1960 Eisenhower State Visit

President Eisenhower paid a state visit to the Philippines on June 14 to 16, 1960, returning the visit of President Garcia to Washington two years earlier. He was the first U.S. president to visit the Philippines while in office.

President Eisenhower in Manila, June, 1960

While in the Philippines, President Eisenhower recalled his personal association with the Philippines extending over a period of many years. When MacArthur went to the Philippines as military adviser to the government of the Commonwealth in 1935, he took Eisenhower along as his assistant. For the next four years Eisenhower helped to create the defences of the islands, returning to the United States at the end of 1939.

A set of two stamps marking the state visit was issued later in the year on December 30, 1960. The stamps printed by the Government Printing Bureau of Japan show Presidents Eisenhower and Garcia shaking hands.

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1960 Rome Summer Olympics

A contingent of 40 Philippine athletes competed in seven sports at the 1960 Rome Olympics. In honour of the event, the Bureau of Posts issued a set of  diamond-shaped stamps, two regular and two airmail, featuring athletics, basketball, shooting, and swimming.

The stamps were issued on November 30, 1960.

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Air Mail

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1960 Quezon 1c Definitive

A 1c definitive stamp featuring Manuel Quezon was issued on November 15, 1960, the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of the Commonwealth and its first president Manuel Quezon.

November 15, 1935

Quezon Memorial

The Manuel Quezon Monument, located in Quezon City, consists of a tower with three vertical pylons, representing the three geographic regions of the Philippines. Beneath the tower is a gallery and Quezon's tomb. The 1c definitive stamp shows the Quezon memorial in the background.

 

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An image of the Quezon Memorial is included in the first day of issue cancellation.

 

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