2011, August 1. EDSA People Power
Revolution - 25th Anniversary
Litho Offset.
Amstar Company, Inc. Perf. 14
Se-tenant
Blocks of 4 , Sheets of
40 (4 x 10)
7p
President Cory Aquino
7p
Jaime Cardinal Sin
7p
Jaime Cardinal Sin
7p
President Cory Aquino
56p Souvenir Sheets of Eight (7,000)
7p x 4 Se-tenant Blocks of 4 - Cory Aquino
7p x 4 Se-tenant Blocks of 4 - Jaime Cardinal Sin
Designers:
Jesus Alfredo delos Santos, Reynaldo Alejandro
Layout Artists: Victorino Z. Serevo (Stamps); Jesus
Alfredo delos Santos (Souvenir Sheets)
Design Coordinators:
Dr. Ngo Tiong Tak; Cris Carrion, Spirit of EDSA Foundation
First Day Covers: Manila, Quezon
City
EDSA People Power Revolution - 25th Anniversary
The People Power Revolution
(also known as the EDSA
Revolution and the
Philippine Revolution of 1986) was a series of popular
non-violent revolutions and prayerful mass street demonstrations in
the Philippines that occurred in 1986, which marked the restoration
of the country's democracy. It became a subsequent inspiration for
the Revolutions of 1989 that ended communist dictatorships in
Eastern Europe. It is sometimes referred to as the
Yellow Revolution
due to the presence of yellow ribbons during the arrival of Benigno
Aquino, Jr. These protests were the culmination of a long campaign
of civil resistance by the people against the 20-year running
authoritarian, repressive regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos
and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised the
world".
The majority of the demonstrations took place at Epifanio de los
Santos Avenue, known more commonly by its acronym EDSA, in
Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila and involved over 2,000,000
Filipino civilians as well as several political, military, and
religious figures, such as Cardinal Jaime Sin. The protests, fueled
by a resistance and opposition of years of corrupt governance by
Marcos, occurred from February 22–25, 1986, when Marcos fled
Malacañang Palace to the U.S. state of Hawaii and conceded to
Corazon Aquino as the legitimate
President of the Philippines.