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The Journal of the International Philippine Philatelic Society

PhilippinePhilatelic

Journal

Volume XXX No. 4 Fourth Quarter 2008

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Philippine Philatelic JournalFourth Quarter 2008

International Philippine Philatelic Society (IPPS)Philippine Philatelic Journal (PPJ)

Official Publication of the International Philippine Philatelic Society. Dedicated to the Study and Advancement of Philippine Philately. A non-profit, non-stock educational organization incorporated in the City of Manila, Philippines on September 24, 1974

per SEC Registration #58004. American Philatelic Society Affiliate No. 54

PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS

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EDITOR’S

CORNER:

THANKS FOR SO MUCH

POSITIVE REPLY

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Philippine Philatelic Journal Fourth Quarter 2008

Thanks a lot for so many positive comments which I received after “my first edition” of the PPJ, but this has to go as well to Everett & Janet Parker for their excellent print job. I hope you enjoy reading this edition with articles from members which never or seldom participated before. As I wrote before, it’s your journal and I relay on your participation, so keep on sending me articles for publications, share your knowledge with all other members.

A new layout of our website is also available; it’s really attractive with all its moving images, new links and is very “user friendly”. Our new webmaster, Doug Lehmann with the assistance of Nigel Gooding, did a great job. This journal and all future ones can be viewed as well “online”.

From next year on, members will have the opportunity to receive the PPJ as an electronic version only, which in my opinion is faster, cheaper and more environment friendly. If you want a “hardcopy” just print out the page(s) you want on with your own printer.

Your 2009 dues can now be paid via PayPal; you’ll find the link for it on the webpage: www.theipps.net a great improvement, especially for members outside the U.S.A.

Only very few stamps were issued in the Philippines this summer, so I’ll publish all in the next journal with a list of quantities issued.

Since we are already into the Christmas season, at least in the Philippines, were this starts already in September, and the year 2009 is fast approaching I which everybody a good health and all the best for the future.

IPPS ARCHIVES

To show our appreciation for their assistance over the years, and for the benefit of philately, The IPPS has do-nated complete sets of IPPS archival CD’s to the American Philatelic Research Library, the Western Philatelic Library, which is located in Sunnyvale, California and the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Each organization has expressed its gratitude for the donation

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Philippine Philatelic JournalFourth Quarter 2008TABLE OF CONTENT

Editor’s Corner ......................................................... 3 Bob Yacano Wins Vermeil at BALPEX 2008 ................ 4The Kennedy ‘Mosden’ Issue of 1968, Part 2 ........... 4 C. M. “Niel” Nielsen obituary ........................................ 6The Spanish Period Corner ...................................... 7 The Revenue Corner ................................................... 82009 Stamp Collector’s Meeting Schedule ..............10 The Philippine Officials ............................................... 112009 Dues .............................................................. 18 The Forgery Corner .................................................... 19Welcoming new IPPS members ............................. 19 The Japanese Occupation Corner .............................. 20New IPPS Website .................................................. 21 The U.S. Administration Corner .................................. 22Salvaged Bacolor Cover ......................................... 23 U.S. Christmas seal covers tied in the Philippines ..... 24Remembering Abe Luspo ....................................... 28 Richard Larkin Gives Talk at BALPEX 2008 ............... 29Dr. Tommy Sim to speak at TEXPEX 2009 ............. 29 Philippine Philatelic Book Store .................................. 30Prices Realized at Mail Sale #56 ............................ 31

The Kennedy ‘Mosden’ Issue of 1968 - Part 2

By: Nigel Gooding

Type I – Short vertical perforations on top margin (not exceeding beyond first horizontal perforation)Type II – Extented vertical perforations on top margin (extending to top margin of sheetlet)

Both types exist on Sheetlets of each of the 5 values.

Bob Yacano Wins Vermeil at BALPEX 2008 —-Mail During the Philippines Revolutionary Period: 1898-1901

Bob Yacano won a show Vermeil Award for his two-frame exhibit “Mail During the Philippines Revolutionary Period: 1898-1901”. He also won the APS Medal of Excellence for Pre-1900 Exhibit. The exhibit, which included several unique items, covered the postal history of the Aguinaldo revolutionary government on Luzon; Visayas regional governments of Panay, Cebu, and Bohol; and Spanish outposts of Zamboanga and La Union. To learn more about the stamps and mail of the revolutionary period, see the Philippine Philatelic Book Store in the Journal or IPPS website to order his monograph “Postal History of the Philippine Rebellion, 1898-1901” (2005).

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10P SOUVENIR SHEET VARIETIES

AIRMAIL VARIETY

Type I – 10p value with Airmail below ‘p’Type II – 10p value without ‘Airmail’

PERFORATED SOUVENIR SHEET

Perforated Type II Souvenir Sheet. Also known with SNV (Type II) overprint.

If anyone has further information relating to the Kennedy Mosden issue, please email me at:[email protected].

References:• Kennedy Stamps Sale Questioned. Manila Times, December 23, 1968• Raquiza Accuses Top PO Officials. Manila Times, Decmeber 24, 1968• An Appeal To The President Of The Philippines. By Fernando Franciso, undated• Article by Mike C. Co, The American Philatelist, January 1983. Pages 52-56• Philippines Kennedys. Questions Section, IPPS Newsletter, Volume XII, No 2 (Whole Number 33), Second Quarter 1992. Page 12

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C. M. “Niel” Nielsen. I recently received a note from Mayling Nielsen stating that her father Conrad had died peace-fully in his sleep on August 10, 2008 in Salt Lake City, UT. Niel, as he was known to everyone, was an IPPS member and the world’s foremost scholar in the area of Philippine guerrilla currency. Niel had spent 37 years at sea in the Merchant Marine before retiring around 1980. He joined during WWII and stayed on afterwards. During WWII, the Merchant Marine lost over 1,500 ships and had the highest casualty rate of any service. During his career, he visited the Philippines at least 30 times. In his early Manila visits, he went directly to the Cartimar Market (burned to the ground sometime in the 1960s) and later went to see various coin and paper dealers around the city. He accumu-lated everything in his field with some pretty extraordinary acquisitions such as the Cagayan note samples. While his primary interest became numismatic, he…”started collecting stamps as a kid, but soon gave up worldwide in favor of US and BNA.” “Then…kind of concentrated on back-of-the-book material and ‘unlisted’ materials…” “I collect any type of ‘paper’ dealing with WWII, such off-beat items as cancelled checks, postal money orders, POW scrip, ration tickets, lottery tickets, and even bonds. I still love this field.” He also acquires (using his words) Postmaster provisional reprints, Confederate fakes and fantasies, newspaper stamp facsimiles, license and royalty stamps, full-pane telegraphs, telephone stamps, WWII propaganda leaflets, US and BNA revenues, and revenue taxpaids. His concentration on the Pacific extended beyond the Philippines to Greek and Yugoslav Partisan notes, Chinese Com-munist notes and more (ports where his ships docked).

I corresponded with him for about 20 years starting in 1981 and found out he was a prodigious researcher. “…over the years… I’ve done a lot of research…at Treasury, the BEP, National Archives, and Library of Congress.” “…Whenever I’ve run across anything dealing with Philippine postage or revenue stamps, I’ve made copies, with Gene Garrett in mind. So over the year I’ve sent him quite a bit of material.” He also sent Bob Yacano and myself material. I collaborated with Niel in the 1990s for the Cagayan Emergency Money section of my 1993 catalog. Before that he sold me the Cagayan notes in my JapOcc collection including the rare 200 Peso denomination. This sub-collection has been praised for its outstanding condition and I will always remember Niel for his help. Don Peterson and I had the privilege of meeting him and taking him to dinner June 1990 on one of his research trips to the National Archives. At that time we found out he normally stayed in the archives for 12 straight hours skipping lunch. We were able to convince him to stop an hour earlier and meet for dinner at 8 pm! In person, Niel looked like a character from the 1954 movie set of On the Waterfront; he dressed like a longshoreman and used plain and rough language. However, on the inside he was extremely knowledgeable and possessed passion about his hobby which he always shared with close friends.

During his lifetime, Neil authored many articles for numismatic publications and helped on some IPPS publications. Our Third Quarter Newsletter of 1991 reports that he won a Gold and Best of Show for his 10-frame exhibit on Philip-pine Guerrilla Money at a Memphis, TN paper money show. He has one classic philatelic article in the 1979 American Philatelic Congress Book titled Philippine Internal Revenue Stamps used as Emergency Currency. Before he died, Ray Czahor purchased Niel’s entire holding of guerrilla currency (over 50,000 notes) including his extensive WWII book and document collection. We can be content to know that his extensive research efforts will live on. Mayling reports “He was a well seasoned 86 years.” Douglas K. Lehmann

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THE SPANISH PERIOD CORNER

Don Peterson

Philatelic Souvenir of the Peace JubileeWashington, DCMay 23-25, 1899

Over the years, I have collected several philatelic souvenirs of the Peace Jubilee, May 23-25, 1899, held in Wash-ington, DC. Interestingly, these post-Spanish-American War items were pieces of wallpaper affixed with Spanish Philippine stamps. Until now, they were a mystery. However, after a bit of research at the Archives of the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, I solved the mystery. On May 23-25, 1899, a large privately-funded celebration, called the Peace Jubilee, was held in Washington, DC, with the stated goal to “celebrate the re-establishment of peace between the United States and Spain.” It was a recovery effort following the Spanish-American War a year earlier. Thousands of people came to the City from all over the United States, attracted in part, by cut-rate train fares. Hundreds of souvenir vendors and hustlers also descended on the City with their buttons, medals, posters, etc. The three-day event included parades of military, naval, and civilian organizations; gun boat salutes; concerts; patriotic speeches; historical pageants; and a Ball at the Convention Hall. Although funded by private donations, the Governments of Spain and the United States planned to use the event to re-establish diplomatic relations. During the event, the Minister of Spain, Duc D’Arcos, representing King Alfonso XIII, met with President William McKinley at the White House to formally initiate the renewal of diplo-matic relations. By all accounts, it was a success.

Below is an example of a vendor’s souvenir showing a Spanish Philippine stamp (Scott #144) with the slogan hand-stamp “SOUVENIR OF THE PEACE JUBILEE WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 23, 24, 25, 1899.” The postage stamp and slogan handstamp were affixed to the backside of wallpaper. The two-lined slogan hand-stamp occurs in two formats: in a straight line, or wavy line, as shown below Other Philippine stamp examples are known, also applied on wallpaper. The handstamp occurs in blue-green or carmine, and is also known on Puerto Rico Scott #211. I suspect that Cuba stamps may also have been applied to these Peace Jubilee souvenirs.

Reference: Archives of the National Museum of American History, Washington, DC

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THE REVENUE CORNER

Douglas K. Lehmann

A UNIQUE JAPOCC PROPERTY DEEDFeaturing 1905 & 1912 US Administration Documentary Stamps

Let me set the stage. The war in the Philippines had raged two and a half years. Nine months ago, Emperor Hirochi-to states Japan’s fate was “truly grave.” The month before, Japan lost the Battle of the Philippine Sea to US airpower. In less than three months, MacArthur would invade Leyte and bomb Japanese ships in Manila Bay. There were no paper mills in the Philippines. Older stamps from obscure corners of safes and cabinets were pressed into use from business and government sources. Tobacco stamps dating back to 1932 were being used. In Manila, taxes contin-ued to be collected. Somehow, taxpayers found paper for forms and previously issued stamps to pay these taxes.

It is now July 29, 1944. The property in question contains a 2-story building on a piece of land about 50 feet square in the Paco District of Manila. The Agricultural and Industrial (A&I) Bank holds the deed to this property effective Janu-ary 11, 1944. The bank agrees to sell this property to Josera Luengco de Agcaoili for 13,502.60 pesos. This price was agreed over a year ago on April 27, 1943 (probably on another deed that could have included additional prop-erty). What we don’t know is when the money Agcalili used was purchased and how much he saved with inflation notes. He could have paid the equivalent of about 5 percent of this fee. We do know this was a legal transaction. There is a 20 centavos documentary stamp (mostly hidden under two 1 peso stamps) used to certify the notary’s signature - a very common use. The tax on the purchase price is 1 percent or 135.026 pesos. The 2.6 centavos was rounded down to zero and the deed required documentary stamps for an even 135 pesos.

Figure 1 shows this hand typed “deed of absolute sale.” The top portion identifying the purchaser is omitted in this graphic. Three stamps are folded and glued both to the document front and back. This table lists the revenue stamps on the deed.

Japanese officials allowed all Documentary and Internal Revenue stamps on hand at the start of the war to remain in use. This was an easy decision as the current series did not state UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and therefore required no overprinting. All values of the 1934-41 Large Internal Revenue series perforated 11x11 are known on document during the JapOcc. These are W-634, 2c through W-649, P1,000, however, the higher values are scarce. The 1940-41 large Documentary series perforated 11x11 and BEP overprinted are also known on JapOcc docu-ments. However, only 6 of the 10 values are reported. Smatterings of small docs perforated 10x10 and 11x11 are also known. This information explains the stamps labeled , , and within the table and marked on Figure 1. However, , the 10 peso value is scarce and the one on this document is the only one reported.

Stamps on Document

Warren Number Year of issue Perforation Value (P) JapOcc Use

W-706 1905 12x12 3 Earliest known stamp

W-719 1907-12 12x12 20 Only report of series

W-730 1929-31 10x10 100 Only report of value

W-751 (2 each) 1940-41 11x11 P1x2=2

W-753 1940-41 11x11 10 Only report of value

Total 135 Pays 1% fee

W-749 1940-41 11x11 0.20 Signature fee

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What brands this document spectacular are revenue stamps and . The Bureau of Internal Revenuecontinued selling revenue stamps during the JapOcc but high values ran out first. This caused low values to be used in giant multiples to make certain tax rates. Business and banks searched their offices for past issues and found them. The A&I Bank was a small bank and it is not surprising to me that they were able to come up with the high value stamps on this document. They had to dig deep within their vaults to find them. W-730, 100 pesos, perforated 12x12, goes back to 1929-31 and is only 1 of 3 values reported used during the JapOcc. It is the only exampleof the 100 peso value known on a JapOcc document. W-719, 20 pesos, series of 1907-12 is truly remarkable.It predates the Commonwealth era by twenty years. To the A&I Bank, however, it was just another small doc as banks had no concept of perforation varieties. However, if the later stamp was remarkable, then W-706, 3 pesos, from1905 is extraordinary. The latter stamp was lithographed in Manila and is not as sharp and clear as the BEP small docs. This is the oldest revenue stamp used on a JapOcc document having been issued over 40 years prior. The ex-istence of 2 of these 3 US Administration revenue stamps on a JapOcc document are the only ones ever reported.

This document was lot #398, Bayanihan Collectors Club, Inc. auction of May 27, 2007. It was not illustrated but the 100 peso stamp was duly recorded but without noting perforation type. As A. Edward Newton (1864-1940) stated in Chapter 8 of A Magnificent Force: “From contemplation one may become wise, but knowledge comes only from study.” It was my philatelic find of the year for 2007!

* All programs include “show-and-tell”.

2009Philippine Stamp Collectors Meeting Schedule

(Sponsored by IPPS)

Philippine CollectorsMeeting, Date/Time/

Program *Show Name/

Location/Show DatesIPPS

Meeting Contact

APS Ameristamp/TEXPEXArlington Convention Center, 1200 Ballpark WayArlington, TXFebruary 20-22, 2009

SPRINGPEXRobert E. Lee High School, Franconia Rd.Springfield, VAMarch 21-22, 2009

WESTPEXSan Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Hwy., Burlingame, CAApril 24-26, 2009

NAPEXMcLean Hilton, Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VAJune 5-7, 2009

APS StampshowDavid L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Pittsburgh, PAAugust 6-9, 2009

BALPEXHunt Valley Inn Marriott Hotel, Shawan Rd,Hunt Valley, MDSeptember 4-6, 2009

FLOREXCentral Florida Fairgrounds, Commercial Exhibit Hall, 4603 W. Colonial Dr. (SR-50)Orlando, FLDecember 4-6, 2009

Dr. Tommy C. [email protected]

Doug [email protected]

Bill [email protected]

Don [email protected]

Don [email protected]

Ed [email protected]

Saturday, February 21, 20091:30 PM. Program: Dr. Tommy C.Sim, “Philippine Officials”

Saturday, March 21, 20091:00 PM. Program: Bill Kirk-patrick, “Justicia/Scales of Justice, Philippines Early U.S. Administration

Saturday, April 25, 2009,Noon, Program: TBA

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Isabelo and Jose [email protected]


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THE PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS

By Dr. Tommy Sim

THE 1937–1938 2c RIZAL LARGE OB AND COMMONWEALTH ISSUE:OVERPRINT VARIETIES

I. Period Varieties

A. No Period After “B”

1939 MAY 31: TUY, BATANGAS to MANILA

From the Municipality Chief of Police, franked with 2c Rizal with missing period after “B”; only 2 covers recorded.

This overprint variety (Scott #O25a) is often mistaken as a common variety. Ask yourself when was the last time you saw one or considered how few you might have in your collection. Both stamps on the left show the missing period variety. However, the right stamp has a significantly shifted (downward) overprint. So far this is the only one I have seen. In contrast with Scott’s valuation, used examples are as scarce as mint copies.This variety is often forged, either by scraping off the period or bleaching it.

To investigate the possibility of forgery, one should look carefully at the area where the period normally is located and verify any sign of disturbance. Also, examine the back of the stamp and note any presence of period indentation on the stamp paper. It is not a true missing period variety unless there is a complete absence of ink.

B. Period After “B” Raised

“My column of August 14th [1937] called attention to an error in the first setting of the overprint, ‘O.B.’ and ‘COM-MONWEALTH’ on the 2c Rizal stamp which was issued April 10th. In this error, the period after the ‘B’ was raised considerably above its proper level and instead of lining up with the bottom of the letter, it appeared about the middle. It was found in the fourth stamp in the top row on panes from the upper left” (Sloane’s’ Column, The Stamp Magazine, December 4, 1937).

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Left figure depicts a mint copy (Scott #O25b) in a plate numbered (131540) pair. Right, a used example with Bocaue, Bulacan postmark dated September 9, 1938. This variety is extremely uncommon in used state.

After examining several examples in my collection as well as in auctions and eBay sales, I noticed two different va-rieties of period elevation: a high floater (part of the period is almost at the middle of B) and a low floater (period is about 0.60 mm lower than the high floater and completely below the mid-level of B or almost at the level of the second bulge of B). Low floaters are more scarce than high floaters.

Since the overprinting was applied without regard to plate numbers, it is quite possible this variety may exist on sheets from any 2c Rizal stamp plates. There were eight stamp plates used for this official stamp issue and person-ally, I have seen the variety from 5 different plate numbers (129056, 131537 – 40).

This variety (Scott #O25b) is always seen in upper left panes of 400-stamp sheets. Unlike the upper right panes, the upper left panes are devoid of the letter “F” printed before their plate numbers. The error variety was reported to be discovered early in the printing process and subsequently corrected. However, both error sheets and the corrected sheets were seemingly shipped and subsequently issued at post offices in the Philippines (Eugene A. Garrett, “Full Many A Flower..., PPJ 1995). So far, I have not seen an upper left pane plate block with the corrected error variety.

Plate 131540:Top Margin Block of 10Low Floater Period After “B” VarietyConstant UL4 (Position 2 on B/10)

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Plate 129056: Top Margin Block of 6High Floater Period after “B” on Position 1 on B/6

Largest Known Used Block With Raised Period After “B” Variety (High Floater)Position 4 on B/10

C. Period After “O” Lowered

This is an unreported variety wherein the period after “O” is between 0.5 to 0.7 mm lower than the bottom portion of “O”.

Low Period After “O” Variety

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II. Horizontal Spacing Between “O” and “B”

A. Type 1

The common spacing between “O” and “B” is 2.75 – 3.0 mm (left stamp) while the Type 1 variety shows a wider spacing of 3.5 mm. Distance between 2 periods: common spacing at 7.5 mm and wider spacing variety at 8.0 mm.

B. Type 2

Unlike the type 1 with wider spacing between the “O” and “B”, the type 2 has a much narrower spacing, and is found only in Position 91 of the pane of 100 (left lower pane of a 400-stamp sheet).

Position 91 at 2.0 mm and Position 92 at 2.75 mm Spacing Between “O” and “B”Distance Between 2 Periods: Position 91 at 6.5 mm and Position 92 at 7.5 mm

This variety is scarce and used copies are extremely rare.

1938 JUNE 11: MANILA CIRCULATING

National Research Council official mail, 4c double rated domestic mail (for 21 – 40 grams) franked with Positions 91 and 92 pair, straight edges at left and bottom sides (as would be found on all examples). The only recorded example on cover.

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C. Type 3

This unlisted variety is similar to Type 2 except the period after “B” remained in normal location. Distance between “O” and “B” is 2 mm and the distance between periods is 7.5 mm instead of 6.5 mm. The stamp with this variety has also straight edges at both left and bottom margins.

Used example on cut square with Manila slogan postmark dated September 7, 1937.Only recorded copy.

III. Vertical Spacing Between “O. B.” and “COMMON”

This is a recently reported variety which has a wider spacing between “O. B.” and “COMMON” as compared to the normal stamp. The difference in spacing is clearly demonstrated by the two stamps on the left panel. Measurement on the above B/4 (right panel) shows position 4 with 6.0 mm wide spacing while positions 1 to 3 with 4.5 mm normal spacing.

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IV. Other Varieties

A. Broken or Malformed Overprint Letters and Hyphen

Above panel shows constant broken letters: stamp #1 with broken upper arm of “N”, stamp # 2 and 3 with broken lower part of “N” and hyphen, and stamp # 4, broken “A” of “WEALTH”.

Plate # 131539: Top Left Margin Block of 20Broken “N” on “COMMON” Variety (constant position 31)High Floater Period After “B” Variety (constant position 4)

Largest Known Mint Block With Either Raised Period After “B” or Broken “N” Variety

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The above figures highlight a constant malformation of the first “M” of COMMON. One of the upper serifs of the “M” is pointing diagonally instead of the usual horizontal orientation. This is always seen (position 15) together with another overprint variety depicting the raised period after “B” (position 4).

The 2c stamp on the left shows a hyphen variety wherein the hyphen after COMMON was trans-formed to a square dot or period.

B. Missing Overprint Letters

Faint or missing letters of overprint can be attributed to less or dry ink on the plate during the printing process.

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C. Shifted Overprints

Overprints on stamps are often seen with shifting varieties. They can be shifted to the left, right, upward or down-ward.

Lastly, I encourage fellow collectors to examine their collections for these varieties and provide any comment or additional information to this article. You can contact me via email ([email protected]) or call me by phone (281-785-5661).

Acknowledgements:

I dedicate this article to Mr. Abraham “Abe” Q. Luspo, Jr. for his unselfish and unwavering effort in mentoring me through the years. I also want to thank the following IPPS members: Atty. Richard D. Miggins, Atty. Stanley R. Es-tabrook and Sebastian M. Baldassarre for their advice and support.

2009 Dues

By now, you have received the 2009 dues renewal notice, and observed that the yearly dues have been increased. While IPPS had not implemented a dues increase for at least two decades, the current increase was a financial necessity, based in large part, on the significant improvement to our Journal by changing the format from black and white to full color. As a result of the change to full color, pictures of stamps and covers in research articles, the new issues, and auction lots, are pleasing to the eyes, present significantly greater clarity, and are substan-tially demonstrative.

The fundamental format change did not occur without a substantial cost increase. Although the cost of printing the Journal is up 270% and postage is up 75%, we still have been able to minimize the dues increase by limiting the size of the Journal to 32 pages (a larger size also kicks in a higher overseas rate), reducing the number of extra copies printed from 40 to 10, and implementing an E-version membership of $10 (no hard copy sent). The new dues rate of a mailed hard copy of the Journal has gone from $20 in the U.S. and $30 Overseas, to $30 and $50, respectively. Although the new overseas rates are proportionately higher, they take into account the high cost of airmail postage, that in the past, was substantially under-collected in the dues for overseas members. In particular, we are hoping the E-version will be an economically attractive means of getting the Journal at a much-reduced cost.

Please return the 2009 Dues Notice you received in the mail, along with your payment, to: Richard Miggins, IPPS Secretary/Treasurer, P.O. Box 2544, Toluca Lake, CA 91610. If you did not receive a dues notice, you can pay via the IPPS website at www.theipps.info; or contact Rick at 323-876-9557 or [email protected]. Don Peterson Rick Miggins

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THE FORGERY CORNER

by Nigel Gooding

1855 - Unissued 10-CuartosI recently acquired a small collection of Spanish-Philippine stamps through ebay and stumbled across a stamp that ‘jumped off the page’ when I first glanced at it. The stamp turns out to be an extraordinary forgery which I feel is worth sharing. The forged stamp resembles the 5-Cuartos issue of 1855 which was printed in shades of vermilion (Scott #6).

There are three major characteristics to this forgery, as follows:

• Forgery is printed in blue-grey instead of vermilion • Issued with a value of 10-Cuartos instead of 5-Cuartos • Forged non-Philippine circular date stamp

In addition, the die used resembles that of an earlier recorded forgery (Gooding #6F8).

This is the 17th recorded forgery for the 1855 Large Head issue, and I would not be surprised if other unrecorded forgeries are out there just waiting to be discovered !!!

Gooding #6F17 Scott #6 Gooding #6F8

Patricia Byrnes Edmund MoodyWestfield, New Jersey Mesa, ArizonaSpanish, US period, Republic Spanish, US period

Bernard Muehlbauer Paul SabatineHampton, Virginia Dulles, VirginiaJapanese Occupation US Possessions

Welcoming new IPPS members

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THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION CORNER

by Peter Harradine

Permit Number 1, or Permit Number ?

During my recent visit to the Philippines I was at long last lucky enough to purchase not one, but a total of 3 of the Permit #1 postal cards produced by the Bureau of Posts and issued to the Asociacion Filatelica de Filipinas (A.F.F.). This was the only Mailer’s Permit Card authorized by the Bureau of Communications during the Japanese Occupa-tion, and, at long last, I now had not just one example of this quite scarce item, but 3 – or so I thought!!

As the late Gene Garrett describes it, it bears a Tagalog inscription inside a small framed space in the upper right-hand corner, which reads: “Republika ng / Pilipinas / Maynila / 2c Ibinaayad / Pahintulot / No.1.” (or: “Republic of the / Philippines/ Manila / 2c Paid / Permit / No.1.”) (please see fig 1.)

However, only the earliest of my three copies bears this inscription: the other two, (both dated after the re-taking of Manila by the U.S. Forces), bear a different inscription, in English, located in the same place on the card, which reads: “Post Card / 2c Paid / Manila / Permit No.1”. Nor do the cards show the “short dividing line” variety, which is a feature of the original Mailer’s Permit Card. (please see fig.2)

A quick check of some recent data supplied to me by Ed Nocom & others soon revealed that copies of this second type of Permit card were used for such notable philatelic and/or historical events as :-

a) the 20th anniversary of the A.F.F. (May 5, 1945) b) the Unconditional Surrender of Japan (September 2, 1945) and c) the 10th anniversary of the Commonwealth of the Philippines 1935 –1945 (November 15, 1945).

(fig. 1)

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NEW WEBSITE

Concurrent with this issue, our new webmaster DougLehmann, unveils the new look for the IPPS website.The title graphic on each page is shown at right. The siteis organised between 7 sections plus a site map. Doug believes in graphics and you will see plenty of them.Each page has rotating covers in the upper right and a bottom graphics bar. Other new features are a news section plus a direct link to The Philippine Philatelist on the main page, simple articles and a PayPal sec-tion to pay dues. The site address remains unchanged at www.theipps.info

From the above information it was obvious that, somehow, the A.F.F. had either managed to obtain an extension or renewal of the Mailer’s Permit Card, or had just simply continued using the facility – albeit with a new inscription.

As many members will know, my speciality is the philately of the Japanese Occupation period, and, consequently, at least 2 of my 3 Permit Cards are outwith that time.

So – and seriously not knowing all the facts behind this second type of “Permit No.1”, can any member help with more information or an explanation? [email protected]

(fig. 2)

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Welcome to the US Administration Corner! Our hope is to use the forum as a place to highlight some new topics, some new discoveries, and of course, some just plain interesting stamps and covers.

The US Administration period offers a wide variety of options for the Philippines collector. There are many fertile areas for study and discovery.

The definitive series of 1906 is a good example. During the twenty-five years that this series was current, significant changes occurred in both the production of the stamps and their usages. But the many details of this issue and its usages have only occasionally been studied or reported in the philatelic literature. Even the published catalog infor-mation is not necessarily complete.

Like many Philippine issues, the 1906 series exists with “Specimen” overprints. Two types have been noted, but only one of the types is listed in the Scott catalog.

According to Scott, each of the fourteen values (from 2 centavos to 10 pesos) exists with a black “Type R” specimen overprint, including the 16cv issue with Dewey’s portrait and not the earlier 16cv Sampson.

The underlying stamps bearing this “Specimen” overprint are listed by Scott as numbers 290SR to 304SR. The choice of these catalog numbers implies that the specimen overprints were applied to the final version of the 1906 series stamps, being the stamps that were printed on unwatermarked paper and perforation gauge 11.

But the following examples do not fit Scott’s description:Even from a simple look, the two peso pair is clearly a perf 12 issue, and not perf 11. The pair also has a single line water-mark, which identifies the overprinted stamp as a Scott number 272, and not number 302 as listed in the catalog.

The one peso specimen, despite being perforated 11 as the Scott listing would suggest, is actually printed on a single line watermarked issue, being Scott number 289D.

These examples are not necessarily new varieties. In examining a small sample of specimens from different sources, all the two peso values that were checked were the perf 12 variety. Does the two peso specimen exist in the unwa-termarked, perf 11 form, as suggested by Scott?

The one peso denomination does appear to have two versions. The single example shown above has a clear single line watermark. But there is no watermark evident on this perf 11 plate number pair:

Were these specimens overprinted in a single printing, or were multiple overprintings made at different times? Their history does seem to have been covered in the literature, at least in any of the readily available publications. Neither the dates of their appear-ance nor the quantities issued appear to have been reported.

What do our members have in their collections? Please take a look and let us know; all email communications to [email protected] will be gratefully appreciated and the results covered in an upcoming US Admin Corner.

THE US ADMINISTRATION CORNER

by Craig Eggleston

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From the Collection of Jorge Cuyugan, San Fernando, Pampanga

SALVAGED BACOLOR COVER In August 1995, all but one of Bacolor’s barangays were buried when a portion of the crater of Mt. Pinatubo cracked spilling lahar (volcanic mud and water) and devastating every place it passed through.While passing by the Bacolor Post Office, I saw the local postmaster digging some of the mail bags that were buried a week earlier. I asked for some of the salvaged covers which she graciously gave me.

After thirteen years, I re-discovered these covers in a plastic envelope and still noticed the faint “Aug. 28 (1995)” receiving Postmark on their reverse – proof of the sign of the gloomy date when an entire town practically vanished from the map of the Philippines.

One of the Bacolor Covers. Most were sent from the SSS on Aug. 23, 1995

The back of the Cover, the Mail Distribution Centerand Bacolor P. O. receiving postmarks

The faint Bacolor P. O. receiving postmark

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U.S. CHRISTMAS SEAL COVERS TIED IN THE PHILIPPINES

By Douglas K. Lehmann

U.S. Christmas seals were sent to the Philippines 1917-41, 1945-46, 1959 and 1965. This totals 29 non-consecutive years. The first three years, 1917-19, they had a red cross in the design, since then the double barred cross of the tuberculosis society appears on each one. The corresponding Philippine charity also changed names but is the Philippine Tuberculosis Society (PTS) today. The gap between the years 1942-44 obviously was due to World War II. In 1947, the PTS sponsored their own seals unique to the islands. According to Nemi Rivera, the U.S. seals were used in 1959 and 1965 to what in a broad sense can be called procedural budget problems. The quantities are not uniformly reported but the 1917 use was only 1,000 sheets and the 1959 emergency use only 120,000 sheets. These are low numbers as millions were produced annually after the war. Some 1964 PTS seals were also overprinted for 1965 use.The U.S. seals and U.S. ones used in the Philippine are identical so they can only be identified on cover. The seal should be tied with a cancellation but I list below three years where the seal is not tied. These are for the years 1933, 1934 and 1941. However, I have an unverified report of a tied 1941 cover. I consider a year verified when I see a photocopy of the cover. Table I shows that of the 29 possible years, 20 years have verified cover use leaving 9 years not seen yet on cover. This table does not include the 1938 seal used in 1943 with a local (probably personal) 1944 handstamp (www.philippinephilatelist.net/Archive/JapOcc/japocc100.html). Dealers price these covers over $100 each but a savvy collector can sometimes find them for less. This update is new for this journal, so I hope to hear from you on new reports on these 9 years plus verified covers for the three years with untied seals.

The table shows some year changes. First, most listings did not include the existence of the 1946 U.S. tuberculosis seal used in the Philippines. This doubt may have come from the fact there was a 1946 Philippine seal printed and used in 1946 but the quantity of that seal apparently was low and no significant records exist nor have any tied covers surfaced. However, I now have recorded four 1946 covers, three of these owned by Lou Caprario. So, now we know two seals were used for the holiday season in 1946. Figure 1 shows one of Lou’s covers that is a postal card. This postcard was sent from St. Stephen’s Church at 714 Reina Regenta, Manila.

U.S. Tuberculosis Seals Tied to PhilippineCovers

Reported Years Un-reported Years

NOTE: 1933, 1934 and 1941 covers are untied

1921-22, 1924, 1926,1928-29, 1931-36,1938-41, 1945-46,1959, & 1965 (20 total)

1917-20, 1923, 1925,1927, 1930, & 1937 (9 total)

TABLE I

Figure 1. 1946 seal tied December 22, 1946 in Manila

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It acknowledged receipt of a “Christmas Box”. My limited research indicates the Church no longer exists but the land is owned by the Episcopalian St. Stephen’s High School today. This article concludes with five other figures that show a representative sample of these tied covers. Figure 2 is the 1926 seal tied to a first day cover of Scott #320, the 4 centavos value of the Palace Legislature series. None of these covers are common, but this first day combina-tion I have seen several times.


Figure 3 shows a 1928 seal. I include this extract from a cover back as it does not matter if the seal is on the front or reverse as long as it is tied. In this case, the front shows a Manila registered Bruggmann cover used to Zug, Switzerland on November, 21, 1928; the reverse has a registry cancel in red. The figure shows it was received on December 17, 1928.

Figure 3. 1928 seal tied November 21, 1928 in Manila

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Figure 4 shows the newly reported 1945 use. This cover belongs to George Painter. It is a #10 size envelope, so it is cropped into 3 parts to fit the page width.

Figure 4. 1945 seal tied December 20, 1945 in Manila (3 parts of a #10 envelope).

Figure 5 above is the 1959 U.S. Christmas seal used in the Philippines. This shows one of 2 designs that appeared on a pane. There is also a little girl seal to the left of this one and she faces him. Thus horizontal pairs show both designs but vertical pairs only one design. The TB on this cover is in ink apparently placed there by some knowledge-able collector.


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Figure 6 below is a rather plain 1938 tied cover showing domestic use. However, it has it own special charm (and not because it has REVENUE in the slogan cancel). It was cancelled on Christmas day!


New Slogan Cancel Catalogue Excites Collectors

The latest, and I might add, a most exciting new catalyst to Philippine collecting is the recent release of Hans-Werner Becker’s new book “Catalogue of Philippine Postal Slogan Cancels – Volume 1, 1904 to 1968” issued in 2008. Except for a few articles decades old, Hans has assembled, for the first time, a complete catalogue of postal slogan cancels – representing years of collected data from a wealth of Philippine collectors and sources. The beauty of this catalogue, with its color cover, is that it fully illustrates in black and white all known slogan cancels and provides their earliest and latest date of use. Many of the cancels depicted in the catalogue have rarely been seen, even by experienced collectors. The 180-page catalogue, in larger European paper size, is very easy to use and provides a wealth of information on slogan cancels between 1904 through 1968. It also includes a listing of straight-lined cancels, native language cancels, special occasion cancels, First Day cachets, and G.I. postal slogans from 1945-1946. The book concludes with extensive checklists of all slogan cancels and their first and last day of use. Finally, at the very end of the catalogue, a pricing guide is provided that is extremely helpful in understanding the value of slogan cancels, which are most often portrayed on cover. Considering that many of the cancels were only in use for a few days, the pricing seems quite conservative – an approach that allows the market to further define their value. To obtain this wonderful catalogue, send $60 ppd to Hans-Werner Becker, 17, rue de I’Eglise, L-8025 Strassen, Luxembourg, Europe. Hans can provide the catalogue in one of three formats: loose pages, in two-hole plastic folder, or in a four-ring folder. Please indicate which format you want. There isn’t a bourse or stamp show that one cannot find one or two slogan cancels on cover. This catalogue brings new knowledge and fun to the collecting of these cancels. Don Peterson

BPS-076) ES-107Type: BHCSlogan cancel in 4 lines. First day use: April 16, 1948, Last day May 15, 1948. Note: Also used as backstamp on domestic mail.

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Remembering Abe

Dear friends,

the news of the death of the number one scholar on Philippine philately ABRAHAM LUSPO JR last July 2008....came as a shock. He dies as a lonely man, alone with nobody to turn to in a small condominium with only the driver of a friend to ask help from. He shares the same birthday with me and last year November 29 2007...our circle of philatelic friends led by FIP GOLD MEDAL AWARDEE and JURY for AIRMAIL and CHINA....construction magnate DAVID G CHIONG (FIP GOLD EL SALVADOR plus many others collections ) decided to spend one night with him to celebrate his birthday on the island of CEBU. David called me. He said “Raymond I hope you have time tonite..our friend ABE Luspo is dying and we have to fly by plane over to CEBU CITY to celebrate his birthday with him for the last time” I of course said yes. ABE as we fondly call him is related to the famous chemist inventor QUISUMBING who invented among other things the fountain pen ink we know as QUINK.He is a collector and in 1985-87 was among the first Philippine stamp collectors who had at his stamp room...a com-puter. I stayed long hours with him in a small garage space which he converted into a STAMP ROOM. He collected everything from long playing records to old watches to fountain pens to old maps on the Philippines and postage stamps to old excavated plates and jars.

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The good thing about him was that he CHRONICLED everything on his computer and was staunch reader and re-searcher.He amassed the greatest treasure on PHILIPPINE REVENUES at a time when FIP or FIAP didn’t even recognize a revenue exhibit class. He was never into THEMATICS and as he saw me exhibit my collection on the BICYCLE he told me...”I can collect anything except thematics, you have to be a passionate cyclist to be able to stick to JUST ONE bicycle theme. So I wont go into thematics anymore Ray. that is your forte”. In 1991 to 1995 he was part of our group of friends of DAVID G CHIONG and company and we were travelling to south East Asia to buy and sell stamps and exhibit overseas.In 1995 as I was selling my bicycle stamps exhibit to a Taiwan buyer in Singapore he was also selling his famous REVENUE collection. When we got back he saw me sulking inside the plane and he told me “we have to get over our material possession Ray. Stamps we cant be attached to stamps. When the opportunity arises. we have to sell our stamps. You and me we don’t gamble so I’m sure you will put your money to good use.” I built my house. ABE built one beautiful Spanish inspired house from his sale and when I saw him again he was in a very large STAMP ROOM with classical music playing on his brand new stereo. He also purchased the latest com-puter system and began accepting jobs as researcher and exhibit research for persons. So he got so many clients in the Philippines, ASIA and USA and he did the mounting and research on the exhibition pages and he made so many Asian collectors win GOLD.His lasting legacy should be the research he made and published on his website which won a GOLD from stamp2.com. The website had been taken over by Dr. Tommy Sim from the USA. I was surprised to see he didn’t erase his 23 years of research from the WORLD WIDE WEB ..ABE , was responsible for uploading my 2nd collection..my bi-cycle stamps exhibit to the CZECH ONLINE SITE EXPONET, he has kept my other collection of RISE AND FALL OF PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS on the REPUBLIC portion of the PHILIPPINE PHILATELIST website. Abe...he will always be remembered as a PIONEER researcher and greatest Philippine webmaster. The Philippine philatelists will be forever indebted to him.

Raymond See, postage stamp collector on the bicycle themeManila, Philippines

Dr. Tommy C. Sim to Speak on “Philippine Officials”at APS Ameristamp/TEXPEX on February 21, 2009

Philippine collectors are invited to attend an IPPS-sponsored meeting at APS Ameristamp/TEXPEX show in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, February 21, 2009. Philippine expert Dr. Tommy C. Sim, will talk about “Philip-pine Officials”.There will also be show-and-tell. The APS Ameristamp/TEXPEX show is at the Arlington Convention Center,

Richard Larkin Gives Talk at BALPEX 2008 — Booklets and Booklet Panes of the U.S. Period: 1900-1944

Richard Larkin captivated Philippine collectors with his fabulous collection of booklets, booklet panes, and panes on cover of the U.S. Administration period at BALPEX, Hunt Valley, Maryland (near Baltimore) on Saturday, August 30, 2008. Other Philippine collectors attending the meeting included: Pete Sarmiento, Bob Yacano, Joe Napp, Doug Lehmann, Don Peterson, Don Emmons, and Joel Fassler. Show and tell included a scarce 1952 Republic wrapper from Cagayan to Chicago, IL by Don Peterson; and examples of full sheets of the Mosden Kennedy issues by Don Emmons. The meeting was sponsored by IPPS.

The next IPPS-sponsored Philippine stamp collectors meeting will be at FLOREX 2008 on Saturday, December 6, at 10:00 AM, in Orlando, Florida. The guest speaker will be Ed Carney, who will give a talk on “Philippine Advertising Covers of the U.S. Administration and Commonwealth Periods”.

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Philippines Philatelic Book Store(authored by IPPS members)

General

Indexed Archives of IPPS JournalsJon Hardgrove

Set of four CDs with indexed and searchable IPPS journals and newsletters from 1974 through 2007, and regularly updated. Includes loading instructions. $60 plus $8 postage in U.S. or $12 postage overseas from Bob Yacano, P.O. Box 100, Toast, [email protected]

Catalogue of Philippine Postal Slogan Cancels-Volume 1 - 1904 to 1968 Hans-Werner BeckerThree formats (please choose one): loose pages, two-hole plastic folder or four-ring folder. Approx. 180 pages. Large-sized European paper (A4). Fully illustrated. Color cover. 2008. $60 ppd from Hans-Werner Becker, 17 rue de l’Eglise, L-8025 Strassen,Luxembourg, [email protected]

Spanish Period

Unlisted Scott Catalogue Surcharged Stamps of the 1881-1888 Period Don PetersonDescribes 107 unlisted surcharged stamps, most of which have genuine surcharges. Soft-bound. 37 pages. 3 color plates. 1997. Plus un-bound 2008 update. $20 ppd from Don Peterson, 7408 Alaska Ave., NW, Wash-ington, DC [email protected]

Mail and Markings of Privat Business Firms of the Span-ish Philippines Don PetersonDescribes 239 privat business firms and their markings. Soft-bound. 107 pages. Color title page. 1998. $20 ppd from Don Peterson, 7408 Alaska Ave., NW, Washington , DC [email protected]

Postal History of the Spanish Philippines, 1565-1898Don Peterson and Geoffrey Lewis

Describes the routes, rates and other postal history of interior, overseas and other mail. Hard-bound. 237 pages. 160 illustrations. Color jacket. Includes up dates. 2000. $50 plus postage from Don Peterson, 7408 Alaska Ave., NW, Washington, DC [email protected]

Spanish-Philippine Stamp Forgeries, Volume 1, Queen Isabella-1854 to 1864 Nigel GoodingSoft-bound. Describes 82 forgeries. Illustrated in color. Includes all known forgeries from 1854 through 1864. 83 pages. 2006. $45 ppd from Nigel Gooding, 8 Avon-dale Ave., Hinchley Wood, Surrey KT10 0DA, United [email protected]

Provisionals/Revolutionary Period

Postal History of the Philippine Rebellion, 1898-1901Bob Yacano

Philatelic Monograph. Soft-bound. Well illustrated. 50 pages. 2005. $22 ppd from Bob Yacano, P.O. Box 100, Toast, NC [email protected]

U.S. Administration Period

Forged Overprints on Stamps of the American Admin-istration of the Philippines, 1899-1946

John M. HuntHard-bound. 46 pages plus appendices. Color plates. Second Printing 2008. $22 ppd from Don Peterson, 7408 Alaska Ave., NW, Washington, DC [email protected]

Napp’s Numbers: Volume One: A Study of the 28 Plate Number Combinations Created By the Overprinting of U.S. Postage Stamps for Use in the United States Pos-sessions and Administrative Areas, 1899-1946

Joseph M. NappIncludes overprinted stamps for the Canal Zone, Cuba, Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Shanghai, China and Hawaii. GBC-bound. 274 pages. Illustrated in color. Fourth Edition-2005. $35 ppd from Joseph M. Napp, 5 Knollwood Drive, West Orange, NJ 07052

Napp’s Numbers: Volume Two: The Philippine Islands Issues During the American Administrative Period, 1906-1946 - A Study of the Plate Number Combinations and the Quantities Issued. Joseph M. Napp

GBC-bound. 348 pages. Illustrated in color. Third Edi-tion-2005. $44 ppd from Joseph M. Napp, 5 Knollwood Drive, West Orange, NJ 07052

Wanted MNH: Scott P14, P10, 204, 198, 188, 185, 183, 182, 177, 173, 172, 155. Eric Casagrande, 198, Louisa Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1R 6Z1 ([email protected])


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Napp’s Numbers: Volume Three: The Canal Zone Is-sues, 1928-1979 - A Study of the Plate Number Com-binations Created for the Canal Zone Postal Service, 1928-1979. Joseph M. NappGBC-bound. 134 pages. Illustrated in color. First Edi-tion, 2005. $29 ppd from Joseph M. Napp, 5 Knollwood Drive, West Orange, NJ 07052

The Post Offices of the Philippines (1898-1946) and Ryukyu (1944-1972) Islands Under U.S. Administra-tion

Richard E. SmallSpiral-bound. 37 pages plus appendices. 2000. $25 ppd from Richard E. Small, 12349 Coleraine Court, Reston, VA [email protected]

Revenue Issues

Fiscal Stamps of the Philippines: A Catalogue, 1898 to 1946, the Warren Update.

Douglas K. LehmannSoft-bound. 54 pages. Includes taxpaids and saving stamps. 1993. $12 from Eric Jackson, Revenue Stamps, P.O. Box 728, Leesport, PA [email protected]

A Pictorial Catalog of Philippine Cattle Certificates.John Hunt

Describes cattle certificate types from the 1850s through 1992. Hard-bound. 365 pages plus appendices. Illus-trated in color. 2008. $45 ppd from Don Peterson, 7408 Alaska Ave., NW, Washington, DC [email protected]

NOTE: Prices quoted are for shipment within the USA, unless otherwise indicated. International buyers please contact seller to determine if any additional postage is required. If an IPPS member has authorised a Philippine philatelic book and wants it included in the Book Store, please send listing information to Don Peterson, 7408 Alaska Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012. [email protected]

Lot # Winning Bid ($) Lot # Winning Bid ($) Lot # Winning Bid ($) 1. 125 20. 8 45. 61 2. 10 21. 86 46. 8 3. 175 23. 265 47. 50 7. 225 24. 7 48. 8 8. 5 25. 35 52. 15 10. 15 27. 7 53. 5 12. 3 28. 4 90. * 495 13. 5 29. 8 92. 70 15. 20 30. 25 95. 50 16. 200 34. 20 97. 6 17. 250 38. 15 98. 6 18. 5 44. 20 99. 20 19. 3

* Lot #90 is a “winner take all” lot. It includes Lots #60-89.

Prices RealizedIPPS Mail Sale #56

(Closed September 26, 2008)

IPPS Mail Sale #56 had 4 consignors, 12 bidders, and total receipts of $2,589.50 (including P&H and 10% IPPS fee). The Table below lists the winning lots.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Mail Sale in the 4th Quarter Philippine Philatelic Journal (PPJ). Beginning with the 1st Quarter 2009 PPJ, Nigel Gooding will be the new Chairman, IPPS Mail Sales. Send consignments to Nigel at 8 Avondale Ave., Hinchley Wood, Surrey, United Kingdom KT10 0DA. If you have any questions, contact Nigel at [email protected].

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