Philippines - now independent country over which the U.S. exercised sovereignty from 1898 to 1946. Overprinted U.S. stamps were used there beginning in 1899. Beginning in 1906 the BEP printed stamps for use in the Philippines.
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Pagsanjan Falls stamp - a postage stamp issued on 3 May 1932, which is notable for having an error.
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The Philippines became a commonwealth of the United States in 1935 and an independent republic in 1946.
American troops landed on Puerto Rico in July 1898, and mail service was established under the direction of the U.S. military shortly afterward.
International Philippine Philatelic Society
Eugene A. Garrett Award (Medallion and certificate) - Available to certain national and FIP shows.
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13: Pula: currency unit in Botswana 14: Punt: currency unit in Ireland 15: Peso, currency unit in Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Dominican republic, Mexico, Philippines, Uruguay. 16: The Philatelist (Great Britain).
I once questioned a Philippines stamp with the overprint: "'Help me stop smuggling' - President Marcos." Did the president have a smuggling problem he was trying to kick? If not, pretty odd wording there.
Such Exhibitions have been held in Great Britain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Israel, Philippines, Cuba, Brazil, Uruguay, India and South Africa, to mention but a few.
- Legends of the West, US 1993
- All China is Red, PRC 1968
- Pagsanjan Falls stamp, Philippines 1932
- Gronchi Rosa, Italy 1961
- Schubert/Schumann error, German Democratic Republic 1956 ...
Guerrilla stamp - a stamp issued by guerrilla forces to frank their correspondence. Use of such stamps was common in Taiwan (1895), Philippines (1898), South Africa (1899-1902), Ireland (1922-23), China (1929- ), and South Vietnam (1963-76).
Aguinaldo Stamps. A series of adhesives issued by the Revolutionary Government in the Philippines under the leadership of Aguinaldo in 1898.
Apparent precancels, worded "Manila, P.I." and similar, are actually anti-theft cancels used by firms in the Philippines and have no postal precancel purpose.
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