1961 Jose Rizal Birth Centennial

 

The Bureau of Posts issued a set of 4 stamps on June 19, 1961 to mark the birth centennial of National Hero Jose Rizal.

Rizal had been the subject of several stamp issues since the Republic's creation in 1946:

1946 Jose Rizal 50th Anniversary of Martyrdom
1947 Rizal Monument
1948 Rizal 2c Definitive
1949 Rizal 2c Definitive Booklet Pane
1950 Rizal Revalued Definitive
1952 Rizal Post Card
1959 Rizal Monument Stamp Surcharged

Jose Rizal,  the seventh child of Jose Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonzo  was born in Kalamba, June 19, 1861.

Rizal's parents

Rizal's birthplace iin Kalamba

Rizal studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila and at the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, completing his studies at Universities in Spain and Germany.

(a) Rizal at the Ateneo (b) Rizal in Spain with del Pilar, and Ponce

Rizal Centennial Stamps

First Day of Issue Cancellation

First Day Covers

1961 De La Salle College Golden Jubilee

De La Salle College was founded in 1911 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools  offering primary and intermediate programs and a three-year commercial secondary school program. In November 1917, the school was granted a charter authorizing it to confer an Associate in Arts degree. In 1930, the College was authorized to confer the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Education and Master of Science of Education. On February 19, 1975, the College changed its status to a University.

 The Bureau of Posts issued a set of stamps to mark the Golden Jubilee of De La Salle College on June 16, 1961.

First Day of Issue Cancellation

First Day Covers

 (Not in author's collection)

(Not in author's collection)

1961 2nd National Boy Scout Jamboree

The 2nd National Boy Scout Jamboree was held May 2 -8, 1961 at  Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga., excellent photographs of which can be seen at Bill Fabianik's web site. The 1st National Boy Scout Jamboree  had been held in April, 1954.

The 1959 10th World Jamboree regular semi-postal stamps were overprinted to mark the 1961 Jamboree. The stamps were issued on opening day, May 2, 1961. Two paper types were used to print the original stamps. Individual stamps were printed on yellow-tinted paper while tete-beche sheets were printed on white paper. Both types were overprinted and surcharged.

a) Yellow-tinted Paper

b) White Paper

 

First Day of Issue Cancellation

First Day Covers

(Not in author's collection)