The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the Centennial Anniversary of the San Beda College.

Colegio de San Beda was founded by Spanish Benedictime monks from the Abbey of Montserrat who had come to the Philippines in 1895 to work as missionaries in Surigao. Aftertheir imprisonment by Filipino revolutionaries in 1899, the monks came to Manila and decided to go into education. The school opened on June 1 7, 1901 in a two-stored building on Arlegui Street, with 212 students. Under an agreemenl signed in 1906, the University of Santo Tomas recognized the courses offered by the school. In 1910 the Colegio was granted government recognition, In 1918, it was officially renamed San Beda College. Read more.

Stamps and Official First Day Covers will be available starting March 9. 2001 at the Philatelic Division, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila and all Regional Offices of the Philippine Postal Corporation.