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Selyo : Philippine history in postage stamps / Reynaldo Gamboa Alejandro.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPasig City : National BookStore, [2000];copyright 2000Description: 156 pages : illustrations 22 x 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9712709868
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HE 6185.P62  .Al25 2000
Summary: This book, the first of its kind in the philatelic history, presents historical events and important personalities in the Philippine history through a selection of the postage stamps. The selection ranges from issues dating back to the early 1800's up to the present. The life of the first nationalist and the Philippine National hero Dr. Jose Rizal is told through a selection of over thirty stamps beginning in his birthplace and ending in Luneta Park, then known as Bagumbayan field, the scene of his execution. Also featured in this book are special issues by the National Centennial Commission and the ten issues by the Philippine Postal Corporation celebrating the " Decade of the Philippine Nationalism 1989-1998." The page format used features a blow-up of the stamp for the layman to appreciate and a print of the stamp's actual size for the collectors to mount their stamps on.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center HE 6185.P62 .Al25 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000005215
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana Reference HE 6185.P62 .Al25 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000260082
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana Reference HE 6185.P62 .Al25 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000260085

Includes bibliographical references and index

This book, the first of its kind in the philatelic history, presents historical events and important personalities in the Philippine history through a selection of the postage stamps. The selection ranges from issues dating back to the early 1800's up to the present. The life of the first nationalist and the Philippine National hero Dr. Jose Rizal is told through a selection of over thirty stamps beginning in his birthplace and ending in Luneta Park, then known as Bagumbayan field, the scene of his execution. Also featured in this book are special issues by the National Centennial Commission and the ten issues by the Philippine Postal Corporation celebrating the " Decade of the Philippine Nationalism 1989-1998." The page format used features a blow-up of the stamp for the layman to appreciate and a print of the stamp's actual size for the collectors to mount their stamps on.

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