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Philippine Postage Issues - Year 1961 - Text Description

(Mga Selyo ng Pilipinas - Taong 1961 - Pasalitang Paglalarawan)

 

January 23 - February 23, 1961: Manila Postal Conference - Set of 2 stamps; Commemorative issue for 6c; Airmail issue 30c

 

Denomination, Image and Date of Issue:

  6c – Mercury and globe – January 23 

30c – Mercury and globe – February 23

 

 

February 16, 1961: Antonio Luna Surcharged - Set of 1 stamp; Denomination and Image: 20c on 25c Luna definitive of 1958

 

 

May 2, 1961: Second National Boy Scout Jamboree Surcharged - Set of 4 stamps

 

Denomination and Image:

10c – 10c on 6c + 4c Boy scout cooking (yellow paper) 

30c – 30c on 25c + 5c Boy scout and archery (yellow paper)

10c – 10c on 6c + 4c Boy scout cooking (white paper)

30c – 30c on 25c + 5c Boy scout and archery (white paper)

 

 

June 16, 1961: De La Salle College, 50th Anniversary - Set of 2 stamps; Commemorative issue

 

Denomination and Image:

  6c – De La Salle College, Manila

10c – De La Salle College, Manila

 

 

June 19 and December 30, 1961: Jose Rizal Birth Centenary - Set of 5 stamps or Set of 4 stamps and set of 1 stamp; Commemorative issue

 

Denomination and Image:

  5c – Rizal as student

  6c – Rizal's birthplace: Calamba, Laguna

10c – Rizal and parents

20c – Rizal with Luna and Hidalgo in Madrid

30c – Rizal's execution and heroism

Date of Issue:

  5c, 6c, 10c and 20c – June 19

30c – December 30

 

 

July 4, 1961: 15th Anniversary of the Republic - Set of 2 stamps; Commemorative issue

 

Denomination and Image:

6c – “IKA 15 KAARAWAN Republika ng Pilipinas Hulyo 4, 1961” overprint on 6c SEATO issue of 1959

25c – “IKA 15 KAARAWAN Republika ng Pilipinas Hulyo 4, 1961” overprint on 25c SEATO issue of 1959

 

 

August 19, 1961: Anti-TB Semi-Postal - Set of 1 stamp; Semi-Postal issue; Denomination and Image: 6c + 5c - Roxas Memorial TB Pavilion

 

 

October 8, 1961: Colombo Plan - Set of 2 stamps

 

Denomination and Image:

  5c – Colombo Plan emblem and globe

  6c – Colombo Plan emblem and globe

 

 

November 30, 1961: Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation, Golden Jubilee - Set of 1 stamp; Denomination and Image: 6c “PAAF GOLDEN JUBILEE” overprint on 10c Philippine Air Force issue of 1960

 

 

December 9, 1961: Government Employee's Association - Set of 2 stamps

 

Denomination and Image:

  5c – Government clerk on diamond-shaped stamp

10c – Government clerk on diamond-shaped stamp

 

 

December 30, 1961: Macapagal-Pelaez Inauguration - Set of 1 stamp;

Denomination and Image: 6c “MACAPAGAL-PELAEZ INAUGURATION DEC. 30, 1961” overprint on 25c Capiz provincial seal issue of 1959

 

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Legend:

 

P - Philippine peso (pesos); c - centavo (centavos); s - sentimo (sentimos); x - multiply by (times); O.B. - Official Business; G.O. - Gawaing Opisyal (Official Business)

 

 

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