 5, 1905 

1936-1937 

1938-1910 

51' green and black 

5p green and black 

CIO May 13, 1926 ZOe orange yellow 

C25 Kov. 9, 1928 2Dc orange yellow 

C43 Apd! 11, 1933 20c yellow 

5p green and black 

012 1931 20c orange yenow 

0120. 1931 20c orange yellow 

U8 

U9 

UJO 

UJl 

Ut2 

U23 

U2,j 

U2J; 

'1'3 

August 18, ISn!) 

August 18, J899 

March 1900 

June 18, 1£101 

June 18. 1901 

October 30, 1903 

May 6, 1903 

1903 

1903 

1905 

2(' carmine on white 

2c red on white 

2c cnl'minc on amber 

2c carmine on oriental buff 

2c carm'ne on blue 

2c c8nuine on white 

2c carmine on umbel' 

2c carmine on or:ental buff 

2c cannine on blue 

2c carmine on Manila Paper 

Regu"lai' PhIlippine stamps; Washington on i] 

HOl'sG 

Perf 11, unwll1kd. 

Overpr'nted "COMMONWEALTH" large type 

< 

~ 

.... 

in black~ Perf .Ll. unwmkd. I ~ 

Overprinted "COMMON\VEALTH" ~mall type . 

in black; Perf II, unwlllkd. ~ 

Ai1' Mail Philippine Stamps: Washington's 

---port/'ait 

Perf 11, unwmkd. 

Perf 11, unwmkd. 

Overprinted "F. REIN/MADRID-MANlLA/ 

FIRST FLIGHT 1933" in black. 

Perf J 1. unwmkd 

OFFICIAL Philippine stamps; Washington's 

portrait overprinted with "O.B."in black. 

Perf 11, utlwmkd. 

I..... 

No period after "R" of the overprint; perf ~ 

11, unwmkd. 

Regular U.S. Postal Stationeries overprinted 

"PHILIPPlt\ES" in the eame cQlor of the 

sta.mp, O.Cl'pl \\ h

Vol. 1 No.2 -12- March - April 1975 

1974 - THE LAST OF THE ANTI TB SEMI POSTAL STAMPS 

From 1958 to 1974, the Bureau of P03tS have been issuing Anti TB Semi Postal 

Stamps pursuant to Republic Act No. 1635, making it obligatory to use Anti TB stamps 

from August 19 to September 30 of every year, 

On August 14, J.g74, a Presidential Decree was issued by Prooident Ferdinand. E. 

Marcos repeating Act No. 1635; however, by the time this was issued, the 1974 Anti TB 

stamps were already printed and ready for sale on August 19. But, the uSe of the 1974 

Anti TB stamps were not compulsory. Reproduced here is the Presidential Decree No. 540. 

dated August 14, 1974: 

"Presidential Decree No. 540 

"REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1635 ENTITLED "AN ACTTO REQUIRE 

THE PRINTING AND ISSUE OF SEMI POSTAL STAMPS IN ORDER TO 

RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PHILIP PINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY". 

"WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 1635. which authorized the use of semi-postal 

!Stamps for the support of the Philippi ne Tuberculosis Society has spawned problems 

of mail jam immediately before August 19 and after September 30 ea

Vol. 1 No.2 -13- March -April 1975 

In view of this decree, the Postmaster General, Gen. Felizardo R. Tanabe, issued 

Circular No. 22, dated April 8, 1975. advising all Postmasters who are in possession of 

Anti TB stamps in the fonowing denomination: 5 + 55, 10 + 58,15 -1- 53,20 -1~ 55;40 

-1- Ss, 60 + 5s and 70 + 58, may sell them to the mailing public with the whole value 

usable for postage; while the other off rated denominations such as P1.I0 + 5s, 1 + 55,3 

-r 58, etc.... may be used in post offices with postage rnetered machine for combination 

ourposes. The full value of the sales of these Anti TB stamps are to be entered in the 

record of collection under the column Postage Stamp Sales. 

000 

CHECKLIST OF PHILIPPI! E SOUVENIR SHEETS 

By: Prof. Enrique San Jose 

YEAR 

DATE 

DESCRIPTION 

FIRST DAY CA.'I 

CANCELLATION 

1943 

1944 

October 14 

February 9 

Independence (Kalayaan) 

National Heroes 

Manila and Pl'ovinci.d 

capita:ls 

Manila 

1947 

November 28 

Manuel L. Quezon (4 x Ic) 

Manila (Cultural and 

Educational) 

Manila (Napex Exhibition 

Hall) 

1945 

October 9 

U P U 75th Anniversary 

Manila, Baguio City, . 

Cebu City, Iloilo City, 

Bacolod City, Zamboanga 

City, and 

Davao City 

, 

1950 MRY 22 AFF 25th Anniversary 

) 

1950 June 4 1st District Lions Convention 

1959 July 2" lOth World Boy Scouts Jamboree 

1963 December 10 Declaration of Human Rights 

October 4 Christianization 

1966 ,July 22 Philippine National Bank (PNB) 

197fi March 17 Philippine Orthopedic 

A;;;sociation 

Manila and 

AFF Exhibition Hall 

Manila 

Manila and 

Jamboree Camp 

Manila 

Manila and 

PNB Philatelic Station 

Manila

Vol. 1 No.2 

. 14· March - April 1975 

IFROM YOUR EDITOR .... ·1 

AIR i\fAIL EXHIBIT - the IPPS is now preparing for an airmail and fl~ght covers 

exhibit this year with the emphasis to be gi yen on the Pan Am's First China Clipper 

Flight to the Pacific in 1935. The exhibit will feature different flights that followed in 

result. of the pioneering effol'ts of the Pan Am Airways. The exhibit is slated sometime 

in NO"'-'~mber to coincide with the i~suance 01 the Pan Am stamps by the Phil. Bureau of 

Posts, in celebt'ation of the 40th Anniversary of tho First China Clipper Flight to Manra. 

First Day Covers will most likely be prepared by IPPS fot' this occasion. Advance materials 

And information have already been recei ved by us from Pan Am New York and coordination 

is being made with the local Pan Am officl'" ~rori the Bureau of Posts. Members who 

desire to exhibit may contact our Chairman, Frank R. Stanfield, only items which in someways 

are related to the Philippines will be accepted. 

FILIPINIANA PHILATELIC EXHIBITION - Every year, the Rustan Department 

Storl'! 

at Makati Commercial Center, the co untry's leading department store, features n 

Filipimana celebration during the month of May, wherein Philippine products of all kinds 

are on display; they also feature demonstrations, such as embroidery doll making, woodcarving, 

etc.... This year we are lucky to participate with Jl Philippine Philatelic exhibit. 

Twenty frame-s are being prepared by us to feature different tourist spots, all our 

topical i~ues, such as butterflies, birds, fishes, fQ!!: dance.s, fruits, costumes, etc... .'. 

RUSt2r.. Makati, catering to the upper class trade and the visiting tourists, will sureiy 

help promote our country when they gave us this opportunity to hold a stamp exhibition. 

1976 ANNUAL SPENDERS STAMP EXHIBITION - Plans are already being laid down 

for the 1976 Annual Spenders Stamp Exhibition, whil"h the IPPS is also co-sponsoring. Already 

on it's third year, this annual exhibit is no rlollbt. the country's most prestigious Philatelic 

exhibition considering the wide publicity it gets from the local press as well as for~ 

ehtn d.amp publications. The 1976 exhibit will ag'ain cover the different periods of our postal 

hil'Otroy. 'Vith Tourism Through Philately ~s it's theme. the Beauty and culture of the 

Philippines will be emphasized. As February also I'PI!'brates Heart Month, and as it is the 

anniversary of the establishment of the Philippine Heart Center for Asia, a comb:ned hospital 

a~(1 re~enrch center (a project of Our First Lady, Mrs. IIT'..elda R. Marcos), a special 

feature of the show will be "Medicine on Philippine Stamps". IPPS members who wish 

to participate on this show, please contact us for further information, stating which 

parV-""lar Philippine Postal Materials you wi 8h to p"hibit. Remember - everybody who 

participates and who in one way Or another has helped in the su(;cess of the exhibit, will 

rE'ceiva. a Certificate of Participation. 

AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL -In Mlute to tpa American BiCentennial (1976), the IP 

-PS~ow preparing for an exhibit On thi::: subjC!Ct, with the main feature being Amcricr. 

11a 0:». Philippine Stamps". Slated to open on July 4. 1976. this exhibIt will be one of t'he 

bigge..

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Vol. I No.2 

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DONATIONS FOR THE IPPS 

LIBRARY 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

As of April 16. uno 

• 

(l) )"smacl bull!ctit'O - l\ copy of Standard 

Handbook of Stamp Collecti,ag, 

by Richard McPCabeen. 

(2) Spe'tlders ])hil. Stamps - 1 ('opy each 

of Vols. III & IV. V & vr, IX & X of 

Philippine Journai of Philately. 

(Editor's Note: IPPS is acceptin~ 

book donations for a Philatelic Library 

th:::at we are planning to establish 

to SCi YC the collectors needs in the 

Philipl)in(>s. Anything yOu can send 

will be appreciated and ackno'\vledg-eJ 

through our pubEcation. Please specify 

for !PPS L:brary when donating. 

Thanks.) 

CLASSIFIED ADS 

Want to exchange 10 x 100 small India 

with same of Philippines. Dutt, Geologic:.l.1 

Survey of India, Agnrtnla 799001 India 

Want to cxchr.nge Philippine used f'Jr 

foreign used. Victoria Tan Uy, P.O~ Box 

tBI C€bu Cily G.J01, Philippines. Pen 

friends also wanted from England and 

Spain. 

Want to exchang-c used Austl'al!a for used 

PhilippiJl(:~. John Miller, Alvin "V.S.D., Colac 

3249. Victoria, Australia. 

For Sale: New !\fint USA including 1974 

at face value. COrl'csponden"c also invited. 

Lt. Kenneth tunC's, Rt. 2 Box 458-50, Hullett, 

No. Cartalla i8539. 

Want to exchange lIsed Philippines for 

lI~cd forcig-n. Paul Lazo, ]6 Examiner St. 

OBP Hom~s, QU('ZOl1 Cil»' 3008, Philippines. 

~P.t\ l\JI~H·.\MERICA K "'31" ~Iatcr:al 

wanted hy COllcctOl·. ~ hip for' offf'r or with 

pl"ice: immcdiatl' reply, L':."onard Diamond, 

AU:OI'IH·Y. ·107 L!I}CO)ll nd., i\liami Beach, 

Fr... :;:31 ::9. 

INCO~IE 

PLUS: 

FRO)! MEMBERSHIP FEES: 

5 local Membership at l'35.00 each 

la foreign Membership at US$7.50 

ench (including one who paid 

$15.00 for a 2 yeUl's membership) 

totalling to US$105.00, 

cquivnlent to 

TOT A L 

Bank Interest 

TOTAL A)IOUNT 

,'CCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: 

P175.tO 

P723.Jl 

P898.! 1 

4A8 

__ P902.!)!' 

2 IOCHl membership at P3i';.OO C'ach r 70.00 

1 fOI'eign membership awa:ting 

bank dearance 

US$j'.~O 

Note: ?902.59 is held intact with Filipinils 

Bunk & Trust Co. under saving'S account 

No. 6870 in the name of IPPS. 

\VANTED TO SELL 

One hundred (laO) All Different Philippine 

Ail' Letters, postal cards, embossed 

envelopes, Rpecial event covers, First D~,y 

deale)" Ot' collector, for only ••••~I 

US:$25.00 plus postnge ~{'" handling. Limit· 

ed stocks only!!! 

FIRST COME I'IRST SERVE! 

SPENDERS PHIL. STA~IPS 

P. O. BOX 1936 

MANILA, PHIL.

Thousands of Collectors the World over 

have decided to Collect the Stamps of 

Beautiful Philippines 

PHILIPPINE PHILATELIC NEWSLETTER 

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINE PHILATELIC SOCIETY 

P.O. BOX 1936. MANILA, PHIL. 

TO: 

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March-April 1975 - International Philippine Philatelic Society

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