1961 Antonio Luna Surcharge : Recapture of Corregidor

Corregidor Island located at the entrance of Manila Bay was captured by Japanese forces in May, 1942. The Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor, February 16-26, 1945, resulted in the American/Filipino liberation of the island.

The Bureau of Posts issued a surcharged Antonio Luna definitive stamp on February 16, 1961, marking the  16th anniversary of the recapture of Corregidor.

The 25c definitive stamp was surcharged to 20c, without reference to the recapture of Corregidor.

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MARKING THE RECAPTURE OF CORREGIDOR

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1961 Manila Postal Conference

The 1961 Manila Postal Conference,  held in Manila  from January 10 to 23, 1961, resulted in the Asian Oceanic Postal Convention ("Convention") which was signed by representatives of Australia, China, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines and Thailand. The Convention came into force on April 1, 1962 with four countries forming a postal union, namely, China, Korea, Philippines and Thailand. The Convention now called the Asian Pacific Postal Union is today an inter-governmental organization of 32 Asian Pacific region postal postal administrations.

 The Manila Postal Conference was held at the W.H.O. building in Manila, shown in the above post card.

A set of two stamps, one regular and one air mail, were issued to mark the Conference on January 23, 1961.


Regular Stamp

Air Mail Stamp

 

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The Conference symbol was included in the first day of issue cancellation.

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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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