#Philippines stamps

New set of stamps commemorating Apolinario Mabini's 150th birth anniversary

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) releases a new set of stamps and souvenir sheets commemorating Apolinario Mabini's 150th birth anniversary on July 23 held in his hometown, Barangay Talaga of the City of Tanauan, in the Province of Batangas. Postmaster General Josie Dela Cruz presented the framed souvenir stamps to President Benigno S. Aquino III during the commemorative program with th

1907 Philippines BIA special printing stamp set will auction

A complete set of 14 Philippines 1907 Bureau of Insular Affairs (BIA) special printing stamps will feature in Robert A Siegel's November 18 auction in New York with a valuation of $15,150. After the invasion of the Philippines by the United States following the Spanish-American war of 1898, the US government issued regular US stamps overprinted with the word "PHILIPPINES". The stamps were first is