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Filipino Revolutionary Government
The Filipino Republic was instituted by General Emilio Aguinaldo on June 23, 1899. At the same time he assumed the office of President. Aguinaldo dominated the greater part of the island of Luzon and some of the smaller islands until late 1899. He was taken prisoner by United States troops on March 23, 1901.
The devices composing the National Arms, adopted by the Filipino Revolutionary Government, are emblems of the Katipunan political secret society or of Katipunan origin. The letters "KKK" on these stamps are the initilas of this society whose complete name is "Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan"; meaning "Sovereign Worshipful Association of the Sons of the Country".
The regular postage and telegraph stamps were in use on Luzon as early as November 10, 1898. Owing to the fact that stamps for the different purposes were not always available together with a lack of proper instructions, any of the adhesives were permitted to be used in place of the other. Hence telegraph and revenue stamps were accepted for postage and postage stamps for revenue and telegraph charges. In addition to the regular postal emisson; there are a number of provisional stamps, issues of local governments of islands and towns.
3 comments:
Nice Aguinaldo Stamp Collection. Thanks for sharing your collection. Ed
Great collection! I have recently discovered many of these Aguinaldo issues of different varieties and cannot seem to find any information regarding assigning value or possibly selling them. If you can help shed any light on this subject I would be extremely grateful!! clayallen00@yahoo.com
Thanks,
clay
I had those stamps! Anyone interested in buying these will be grateful to call me at 09477813237. Thanks! By the way, I'm Teddy Cambosa.
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