The Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost) will come up with the Kiwanis Club of Manila stamps, which will be issued on January 21, 2011. It is classified as a “Special” kind of issue with a denomination of P 7.00 and quantity of 50,000 pieces.
The technical description of the Kiwanis Club of Manila stamps are as follows:
Kiwanis Club is one of the world’s largest service clubs. The club has carried the slogan “Serving the Children of the World” and its theme “One Can Make a Difference.” On July 4, 1964, members of the Kiwanian Memory Caine of KC Santa Barbara, California, USA organized the Kiwanis Club of Manila. In 1993, then President Fidel V. Ramos issued Presidential Proclamation 124 declaring the third week of January as Philippine Kiwanis Week.
The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue an overprinted souvenir sheet to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Filipinas Stamp Collectors' Club CFSCC).
The Camera Club of the Philippines is an association of photography enthusiasts. It is the oldest continuing photographic society in the country, perhaps even in Asia. Founded on August 19, 1928, it existed without a break except for a brief period in 1942-46 because of the Japanese occupation.
In the year 1900 the U.S. Secretary of State Elihu Root ordered the 2nd Philippine Commission "Do not forget to look for that cold place!" The Commission by then had heard of this fabled "paradise" from the Spaniards who were leaving after the Philippines had been purchased from Spain. The cold place was "Kafagway" inhabited by 30 Igorots, 10 llocanos and a white man-a German named Otto Sheerer.