Philippine Stamps and Topical Stamp Collecting, 2nd Edition

1932, May 3: Carabao - 1 stamp from a set of 7 stamps showing various places in the Philippines

 

Denomination and Image: 20c and carabao as beast of burden

 

 

1952, October 23: Milkfish - Set of 2 stamps issued to publicize the fourth Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council meeting

 

Denomination and Image: 5c and 6c, and bangus or milkfish and map

 

 

1967, August 19: Philippine Birds - Set of 4 anti-TB semi-postal stamps

 

Denomination and Image

   1s + 5s - stork-billed kingfisher

   5s + 5s - Rufous hornbill

 10s + 5s - monkey-eating eagle

 30s + 5s - great-billed parrot

 

 

1969, January 8: Philippine Animals - Set of 4 stamps

 

Denomination and Image

  2s - tarsier

10s - tamaraw

20s - carabao

75s - mouse deer

 

 

1969, September 15: Philippine Butterflies - Set of 4 stamps

 

Denomination and Image

10s - common birdwing

20s - tailed jay

30s - red Helen

40s - birdwing

 

 

1970, October 19: Seashells - Set of 4 stamps

 

Denomination and Image

  5s - scaled tridacna

10s - royal spiny oyster

20s - Venus comb

40s - glory of the sea

 

 

1972, August 14: Tropical Fishes - Set of 4 stamps

 

Denomination and Image

  5s - parrot fish

10s - sunburst butterfly fish

20s - Moorish idol

50s - angelfish

 

 

1979, April 16: Philippine Birds - Set of 6 stamps

 

Denomination and Image

   30s - Merrill's fruit dove

P1.20 - brown tit babbler

P2.20 - Mindoro imperial pigeon

P2.30 - Steere's pitta

P5.00 - Koch's pitta and red-breasted pitta

P5.00 - Philippine eared nightjar

 

 

1979, May 14: Philippine Animals - Set of 6 stamps

 

Denomination and Image

   30s - musang or Viverra tangalunga

P1.20 - chonggo or Macaca philippinensis philippinensis

P2.20 - baboy damo or Sus celebensis philippinensis

P2.30 - maral or Felis minuta

P5.00 - malintong or Paramanis culionensis

P5.00 - dinggin or Amblovx cinerea cinerea

 

 

1982, June 5: Pawikan and Philippine Eagle - Set of 2 stamps commemorating the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme

 

Denomination and Image

   40s - pawikan or hawksbill turtle

P3.20 - Philippine eagle

 

 

1991, July 31: Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) - Set of 4 stamps

 

Denomination and Image

P1.00 - Philippine eagle head profile

P4.75 - Philippine eagle perched on a branch of a tree

P5.50 - Philippine eagle in flight

P8.00 - Philippine eagle feeding eaglet in nest

 

 

1994, August 12: Philippine Animals (Endemic Philippine Mammals I) - Set of 1 se-tenant block 4 stamps and 1 souvenir sheet

 

Denomination and Image

Stamps:

P6.00 - Palawan bearcat

P6.00 - Philippine tarsier

P6.00 - scaly anteater

P6.00 - Palawan porcupine

Souvenir Sheet:

P12.00 - Visayan spotted deer

 

 

1994, November 8: Philippine Birds - Set of 4 stamps and 1 souvenir sheet

 

Denomination and Image

Stamps:

P2.00 - blue-naped parrot

P2.00 - bleeding heart pigeon

P2.00 - Palawan peacock pheasant

P2.00 - Kochi's pitta

Souvenir Sheet:

P12.00 - Philippine eagle