Philippine Stamps and Topical Stamp Collecting, 2nd Edition
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Notes on Philippine Postage Issues:
Stamp Catalog List for 1948-1949
February 3, 1948: (1) 3rd Anniversary, World War II Liberation / General Douglas MacArthur - Set of 3 stamps; Denomination: 4c, 6c and 16c
February 23, 1948: (2) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference - Set of 4 stamps; Denomination: 2c, 6c, 18c and 40c
May 1 - May 28, 1948: (3) Official Stamps I and II (Definitive Type of 1947) - Set of 3 stamps; Overprint in black
Denomination: 4c, 10c, 16c with "O.B." on definitive type of 1947
Date of Issue: 4c and 10c - May 1; 16c - May 28
June 19, 1948: Jose Rizal Definitive - Set of 1 stamp; Denomination: 2c stamp; Booklet pane of 6 stamps exists and issued on August 29
July 15, 1948: Mourning for President Manuel Roxas - Set of 2 stamps; Denomination: 2c and 4c
October 31, 1948: (4) Philippine Boy Scouts Silver Jubilee - Set of 2 perforate stamps and 2 imperforate stamps
Denomination for Perforate Stamps: 2c and 4c
Denomination for Imperforate Stamps: 2c and 4c; Imperforate pairs of stamps exist.
December 8, 1948: (5) Flower Day / Sampaguita, National Flower - Set of 1 stamp; Denomination: 3c
December 30, 1948: Jose Rizal Official Stamp (Rizal Definitive Type of June 19, 1948) - Set of 1 stamp; Denomination: 2c type of June 19, 1948 with "O.B." overprint in black
January 23 - July 4, 1949: Official Stamps III and IV - Set of 2 stamps; Overprint in black
Denomination: 20c and 50c with "O.B." on definitive type of 1947
Date of Issue: 20c - July 4; 50c - January 23
April 1, 1949: (6) Library Rebuilding Fund Semi-Postal (Fund for the Restoration of Libraries damaged during World War II) - Set of 3 stamps; Denomination: 4c + 2c, 6c + 4c, and 18c + 7c
October 9, 1949: Universal Postal Union (UPU), 75th Anniversary - Set of 3 perforate stamps and 1 imperforate souvenir sheet of 3 stamps
Denomination for Perforate Stamps: 4c, 6c and 18c
Denomination for Imperforate Stamps: 4c, 6c and 18c (28c)
December 2, 1949: General Gregorio del Pilar, 50th Death Anniversary - Set of 2 stamps; Denomination: 2c and 4c
Legend:
P - Philippine peso (pesos)
c - centavo (centavos)
s - sentimo (sentimos)
x - multiply by (times)
O.B. - Official Business
Notes:
(1) First issue which commemorated the end of World War II and which featured the second person and the first foreign individual who was still living at that time – General Douglas MacArthur who was a World War II hero and who played a vital role in the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese rule
(2) First "rice stamps" of the Republic period
(3) First official stamps of the Republic period; The first "O.B." stamps of the Official Business Republic series that lasted until the 1960’s
(4) First "scouting stamps" and the first "children stamps" of the Republic period
(5) First "flower stamp" of the Republic period which featured the sampaguita, a small and white flower with a very fragrant scent
(6) First "saint stamp" which featured St. Thomas Aquinas and Doctrina Christiana
Related Articles:
Philippine Stamps: List for 1948 and Images
Philippine Stamps: List for 1949 and Images
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Images:
(1) First issue which commemorated the end of World War II and which featured General Douglas MacArthur who was a World War II hero; On black mount, the enlarged 16c stamp
(4) First "scouting stamps" and the first "children stamps" of the Republic period; imperforate stamps of the set in pairs
(5) First "flower stamp" of the Republic period which featured the sampaguita, the national flower of the Philippines; four individual stamps on main part of a first day cover
(6) First "saint stamp" which featured St. Thomas Aquinas and Doctrina Christiana
More Philippine Philately:
Stamp Catalog List 1946-1947
Stamp Catalog List 1948-1949
Stamp Catalog List 1950-1951
Stamp Catalog List 1952-1953
Stamp Catalog List 1954