UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES.

Defense of the Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Philippines.
Air view of the island.
Stamp issued on 27.09.1944.
Face value: 3 cents of US dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 50,000,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 528.
- Scott No. 925.
- StampWorld No. 733.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 922.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 474.

Corregidor Island (Tagalog: Pulo ng Corregidor) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines. Its surface area is 5.49 km² (2.12 sq mi), and its maximum height is 179.5 m (589 ft). Due to this location, Corregidor has historically been fortified with coastal artillery batteries to defend the entrance of Manila Bay and Manila itself from attacks by enemy warships. During World War II, the island played an important role during the invasion and liberation of the Philippines from the Imperial Japanese Army. The island was heavily bombarded during the later part of the war, where the ruins serve as a military memorial to American, Filipino, and Japanese soldiers who served and lost their lives on the battlefield.

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.

Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat Commemoration.
With an stylized map of Philippines.
Stamp issued on 13.01.1975.
Face value: 15 cents of Philippine peso.
Printing: Photogravure.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1114.
- Scott No. 1242.
- StampWorld No. 1116.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1352.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 963.

Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat (1581-1671), seventh Sultan of Maguindanao, ruled the island of Mindanao (southern Philippines) from 1619 until his death, while the Spanish colonization took place. He was a direct descendant of Shariff Kabungsuwan, a Malay-Arab Johor nobleman who brought Islam to Mindanao. Like other Muslim rulers in the south of the archipelago, he successfully fought the invaders and hindered the spread of Catholicism. In 1635, however, he accepted an alliance treaty of mutual aid and protection with Imperial Spain and gave the Jesuits the privilege of building a church in the capital of the sultanate, Lamitan (now Baras), but thirteen years later hostilities returned, with clear superiority of the sultan, who was victorious in most skirmishes and maintained control of their territories. He was a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and, upon his death, was considered a "holy man".

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES / PILIPINAS.

Definitive stamps. Local motives.
Mayon Volcano.
Fifth stamp in a set of 7, issued on 23.03.1947.
Face value: 20 cents of Philippine peso.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 466.
- Scott No. 508.
- StampWorld No. 472.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 633.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 329.

Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is a sacred and active stratovolcano in the province of Albay, on the large island of Luzon in the Philippines. The volcano with its surrounding landscape was declared a national park on July 20, 1938, the first in the nation. It was reclassified in 2000 and renamed as the Mayon Volcano Natural Park. It is the centerpiece of the Albay Biosphere Reserve, declared by UNESCO in 2016. Its height is 2,463 m (8,081 ft). Its cone is considered the most perfectly formed in the world due to its symmetry. Its first documented eruption is in 1616, and the most destructive so far was in 1814. More recently, the Mayon has experienced continuous emissions since 1999.

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES / PILIPINAS.

Third anniversary of the Taal Volcano eruption.
Airmail stamp issued on 01.10.1968.
Face value: 70 cents of Philippine peso.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 26 x 42 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 849.
- Scott No. C95.
- StampWorld No. 851.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1071.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 70.

Taal Volcano (in Tagalog: Bulkang Taal) is a large caldera filled by Taal Lake located in the province of Batangas, Luzon Island. It is the second-most active volcano in the Philippines. The caldera was formed by prehistoric eruptions between 140,000 and 5,380 BC. Between 1572 and 2020 there were some 50 eruptions, the largest of which, in 1754, lasted from May 15 to December 12; one of the most devastating, on January 27, 1911, caused several earthquakes that alerted even the city of Manila, 60 km (37 mi) away, and caused the death of some 1,100 people. The 1965 eruption was classified as phreatomagmatic, generated by the interaction of magma with the Taal Lake water, and produced a violent explosion that devastated several villages on the shores of lake and killed about 100 people.

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES / PILIPINAS.

World Tourist Conference, Manila.
Maria Cristina Falls (Talon ng Maria Cristina).
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 18.11.1959.
Face value: 30 cents of Philippine peso.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 30 x 45 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 643.
- Scott No. 808.
- StampWorld No. 649.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 838.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 491.

Maria Cristina Falls (also known as Twin Falls) is a waterfall of the Agus River in the municipality of Iligan, north of the island of Mindanao. They are 98 m (320 ft) high and their water flow, of about 130 m³ (4,591 cu ft) per second, is used by the Agus VI hydroelectric plant.

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.

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES / PILIPINAS.

50th Anniversary of Rotary International, 1905-1955.
Mayon volcano.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 23.02.1955.
Face value: 5 cents of Philippine peso.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 589.
- Scott No. 618.
- StampWorld No. 595.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 430.

Rotary International, made up of Rotary clubs organized in more than 200 countries and geographic regions, is an organization and service club whose purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services in their communities, promote high ethical standards in all occupations and contribute to promoting goodwill and peace in the world. It was founded by Paul Harris in Chicago (United States) on February 23, 1905.

Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is a sacred and active stratovolcano in the province of Albay, on the large island of Luzon in the Philippines. The volcano with its surrounding landscape was declared a national park on July 20, 1938, the first in the nation. It was reclassified in 2000 and renamed as the Mayon Volcano Natural Park. It is the centerpiece of the Albay Biosphere Reserve, declared by UNESCO in 2016. Its height is 2,463 m (8,081 ft). Its cone is considered the most perfectly formed in the world due to its symmetry. Its first documented eruption is in 1616, and the most destructive so far was in 1814. More recently, the Mayon has experienced continuous emissions since 1999.

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).