It was a rainy Sunday afternoon but Cebu Stamp Club members gathered for the February stamp meetup.
Free stamps and commercial covers were raffled off.
Tips on how to mount an exhibit page for our upcoming stamp competition this year were shared.
Thanks guys for braving the rain and the floods. Salute!
Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
February 19, 1886
Jose Abad Santos (February 19, 1886 - May 2, 1942), Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was born in San Fernando, Pampanga to Vicente Abad Santos and Toribia Basco.
He was sent to the United States as a government pensioner and finished his pre-law at Santa Clara College in California.
He graduated Bachelor of Laws at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and Master of Laws at George Washington University in 1909.
He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1911 and served as Assistant Attorney at the Bureau of Justice from 1913 to 1917.
He was appointed as the first Filipino corporate lawyer of the Philippine National Bank, Manila Railroad Company and other government corporations.
Abad Santos served as Attorney General, Undersecretary of Justice, and Secretary of Justice from 1921 - 1923.
During World War II, on December 24, 1941, he became the country’s fifth Chief Justice.
He went to Corregidor along with the Commonwealth government and administered President Manuel L. Quezon’s and Vice President Sergio Osmeña’s oath of office for their second term on December 30, 1941.
President Quezon with his government, left for the United States after the rapid advancement of the Japanese forces.
He appointed Abad Santos to be the Acting President with full authority to act in the name of, and on behalf of the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and become the Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in some areas unoccupied by the Japanese.
On April 11, 1942, he was captured together with his son Jose “Pepito” Jr., Col. Benito Valeriano and two enlisted men.
Japanese High Commander Kiyotake Kawaguchi informed him of his impending execution.
On May 2, 1942, after refusing to be blindfolded and refusing to accept a cigarette offered to him, he was executed under a tall coconut tree near a river bank in Malabang, Lanao.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: wikipedia.org
Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
FEBRUARY 18, 1902
General Vicente Lukban was captured by American forces in Catubig, Samar.
On Feb. 27, 1902, the New York Times reported: “The officials of the War Department regard the capture of Lucban as the most important military event since Aguinaldo's capture.
He was run down on the Island of Samar. The place of his confinement is a tiny island in a bay on the north coast of Samar. Lucban is one of the most energetic and ferocious of rebels.
He is a half-breed, a mixture of Chinese and Filipino stock, and has been an irreconcilable from the first.
He had various fastnesses in the mountains of Samar, from which he would descend upon the coast towns, and his reign of terror was so complete that the entire population of the island paid tribute to him as the price of freedom from attack."
General Vicente Lukban (February 11, 1860 - November 16, 1916), was born in Labo, Camarines Norte.
He studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, and took up Bachelor of Laws at the University of Santo Tomas and Colegio de San Juan de Letran.
He was Justice of the Peace and joined Freemasonry in 1884. He became a member of Andres Bonifacio’s Katipunan, and contributed funds from his cooperative.
During the Philippine Revolution, he joined Emilio Aguinaldo and was one of the officers who helped plan strategies and activities.
On Oct. 29, 1898, Aguinaldo appointed him Comandante Militar of the Bicol region, and was promoted General of Samar and Leyte.
When the Philippine-American War (Filipino-American War) broke out on Feb. 4, 1899, he established his arsenal in the mountains of Catbalogan and carried out guerrilla warfare.
The Americans accused him as the mastermind of the Balangiga Massacre where American troops were attacked and killed.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: Vicente Lukban Facebook
World Stamp Today:
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Hongkong Post released a special stamp issue on February 18, 2022 highlighting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development.
The set of 11 shows the landmarks and latest developments of the two Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao, and the nine municipalities in Guangdong Province, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing, within the Greater Bay Area.
Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are positioned as core engines for regional development of the Greater Bay Area.
February 18, 2022, marks the third anniversary of the promulgation of the Outline Development Plan.
(Concept and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved
World Stamp Today:
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) launched on February 17, 2020, the 27th edition of the UN Endangered Species Stamps series.
Portuguese designer Sandra Macieira, did the 2020 batch featuring 12 stamps that showcase a wide range of species found worldwide, depicting migratory birds, fish and mammal species including migratory marine species.
These include the Great Hammerhead Shark, the Andean Flamingo, the Dalmatian Pelican, Egyptian Vulture, the Saker Falcon, the Siberian Crane, the Addax, the Argali Sheep, the Kiang, the Lion, the Harbour Porpoise and Narwhal.
(Concept and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved
Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
FEBRUARY 17, 1872
Fr. Mariano Gomez, Fr. Jose Burgos and Fr. Jacinto Zamora, more known as the GOMBURZA priests, were publicly executed by garrote at Bagumbayan by Spanish colonial authorities on false charges of treason and sedition arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny.
On January 20, 1872, two hundred people composed of soldiers and laborers employed at the Cavite arsenal led by Sergeant Fernando La Madrid staged a revolt and killed Spanish officers on sight including the commanding officer, after Governor General Rafael de Izquierdo imposed a personal tax on them.
General Felipe Ginoves led a regiment and besieged Fort San Felipe until all the mutineers surrendered. Most were executed while some were imprisoned.
The Spanish authorities then used the mutiny to tag as masterminds prominent Filipinos, and the three secular priests for their advocacy in promoting equal rights among priests and leading a campaign against Spanish friars.
They were at the forefront for secularization in the Philippines and became a threat to the Spanish clergy.
The martyrdom of the priests angered the Filipinos. It paved the way for the first stirrings for the Philippine Revolution.
Dr. Jose P. Rizal dedicated his second book, El Filibusterismo to the memory of GOMBURZA.
He wrote, “The Government, by enshrouding your trial in mystery and pardoning your co-accused, has suggested that some mistake was committed when your fate was decided; and the whole of the Philippines, in paying homage to your memory and calling you martyrs, totally rejects your guilt. The Church, by refusing to degrade you, has put in doubt the crime charged against you.”
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
World Stamp Today:
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Royal Mail marks the 60th anniversary of X-Men with a new set of 17 special stamps on February 16, 2023.
The stamps feature some of the most iconic characters in the comic book franchise since 1963.
Marvel is one of the world’s most prominent entertainment companies with a vast catalogue of iconic Super Hero characters which include the X-Men.
The 12 stamps in the main set are all original illustrations and have been created exclusively for Royal Mail by renowned British comic book artist Mike McKone.
They feature: Professor X; Kitty Pryde; Angel; Colossus; Jubilee; Cyclops; Wolverine; Jean Grey; Iceman, Storm; Beast; and Rogue.
An additional set of five stamps in the form of a miniature sheet has also been designed by comic book artist Lee Garbett and feature some of the mutant enemies faced by the X-Men – Juggernaut, Mystique, Magneto, Emma Frost and Sabretooth.
The X-Men were founded by mutant telepath Professor Charles Xavier. His first team consisted of Cyclops (Scott Summers), Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Angel (Warren Worthington III), Beast (Hank McCoy) and Iceman (Bobby Drake) and was based in Xavier’s home, which was transformed into the School for Gifted Youngsters and dubbed the X-Mansion.
After many of the original X-Men were captured by the mutant island of Krakoa, Professor X formed a new squad to rescue them, bringing heroes such as Wolverine and Storm into a new international team.
Xavier’s school soon became a refuge for mutants from all over the world, forming and inspiring teams such as the New Mutants, Excalibur and Generation X. Now the X-Men live in a new home – a reborn Krakoa – that welcomes all mutants.
Cyclops and his allies still fight the good fight as the world’s premier mutant heroes the X-Men, keeping Xavier’s dream alive.
(Concept and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved
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