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Stamps featuring the 500th birth anniversary of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

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Stamps featuring the 500th birth anniversary of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the 500th birth anniversary of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.

Kind of Issue: Special
Denomination & Quantity: P6.00 - - - - - - 100,000
Date of Issue: August 20, 2004
Last Day of Sale: August 19, 2005 (as stock allows)
Sheet Composition: 50 (10 x 5)
Size of Stamps: 30mm x 40mm
Size of Souvenir Sheet: 94mm x 100mm
Perforation: 14
Printing Process: Litho-Offset (4 colors)
Paper: Imported Unwatermarked
Printer: Amstar Company, Inc.
Design Coordinators: Augusta V. de Viana
Layout Artist: Alfonso V. Divina
Designs: For the stamp : "SANDUGO" by Carlos V. Francisco, 1938
(For the FDC Cachet design: "Blood Compact” by Napoleon Abueva, 1997)

Born in Zumarraga, Guipuzcoa, Spain around 500 years ago, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi went to Mexico in 1545 where he became clerk of the Cabildo or municipal government. He was appointed in 1561 to lead an expedition to discover the islands of the West called Islas Poniente. He formally colonized the Marianas and the Philippines in 1565 and established a settlement in Cebu, which was first name as the Villa del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus. He founded the city of Manila in 1571.  Read more

 

Stamps and Official First Day Covers will be available starting 20 August 2004 at the Philatelic Service, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio

 

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