The Philippine Postal Corporation will continue its Philippine butterflies definitive series with new stamps dated "2006" for use on international mails.
Due to the increase imposed by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) on terminal dues, increase in special drawing right (SDR) conversion rate, increase in domestic cost and the imposition of the 12% value added tax (VAT), the international postage rates were increased effective March 6,2006.
The Philippine Postal Corporation will continue its Philippine butterflies definitive series with two new stamps dated "2006" for use as make-up rates necessitated by the increase in local postage rates effective January 16, 2006.
The P2.00 stamp is a new value in the definitive series, and features a new butterfly. The P5.00 stamps is a modified version of the previous P5.00 stamp and depict the same butterfly.
The Philippine Postal Corporation will continue its Philippine butterflies definitive series with new stamps dated "2006". These are needed for the postage rates hike due to increase in handling costs and the inclusion of value added tax (VAT).
The Philippine Postal Corporation will continue its Philippine butterflies definitive series with new stamps dated "2006".
Due to the increase in local postage rates starting January 16, 2006, there is a huge demand for P1.00 and P5.00 stamps. To cope with this demand, these two values have to be ordered from a different printer.
The same butterflies are featured, but the stamps came out very different from printings made by the regular printer. A blue security band is printed below the design, and there are white borders around the stamps.