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Stamps featuring the Philippine Colonial Churches

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Stamps featuring the Philippine Colonial Churches

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of stamps in celebration of the yuletide season.

Kind of Issue: Special
Denomination & Quantity: P7.00 - - - - - - 50, 000
P20 - - - 50,000
P24 - - - 50,000
P26 - - - 50,000
Date of Issue: November 24, 2006
Last Day of Sale: November 23, 2007
Sheet Composition: 40 (4x10)
Size of Stamps: 40mm x 30mm
Perforation: 14
Printing Process: Litho-Offset (4 colors)
Paper: Imported Unwatermarked
Printer: Amstar Company, Inc.
Designer: Danilo S. Pangan
Design Coordinators: Dr. Ngo tiong Tak
Corazon T. Loza
Layout Artist: Jesus Alfredo D. Delos Santos
Design: Philippine Colonial Churches

The hundreds of churches that were built throughout the Philippines were a product of the missionary enterprise of the Spanish regime that began in 1521. In 1899, when the last of the Spanish fleet left the Philippines, they left behind, among many irrevocable influences, hundreds of brick and stone churches throughout the archipelago. Read more.

 

Stamps and Official First Day Covers will be available starting November 24, 2006 at the Philatelic Service, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, 1000 Manila and at all Regional Offices of the Philippine Postal Corporation.

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