Philippine Stamps and Topical Stamp Collecting, 2nd Edition
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Notes on Philippine Postage Issues:
Stamp Catalog List for 1950-1951
March 1 - 3, 1950: 5th World Congress of Jaycees International - Set of 5 stamps
Denomination and Date of Issue:
2c, 6c and 18c - March 3
30c and 50c - March 1
April 14, 1950: (1) Bureau of Forestry, 50th Anniversary - Set of 2 stamps; Denomination: 2c and 4c
May 22, 1950: 25th Anniversary of the Philatelic Association of the Philippines (Associacion Filatelica de Filipinas) and Tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt - Set of 3 stamps and 1 imperforate souvenir sheet; Denomination: 4c, 6c, 18c and 80c
June 4, 1950: Lions Club Convention - Set of 4 stamps and 1 souvenir sheet of 2 stamps
Denomination for Stamps: 2c, 4c, 30c and 50c
Denomination for Souvenir Sheet’s Stamps: 30c and 50c
Note: Stamps and souvenir sheet may have been issued on different dates.
July 4, 1950: Inauguration of President Elpidio Quirino - Set of 3 stamps; Denomination: 2c, 4c and 6c
September 20, 1950: Jose Rizal Surcharged - Set of 2 stamps
Denomination: 1c on 2c, and 1c on 2c with "O.B."; Surcharge in black on 2c Rizal definitive and official stamp of 1948
October 23, 1950: (2) Baguio Conference of 1950 - Set of 3 stamps; Denomination: 5c, 6c and 18c
November 30, 1950: (3) Aid to War Victims and Veterans - Set of 2 stamps; Denomination: 2c + 2c, and 4c + 4c
February 3 - August 26, 1951: Coat of Arms - Set of 12 stamps or 4 sets of 3 stamps each
Denomination and Date of Issue:
Set - Manila Coat of Arms: 5c, 6c and 18c - February 3
Set - Cebu Coat of Arms: 5c, 6c and 18c - April 27
Set - Zamboanga City Coat of Arms: 5c, 6c and 18c - June 19
Set - Iloilo Coat of Arms: 5c, 6c and 18c - August 26
March 31, 1951: (4) Peace Fund Campaign - Set of 3 perforate stamps and 3 imperforate stamps
Denomination for Perforate Stamps: 5c, 6c and 18c
Denomination for Imperforate Stamps: 5c, 6c and 18c; Imperforate pairs of stamps exist.
October 24, 1951: United Nations Day - Set of 3 stamps; Denomination: 5c, 6c and 18c
December 10, 1951: Declaration of Human Rights - Set of 3 stamps; Denomination: 5c, 6c and 18c
Legend:
P - Philippine peso (pesos)
c - centavo (centavos)
s - sentimo (sentimos)
x - multiply by (times)
O.B. - Official Business
Notes:
(1) First stamps of the Republic period which gave importance to the role of a government agency in forest management; Depending on how the postal issues are arranged, the seventh or ninth issue with images of trees and the first issue with trees as its main topic
(2) First "bird stamps" of the Republic period
(3) The second postage issue which featured a child, prominently, and the first issue whose surtax was intended for the benefit of orphans (as well as war victims)
(4) The second "rice stamps" of the Republic period
Related Articles:
Philippine Stamps: List for 1950 and Images
Philippine Stamps: List for 1951 and Images
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Images:
(1) First stamps of the Republic period which gave importance to the role of a government agency in forest management; The first issue with trees as its main topic; On display, regular-sized set of the issue and enlarged set
(2) First "bird stamps" of the Republic period
(2) The enlarged 18c stamp of the Baguio Conference issue of 1950
(3) The second postage issue which featured a child, prominently, and the first issue whose surtax was intended for the benefit of orphans
(4) The second "rice stamps" of the Republic period; Harvesting rice image on stamps
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