Bonifacio centenary — 10 s on 6 s
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1972.PHL.01-03- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 8th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference
1972.PHL.01· piece 3 of 3 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Philippines (PHL)- Year / date
- 1972-11-13
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 10 s on 6 s
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier S.A. (original); Government Printing Bureau (overprint)
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11¾
- Quantity printed
- 500,000
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 972.54
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- PH 1162
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- PH 1036
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- PH 878
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- PH 1270
Notes
Andrés Bonifacio in a white shirt raising a bolo before a red K.K.K. flag with a sun; banner 1863 BONIFACIO CENTENARY 1963; PILIPINAS; KOREO; original 6s barred. Black overprint ASIA PACIFIC SCOUT CONFERENCE and NOV. 1972; surcharge 10s at left.
Series history
The Philippines issued three 10 sentimo surcharges at Manila on 13 November 1972 for the 8th Asia-Pacific Scout Conference. The Government Printing Bureau applied a black overprint reading ASIA PACIFIC SCOUT CONFERENCE and NOV. 1972, barred the original 6 sentimo, and added 10s. One million copies were made on the 1963 Roxas credo — a blue recess portrait with the English line We want to see a world where people will have enough and none will have too little — and one million five hundred thousand on the 1965 Quirino credo — a dark green recess portrait with So live that you can look at every man straight in the eye. Both credo stamps had been printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson, comb perforated 14 × 13½. Five hundred thousand copies were made on the 1963 Bonifacio centenary, Andrés Bonifacio raising a bolo before the K.K.K. flag, printed by Courvoisier in photogravure, comb perforated 11¾.