2015, December 10. Popular Fruits of the Philippines (Definitives)
Litho Offset, Perum Peruri (Indonesia) Perf 12 (Harrow Perforator)
Singles, Sheets of 100
5p Aratiles - Aratilesfruit (Muntingia calabura) - Singles (3,750,000)
10p Makopa - Rose apple (Syzygium samarangense) - Singles (10,000,000)
20p Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) - Singles (4,500,000)
Note: Printed by Perum Peruri (Indonesia), with thicker type of paper, using Harrow Perforator - wherein all stamps are perforated in one stroke causing top, bottom, left & right margins to be Imperforate. With 7-digit serial numbers and color guide strips.
First Day Covers: Manila
Popular Fruits of the Philippines
ARATILESFRUIT (Muntingia calabura). Aratiles fruit is small, about the size of a blueberry. Green when unripe but orange to red as it ripens. It is juicy, somewhat gelatinous inside. Hundreds of tiny yellow seeds give a nice texture. It is sweet with cotton candy smell and flavor.
ROSE APPLE (Syzygium samarangense). Commonly known as Makopa fruit, is bell shaped with a waxy skin and comes in pink, white, green and purple. It has a crisp, light (airy or spongy) white pulp that is mild in flavor. While the fruit is delicious on its own, it is sometimes used for medicinal purposes also.
STRAWBERRY (Fragaria ananassa). Philippine Strawberies are grown in Benguet Province because of its cold climate. La Trinidad, Benguet, approximately 210 km away from Manila, is known as the "Strawberry Capital of the Philippines”. This province was once recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records for baking the largest strawberry cake.
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