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Studies and articles on Philippine Republic
issues by:
Dr. Ngo Tiong
Tak
Philatelic Specialist - Republic of the Philippines
Due to the improvement in
the designs and quality of Philippine stamps in the last few years,
with many topical issues and attractive souvenir sheets, more and
more collectors are taking notice of Philippine new issues.
With the huge stocks of old issues in the vaults finally disposed
of, and the printing of only 20,000 to 30,000 stamps and 5,000 to
8,000 souvenir sheets, Republic stamps are finally getting the
serious attention of collectors. After the philatelic sales
period of one year for all commemorative and special issues, all
unsold stocks are sent all over the country for postage use.
So, without the threat of the Post Office' stocks of old issues
being sold at face value looming over the philatelic market,
collectors should fill up the empty spaces in their albums as soon
as possible before everyone realizes how scarce many of the issues
of the last 20 years are. (Dr. Ngo Tiong Tak)
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