SPANISH PHILIPPINES - 1 REAL ISSUE OF JANUARY 1856, USED WITH RARE "CAVITE, LUZON" CDS

1 REAL ISSUE OF JANUARY 1856

(Philippines Scott #8; Edifil #6a) USED WITH RARE "CAVITE, LUZON" CDS

VERY SCARCE CANCEL!

As the 1 real and 2 reales stamps of January 1856 were in simultaneous use in the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Cuba, the only way to confirm that the stamps were actually used in the Philippines is to obtain used copies showing an identifiable postmark linking them to the Philippines. 

This stamp displays a portion of the very scarce "CAVITE, LUZON" town cancellation, shown below:

Applied as departure cancellations in Cavite, this cancel is only known to exist on the 1-real value, applied directly on the stamp (at least one cover with this cancel is known to exist). 

A very scarce cancel!

(Special Thanks to Nigel Gooding and his website, "SPANISH-PHILIPPINES PHILATELIC SITE", at http://nigelgooding.co.uk/ . 

Please visit his website to learn more about these beautiful and scarce Spanish Philippine stamps!)

SPANISH PHILIPPINES - 2 REALES ISSUE OF JANUARY 1863

2 REALES ISSUE OF JANUARY 1863

(Philippines Scott #17) MINT. Bright Blue.

VERY SCARCE THIS NICE!

SPANISH PHILIPPINES - 1 REAL ISSUE OF OCTOBER 1863, MINT

1 REAL ISSUE OF OCTOBER 1863

(Philippines Scott #20) MINT. Emerald Green.

SCARCE COLOR!

This issue was the last of the Spanish Philippine stamps to be printed in Manila.  All later Spanish Philippine stamps were printed in Spain.

PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC - RARE PROGRESS PROOF OF PHILIPPINE SCOTT #575

Rare progress proof of Philippines Scott #575

From the archives of the American Bank Note Company

Engraving printed in black, with incomplete design

Dated October 29, 1951

Philippines Scott #575

Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Philippine Education System

Issued on January 31, 1952