5c, 12c, 17c Souvenir Sheet,
depicting Dr. Jose Rizal, Apolinario Mobini, Fr. Jose Burgos
(200,000)
- mis-aligned stamps
- missing 17c stamp
- missing 12c and 17c stamps
- mis-cut sheets (various
degrees)
- offset of gummed-side
- missing inscriptions
FDC - Manila
Note: Rejected essays exist,
each stamp with double frames around them, and, with inscriptions on
both the left and rise side of the sheet.
1944, February 17. Commemorative.
National Heroes. Unwatermarked. Perf 12. Carmelo and
Bauermann, Inc., Manila. 100/sheet, 10 x 10.
5c - Dr. Jose Rizal, blue
(500,000)
- REPUBIIKA instead of
REPUBLIKA
- Imperforate left margin
12c - Fr. Jose Burgos, carmine
(300,000)
17c - Apolinario Mabini, deep
orange (200,000)
FDC, Manila
1944, April 17.
Commemorative.
National Heroes. Unwatermarked. IMPERFORATE. Carmelo
and Bauermann, Inc., Manila. 100/sheet, 10 x 10.
5c - Dr. Jose Rizal, blue
(200,000)
12c - Fr. Jose Burgos, carmine
(200,000)
17c - Apolinario Mabini, deep
orange (200,000)
FDC, Manila
1944, April 10.
Definitive. Watermarked (curved wavy lines). Perf 13 x 13 1/2. Cabinet
Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Tokyo. 100/sheet, 10 x 10.
5p - Moro Vinta, dark
olive-green (65,000)
FDC - Manila (usually found with
the second printing of the 2p Moro Vinta definitive issue.
1944, May 7. Commemoratives.
Second Anniversary Fall of Bataan and Corregidor (Overprint). Unwatermarked. Perf 11. Bureau of Printing, Manila
(overprints). 50/sheet, 5 x 10.
5c on 20c - Moro Vinta,
ultramarine (285,000), Plate Nos: F146129
12c on 60c - Moro Vinta,
blue-green (165,000), Plate Nos: 146130, F146130
FDC - Manila,
With Official FDC cachet issued with control
numbers 0 - 16.
Stocks of the 20c and 60c airmail stamps
issued in 1941 from the Commonwealth period were overprinted
with black bars deleting the words "United States of America Commonwealth of the
Philippines" and overprinted in black with "Republika ng Pilipinas,
5-7-44".
1944, June 26. Official. K.P. Overprint on Large Type "Commonwealth". Unwatermarked. Perf 11.
Bureau of Printing, Manila (overprint). 64/sheet, 8 x 8.
5c on 6c - Filipina, dark
brown (23,000), Plate Nos: F129927, 131563
FDC - Manila
Stocks of the 1936 6c Filipina stamps were overprinted with black deleting bars to obliterate "United States of America"
and "Commonwealth". Overprinted with "K.P." and surcharged in black.
1944, August 28. Officials. K.P.(Republika). Overprint on Small Type "Commonwealth".
Unwatermarked. Perf 11. Bureau of Printing, Manila
(overprint). 64/sheet, 8 x 8.
5c on 6c - Filipina, golden
brown, Plate No: 141035
20c - Juan de la Cruz, light
olive green, Plate No: F146131
1p - Moro Vinta, sepia,
Plate No: 146131
FDC - Manila "For Philately" with control
numbers 0 - 14.
Stocks of the 6c Filipina, 20c Juan de la
Cruz and 1p Moro Vinta stamps from the Commonwealth period were overprinted
with black bars deleting the words "United States of America" and
"Commonwealth of the". Overprinted with "Republika ng
Pilipinas" ("Republika" only on the 20c), and, "K.P." in black.
1944, October 14.
Commemorative. President Jose P. Laurel. Unwatermarked.
Imperforate. Bureau of Printing, Manila. 100/sheet, 10 x 10.
5c - President Laurel, dull
violet brown (750,000)
- perforate
- broken head of farmer
- offset on gummed-side
7c - President Laurel, green
(500,000)
- perforate
- offset on gummed-side
20c - President Laurel, blue
(350,000)
- perforate
- offset on gummed-side
FDC - Manila with 13 known secret marks
on the FDC cachet-cancel
Note: Although FDCs are dated
October 14, 1944, these stamps were not issued until January 12, 1945.
