In 1994, her interest for stamp collecting began. Everytime her aunt received letters from a fiancé who worked in KSA, she would ask for the stamps on the envelopes.
By the time she was in first year high school, her love for philately increased as her class had lessons on the subject.
A working mom based in Iligan, She still continues the hobby to this day.
Gigay G. Cortes with Membership ID No. M220003 signed up with CSCI as a new member yesterday 🇵🇭
Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
DECEMBER 5, 1944
Operation Te-Go Japanese Paratrooper Attack on Leyte was initiated after General Tomoyuki Yamashita gave an order to launch offensives against American forces.
The entire Japanese First Airborne Brigade with two regiments jumped on San Pablo Airfield and Buri Airfield.
The Americans under General Douglas MacArthur were caught by surprise. The first plane load of Japanese paratroopers left their aircraft directly above the Division Headquarters 600 feet short of their objectives.
Some were strung out in an area full of trees and got entangled. One plane load of paratroopers jumped to their deaths when the anchor line failed to open. Others were shot down by American troops. The Japanese paratroopers were all eliminated.
Buri Airfield was located on the eastern coast of Leyte. To the south is Bayug Airfield and to the southeast is San Pablo Airfield.
That same day, the US 10th Corp began their offensive and moved into Ormoc while the 24th Corp gained ground in central and southwestern Leyte.
The US 77th Division landed unopposed on December 7 in Ormoc and secured it on December 10, 1944.
Earlier, on October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur accompanied by his staff and President Sergio Osmeña landed at Red Beach, Leyte.
The Battle of Leyte which began on October 17 to December 26, 1944 was an amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte by American forces.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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Jan Jill is a working mom who collects stamps as a hobby and stress reliever.
She loves to post her beautiful collections on social media. Worldwide and Philippine stamps are her collecting interest.
She lives in Cebu and joined the club as a new member.
Jan Jill A. Piamonte with Membership ID No. M220002 🇵🇭
Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
DECEMBER 4, 1594
Monsignor Domingo de Salazar, O.P., the first Bishop of Manila died. He was responsible for the construction of the Manila Cathedral on December 21, 1581 by virtue of Pope Gregory XIII’s Papal Bull as suffragan of Mexico.
He was born in La Rioja, in the village of La Bastida in Spain in 1512, and joined the Dominican Monastery of San Esteban in Salamanca. He was sent to Mexico and received the degree of Master in Theology and was appointed to the professor's chair.
For 40 years, he worked as a missionary in Nueva España (Mexico). King Philip of Spain sent his name to the pope to be the Bishop of the Philippines and was confirmed by Pope Gregory XIII on February 6, 1579.
Msgr. Salazar set out for the Philippines and arrived in 1581 together with two Jesuits, two secular priests, eight Franciscans, and a Dominican.
He was fearless in the cause of the Filipinos especially against abusive encomenderos which earned for him the titles, the “intrepid Salazar” and the “Las Casas of the Philippines.”
He held a synod with the pope’s approval, built a cathedral, opened a college, established a hospital and regulated the internal affairs of the diocese.
He was almost eighty when he went to Spain to plead the cause of the natives with the king and his mission was successful.
Various abuses were checked, three new dioceses were created, and Manila was elevated to a Metropolitan See with Salazar as its first archbishop.
He died before receiving the Bull of his appointment and was buried in the Church of Santo Tomás, Madrid.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
DECEMBER 3, 1574
Limahong, a notorious Chinese pirate and warlord left Manila for Pangasinan and established a kingdom near the Agno River’s mouth.
Limahong was a protégée of an old Chinese pirate named Tial-Lao. When he died, Limahong inherited his fleet along with 2,000 pirates. From 40 ships, he increased it to 95 when he took over the fleet of Vin To Quiam, another pirate.
In 1573, he arrived in Luzon with 3,000 men and established a kingdom and waged war against the Spaniards.
He was in Ilocos Sur in 1574 when he learned that Manila was an unprotected city though occupied by the Spaniards.
He attacked the city with 64 ships but failed. In this battle, he killed Martin de Goiti and several Filipinos under Rajah Lakandula, and burned the city.
In Pangasinan, he held hostage the people. He told them that he defeated the Spaniards and came to rule them as their king.
He built a fort which sheltered his palace, pagodas and dwellings which was in preparation for a permanent settlement.
All the inhabitants in the neighboring villages feared him and revered him as their king and paid tributes.
Limahong stayed there to be rich and king of the region and far from the Spaniards and the Chinese emperor.
It was on March 23, 1575 that the Spanish authorities decided to send an expedition to Lingayen to neutralize Limahong. They successfully drove him away to the China sea.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
DECEMBER 2, 1899
The Battle of Tirad Pass was fought between General Gregorio del Pilar and 60 soldiers of the Philippine Revolutionary Army against 300 American troops from the US 33rd Volunteer Infantry Regiment commanded by Major Peyton March.
Del Pilar was ordered by President Emilio Aguinaldo to block the American advances in Tirad Pass, a mountain gap in the Cordillera Mountain in Northern Luzon.
The Americans were in pursuit to capture Aguinaldo. The well-positioned Filipino troops on top of the mountain could see the battalion of 300 US soldiers advancing.
Firing erupted between the two forces then suddenly the Americans stopped shooting.
Unknown to del Pilar and his men, a Filipino led the Americans to a shortcut that led them to the rear side of the Filipinos. The Americans started firing from the back killing a lot of the troops.
When del Pilar saw his men fall one by one, he took out his diary from his pocket and wrote ”What I am doing now is for my beloved land.”
He then mounted his horse holding his saber but a shot rang out hitting him in the neck that instantly killed him. The Americans rushed to where he fell and took his diary and his belongings including his boots and spurs.
US Lt. Dennis P. Quinlan who saw del Pilar’s heroism ordered his men to bury the young general with military honors, and marked his grave with a headstone with the words: “GENERAL GREGORIO DEL PILAR, KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF TIRAD PASS, DECEMBER 2, 1899, COMMANDING AGUINALDO'S REAR GUARD, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN."
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
DECEMBER 1, 1870
Brigadier General Jose Candido Alejandrino y Magdangal (December 1, 1870 - June 1, 1951), an Ilustrado and a general during the Philippine Revolution, the Philippine-American War, and a senator, was born on December 1, 1870 in Binondo, Manila.
He studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila and finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Santo Tomas.
He continued his studies in Spain and earned a Chemical Engineering degree at the University of Ghent in Belgium. He became a member of the Propaganda Movement and was part of the editorial staff of La Solidaridad.
Alejandrino was instrumental in bringing Jose Rizal’s El Filibusterismo to the printing press.
He was active in acquiring weapons for the revolutionaries and was with Emilio Aguinaldo, who accepted to go on exile in Hong Kong in accordance with the Pact of Biak-na-Bato signed on December 14, 1897.
Alejandrino served in the Malolos Congress in 1898 and was one of the committee members who drafted the Malolos Constitution. Aguinaldo offered him a post as Director of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce and was later designated as Chief of Engineers of the army.
He directed the building of trenches in Bulacan and Caloocan. Together with General Antonio Luna, they suggested to Aguinaldo to build a defensive line to delay the advancement of American troops in capturing the railway but was not implemented because of Luna’s death in the hands of Aguinaldo’s men.
After Aguinaldo’s capture and surrender in 1901, Alejandrino married Adela, the daughter of Telesforo Chiudan. Governor-General Leonard Wood made him a senator of the Twelfth Senatorial District of the Philippines.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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