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1961 First Day of Issue Stamp/Envelop.

Posted by jov3n- trader202 on Friday, March 16, 2012, In : Postal Stamp

The Colombo Plan is a regional organization that embodies the concept of collective inter-governmental effort to strengthen economic and social development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. The primary focus of all Colombo Plan activities is on human resources development.

The "Plan" is not meant to be an integrated master plan to which national plans were expected to conform. It is, instead, a framework for bi-lateral arrangements involving foreign aid and technical assistance f...
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1985 420th ANNIV. OF FILIPINO-SPANISH FIRST PEACE TREATY

Posted by jov3n- trader202 on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, In : Postal Stamp

The people of Bohol are said to be the descendants of the last group of inhabitants who settled in the Philippines called pintados or “tattooed ones.” Boholanos already had a culture of their own as evidenced by the artifacts dug at Mansasa, Tagbilaran, and in Dauis and Panglao.

Bohol is derived from the word Bo-ho or Bo-ol. The island was the seat of the first international treaty of peace and unity between the native king Datu Sikatuna, and Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legaz...

1962 SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP/ FIRST DAY OF ISSUE COVER

Posted by jov3n- trader202 on Monday, March 12, 2012, In : Postal Stamp

Special Delivery is a postal service for urgent postal packets. Its meaning varies among postal services and is different and separate from Express mail delivery service offered by many postal administrations. Essentially it means that a postal packet is delivered from a post office to the addressee immediately once it arrives at the post office responsible for delivering it, rather than waiting for the next regular delivery to the addressee.

First Day of Issued covers depicts the 1962 Special...
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Josefa Llanes Escoda : BANKNOTES & STAMP

Posted by jov3n- trader202 on Thursday, February 2, 2012, In : Banknote

Josefa Llanes Escoda, founder of the Girl Scout of the Philippines , is executed together with other Filipinos who have resisted Japanese Occupation during World War II, January 31, 1945.

Great civic leader, social worker, suffragette and war heroine, Pepa, as she was affectionately called, was born on September 20, 1898 in Dingras, Ilocos Norte.

She was last seen on January 29, 1945. She was then apparently taken and held in one of the Far Eastern University buildings occupied by the Japanese...

1903-1936 Once Centavo (US Administration)

Posted by jov3n- trader202 on Thursday, October 20, 2011, In : Coin

After the Spanish-American War in 1898, Philippines were ceded to United States as part of their settlement between Spain and US. During the US administration, they issued a coinage for the Philippines Islands under the commonwealth regime until 1935.

Below is the One Centavo (0.01PHP) and his specifications;

Year:            1903-1936
Metal:           Bronze
Weight :        4.7 g
Diameter :    24.8 mm
Thickness:    1.45 mm
Shape:         Round
Edge:            Smooth

Obverse Lettering: UNITED S...
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Philippine Banknotes

Posted by jov3n- trader202 on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, In : Banknote

New banknote series issued by Philippine Banko Sentral last December 2010 to replaced the older version. I will soon filling this site my other personal collections and some of my friends shared items. For the meantime, we could flashback our banknote history through the below video I found at youtube.

God bless Kabayan.
Angat Pinoy.

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