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Friday, March 09, 2012

Philippine Year of the Dragon Stamps

The Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost) issued of 05 December 2011 its New Year stamps featuring a stylized dragon. The Chinese calendar marks 2012 as the Year of the Dragon.

Year of the Dragon First Day Cover featuring the stamp singles.

There were two stamp values: Php 7 and Php 30. The Php 7 stamp depicts a stylized dragon head and the phrase, "Manigong bagong taon." The Php 30 stamp depicts a stylized dragon and the phrase "Happy new year." Thirty-five thousand (35,000) copies of each stamp design was printed. The PhilPost also issued five thousand (5,000) souvenir sheets of four containing two stamps of each value.

Year of the Dragon First Day Cover featuring the souvenir sheet of four.

The official First Day Cancellation depicts a stylized dragon head.

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