Bookmark and Share

Stamps featuring Luciano San Miguel

0
Your rating: None
Stamps featuring Luciano San Miguel

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the Death Centenary of Luciano San Miguel.

Kind of Issue: Commemorative
Denomination & Quantity: P6.00 - - - - - 50,000
Date of Issue: May 13, 2003
Last Day of Sale: August 13, 2003
Sheet Composition: 50(5x10)
Size of Stamps: 22mm x25mm
Perforation: 14
Printing Process: Litho-Offset (4 colors)
Paper: Imported Unwatermarked
Printer: Amstar Company, Inc.
Layout Artist: Alfonso V. Divina
Design Coordinator: Augusto V. de Viana
Design: Bust portrait of Luciano San Miguel and Personal Flag

One of the unsung heroes of Philippine independence. Luciano San Miguel was born on January 7, 1875 in Noveleta, Cavite. Said to have studied agriculture at the Ateneo de Manila, San Miguel took on odd jobs including sewing and "inspecting" the hacienda of Don Pedro Roxas in Nasugbu, Batangas. When the Revolution broke out, he joined the Katipunan, Magdiwang chapter, in his hometown, whose more famous members were the father and son tandem of Mariano and Santiago Alvarez and Artemio Ricarte. Read more.

 
 
Stamps and Official First Day Covers will be available starting 13 May 2003 at the Philatelic Division, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, 1000 Manila and all Regional Offices of the Philippine Postal Corporation.