PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES / PILIPINAS.

Fight against tuberculosis.
Cross of Lorraine on map of Philippines.
Last stamp in a set of 3, issued on 19.08.1963.
Face value: 50+5 cents of Philippine peso.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. Z14.
- Scott No. B25,
- Stanley Gibbons No. 937.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 569.

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases affecting humanity, it is estimated that it is between 15,000 to 20,000 years old. The fight against this disease goes back a long way, but only from the 17th century began to use substances from America in Europe (cinchona, coffee, tea, cocoa and tobacco). In the 18th century it was proposed to transfer the sick to the countryside to exercise and follow a proper diet in a healthy environment, and the application of a therapy consisting of bloodletting, emetic, purgative, balms, expectorants or opium. In the middle of the 20th century, the antibacterial properties of the Streptomyces griseum fungus were discovered, which in 1944 gave rise to the development of streptomycin. From that moment on, new treatments were developed, but although it has been reduced, the disease has not yet disappeared. The Cross of Lorraine was adopted as a symbol of the fight against tuberculosis at an international congress on the disease held in Berlin in 1902, as a suggestion of French physician Gilbert Sersiron.

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES / PILIPINAS.

The World United Against Malaria.
Taal Lake (Lawa ng Taal).
Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 24.10.1962.
Face value: 10 cents of Philippine peso.
Printing: Photogravure.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 711.
- Scott No. 869.
- StampWorld No. 717.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 922.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 554.

Lake Taal, formerly known as Lake Bombón, is a freshwater volcanic crater lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon. The lake fills a large caldera of the Taal volcano formed by large eruptions between 500,000 and 100,000 years ago. Its length is 25 km (16 mi) and its width is 18 km (11 mi). It has an area of 234.2 km² (90.4 sq mi) and its average depth is 100 m (330 ft). Until the beginning of the 18th century, the lake had an outlet to the sea and was navigable, but a series of eruptions from the Taal volcano, which ended in 1754, blocked that outlet and caused several populations to be submerged by rising water levels.

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA / SUID-AFRIKA.

Cooperation in Southern Africa, Veterinaty assistance.
Simplified map of the African continent.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 15.02.1990 (in minishet).
Face value: 50 cents of South African rand.
Design: A. H. Barrett.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 824.
- Scott No. 784A.
- StampWorld No. 831.
- Stanley Gibbons No. MS 704.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 709.

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES / PILIPINAS.

Golden Jubilee Philippine Pharmaceutical Associaton, 1920-1970.
Stylized map of Philippines.
Stamps issued on 16.11.1970.
Face values: 10 and 50 sentimos of Philippine peso.

Catalogues
- Michel Nos. 942-943.
- StampWorld Nos. 944-945.
- Yvert et Tellier Nos. 794-795.

The current Philippine Pharmacists Association, Inc. was founded on 29 August 1920 as Philippine Pharmaceutical Association. The first president was Rafael Carreon. In 1957 the PPhA became an active member of the Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique (FIP), and in 1964 led the founding of the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA).

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PAPUA NIUGINI - PAPUA NIU GINI.

Red Cross. Blood Transfusion Centres.
Simplified map.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 27.08.1980.
Face value: 3o toea of kina.

Catalogues
- Scott No. 523.
- StampWorld No. 397.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 395.