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CATALOG OF PHILIPPINE CHRISTMAS SEALS 

 1956 - 1959

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1956.  "Pagmamano" - Kissing of the Hand

Printer: Eureka Specialty Printing Co., Pa., USA

Artist:  Diego Celestino

Issued in sheets of 100  (10 x 10);  Perf 12  1/2;  Imperforate

 

CS16.    Pagmamano  (120,000)

CS16a.  Imperforate

 

Note:  Top and Bottom Margins of full sheets are with straight-edges.

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1957.  President Ramon Magsaysay

Printer:  Eureka Specialty Printing Co., Pa., USA 

Artist:  Diego Celetino

Issued in sheets of 100 (10 x 10);  Perf 12  1/2;  Imperforate

 

CS17.   Portrait of President Magsaysay  (120,000)

CS17a. Imperforate

 

Note:  Left and Right Margins of full sheets are with straight-edges.

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1958.  Mother Mary and Child Jesus

Printer: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd, Tokyo Japan                                                  

Design:  Toppan Printing Co.

Issued in sheets of 100 (10 x 10); Perf 12 1/2;  Imperforate

 

CS18.    Mother Mary and Infant Jesus  (120,000)  

CS18a.  Imperforate

 

Note:  Left and Right Margins of full sheets are with straight-edges.

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1959.  U.S.  NTA SEALS                                                             

Printer: Eureka Specialty Printing Co.                                                                

Artist: Katherine La Bruce Rowe                                                            

Issued in sheets of 100 (10 x 10), Se-tenant Pairs, Perf 13

• Small Girl with Birds and “1959 CHRISTMAS"

• Small Boy with Animals and “GREETINGS 1959”

Note:  Due to time constraints, instead of printing a new design, the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, merely purchased 120,000 sheets of the 1959 U.S. seals printed by Eureka.  There were five ( 5 ) other US printers of the 1959 seals aside from Eureka, and the Eureka sheet may be identified through Eureka's printer's mark - a small black letter "E" located above the boy's foot in seal # 56.   

Articles by Nemy L. Rivera