FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT
OF GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO (1898-1901)
8-CENT. REGISTRATION STAMP (SCOTT YF1)
BLOCK OF 4, USED
WITH SCARCE "CORREOS FILIPINAS BAYOMBONG" CANCEL
BAYOMBONG is the capital of the province of NUEVA VIZCAYA, located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. It is bordered by, clockwise from the north, Ifugao, Isabela, Quirino, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, and Benguet.
In August 1898, Colonel Daniel Tirona headed a military expedition sent by General Emilio Aguinaldo to Cagayan. On August 25, 1898, Colonel Tirona seized Aparri from the Spaniards. General Emilio Aguinaldo then appointed him as the military governor of the Cagayan Valley (comprised of the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya) with the new rank of Brigadier-General. Tirona represented the province of Batanes in the Malolos Congress in 1898-1899.
When the Philippine-American War broke out in February 1899, General Tirona fought against the Americans in Cagayan. General Tirona surrendered in Aparri to Capt. Bowman H. McCalla of the US Navy cruiser Newark on Dec. 11, 1899, as described in my previous post on the Ylagan cancellation on Scott YT1.
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