TOPICAL PHILIPPINES
1947 Pictorials
Postal History featuring the 1947 PICTORIAL COLONNADE OF PALM TREES (1p)
International Covers Featuring the 1947 Pictorial
to Countries other than USA
Air Mail: CEBU CITY to JYLLAND, DENMARK, 22 September 1947
Business Corner Card: LA NAVIERA FILIPINA, INC.
to DENMARK (1p 08c)
The La Naviera Filipina Inc is the Philppine Ship Spotters Club
Air Mail: MANILA to BANGKOK, THAILAND, 16 October 1947
Business Corner Card: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION of the Philippines.
to THAILAND (3p 36c)
Air Mail: CEBU CITY to JYLLAND, DENMARK, 7 February 1948
to Denmark (1p14c)
Air Mail: MANILA to ZEIST, NETHERLANDS, 25 February 1948
to Netherlands (1p10c)
Air Mail: MANILA to STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 9 December 1948
Business Corner Card Cover: PHILIPPINE MATCH CO., LTD. Commercial Cover
to Sweden (1p16c)
The Philippine Match Company, was founded in 1905 under the Gsell Brothers of Switzerland and was the first match factory in the Philippines. In 1914 it became known as Philippine Match and in 1926 when it was acquired by the Sweedish Match Company it became the Philippine Match Company Ltd (Phimco).
Air Mail: MANILA to JUELSMINDE, DENMARK, 10 December 1948
Business Corner Card Cover: THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY CO., LTD.
with Christmas Seal (not tied)
to Denmark (1p40c)
The East Asiatic Company was founded by Hans Niels Anderson in Copenhagen in 1897. The service included passenger and freight lines between Denmark, Bangkok and the far east. In 2015, the company rebranded itself as the Santa Fe Group.
Air Mail: MANILA to AUSTRIA, 17 December 1948
with postal Slogan BPS-098, AVIATION PROMOTES PROGRESS SECURITY / 12-18 DEC AVIATION WEEK (used 12 to 18 December 1948)
Business Corner Card: MANILA HOTEL
to AUSTRIA (1p42c)
Air Mail: MANILA to LEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, 29 December 1948
to GREAT BRITAIN (1p08c)
Air Mail: MANILA to BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 17 April 1949
to GREAT BRITAIN (1p08c)
Air Mail: BACOLOD CITY to OLTEN, SWITZERLAND, 4 June 1949
Business Corner Card: HIJAS de I de la RAMA & CO., INC.
to SWITZERLAND (1p 38c)
Air Mail: BAGUIO to GERMANY (BRITISH OCCUPATION ZONE), 27 February 1949
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-100 - Do Not Miss Baguio Carnival and Exposition (used 10 Feb to 9 Apr 1949)
to GERMANY (1p44c)
Air Mail: MANILA to SWEDEN, 7 March 1949
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-101 - Philippine National Red Cross / Second Annual Fund Campaign / Feb. 15 - Mar. 15, 1949 (used 15 Feb to 15 Mar 1949)
to SWEDEN (1p42c)
Air Mail: MANILA to SWITZERLAND, 7 Feb 1950
Business Corner Card OES & S CO., INC.
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-118 - 1950 / Help / National Fund Campaign / Philippine National / Red Cross (used 1 Feb to 31 Mar 1950)
to SWITZERLAND (1p04c) ?
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 Jan 1951
Business Cover MANILA HOTEL
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to MARSEILLE, FRANCE, 27 May 1952
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-157 - Invest & Save / in R & D Bonds / For a Strong Philippines (used 1 May to 31 May 1952)
to FRANCE (1p10c) ?
Air Mail: MANILA to SWITZERLAND, 30 July 1952
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-160 - Participate in the PANAPEX (used 16 July to 15 August 1952)
to SWITZERLAND (1p10c)
Air Mail: MANILA to SWITZERLAND, 16 June 1953
Business Cover BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB
to SWITZERLAND (1p10c) 10c used as seal on rear
The Baguio Country Club was founded by Governor General William Cameron Forbes in 1905 to provide sports and recreation for the migrant residents of Baguio and to promote this mountain area as a pleasurable and restful summer respite and destination. In February 1906, when Forbes circulated a prospectus to attract membership, the Baguio Country Club was then consisted of a hastily built clubhouse, a staff of one, two tennis courts, three croquet grounds, and a three-hole golf course. But Forbes' prospectus promised a much grander clubhouse: one “with fine dining facilities, a bar, lockers rooms, shower, reading rooms, great open fireplaces in which pine logs will crackle merrily night and day, a few bedrooms, and a billiard room.” In 1907, the Baguio Country Club Corporation was organized. This same year, links for nine holes were laid, and the tennis courts were smoothed out. Later years and later decades saw the Baguio Country Club take firm root, improve, and expand.
Air Mail: MANILA to SWITZERLAND, 7 April 1954
Business Cover SWISS ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL CO.
to SWITZERLAND (1p10c)
Air Mail: MANILA to LOUGHBOROUGH, ENGLAND, 24 April 1954
Business Cover WARNER, BARNES & CO., LTD
to GREAT BRITAIN (1p)
The single air mail rate was revised from 1 July 1954, the rate for 15grams varied for according to the destination country
Air Mail: PHILIPPINE NAVY, MANILA to AUSTRIA, 14 December 1954
Business Corner Card : HEADQUARTERS PHILIPPINE NAVY
Air Mail rate via Rome to AUSTRIA : 70c for each 15grams (1p 10c - underpaid double rate ?)
Air Mail: MANILA to SWITZERLAND, 26 April 1955
Business Cover SWISS ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL CO
Tripple Air Mail rate Direct Service to SWITZERLAND : 70c for each 15grams (2p 10c)
Air Mail: MANILA to SWITZERLAND, 29 December 1955 with Christmas seal (not tied)
Business Cover SWISS ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL CO
Double Air Mail rate Direct Service to SWITZERLAND : 70c for each 15grams (1p 40c)
Domestic Covers Featuring the 1947 Pictorial
The domestic air mail rate effective from 5 March 1948 was 20c for 15grams
The domestic air mail rate effective from ??? (in) 1949 was 28c for 20grams
Covers Featuring the 1947 Pictorial to USA
The single air mail rate to USA effective from 5 Jan 1947 was 80c for 15grams
Registered Air Mail: ILOILO CITY to USA, 24 March 1949
Four times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 90c for additonal 45grams plus 30c registration fee (1p 90c - underpaid by 10c) ??
Registered Air Mail: OZAMIZ CITY to USA, 5 April 1949
Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 30c registration fee (1p 10c)
Air Mail: MALACANAN PALACE to CONSUL OF USA, USA, 21 December 1949
Business Corner Card MALCANAN PALACE
Three times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 30c for each additonal 15grammes
(1p70c underpaid by 10c?)
via Jakarta, Indonesia - back stamped 6 Jan 1950 Batavia, Indonesia
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 4 March 1950
Business Cover PHILIPPINE BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS
Six times Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 1p50c for additonal 75g, plus 30c Registration fee (2p70c)
The Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCOM) started operations on 4 September 1939 at the Trade and Commerce Building on Juan Luna Street, Binondo, Manila. It started as the Philippine branch of the Chinese Bank of Communications and was one of the first non-American foreign commercial banks to operate in the Philippines (foreign because it was under Chinese control at the time). Altohugh it closed during the Japaneese occupation it re-opened shortly after World War II in 1945.
Registered Air Mail: BACOLOD CITY to USA, 20 September 1950
Business Corner Card CASANOVA SCHOOL Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
The Casanova School was ... The School was acquired by the Augustins in 1961 and in 1962 was replaced with Colegio de San Agustin de Bacolod.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 Jan 1951
Business Cover MANILA HOTEL
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 Feb 1951
Business Cover ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF MONTESERRAT
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
The Abbey of our Lady of Montserrat or Manila Abbey, is a Benedictine men's monastery located on Mendiola Street in Manila. The monastery was founded by monks from Spain in 1895. The abbey church was consecrated in January 1926. The resident monks operate the San Beda College in the abbey's grounds
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 26 Feb 1951
Busines Corner Card Cover: CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams increment (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 June 1951
Business Corner Card: M. G. BOSQUE MUSIC STORE, Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 10 November 1951
Business Cover MCGRAW-HILL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams increment (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 12 Nov 1951
Busines Corner Card Cover: VICK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams increment (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 15 Nov 1951
Busines Corner Card Cover: PAN PACIFIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams increment (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 2(x) January 1953
Corner Card: E.E. ELSER, INC.
Four times Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams increment (1p 80c)
EDWIN EMIL ELSER (21 Feb 1867 to 17 Jul 1962): Arrived in Manila in 1901 as an agent of E.C. McCullough & Co. Became the leader in the Philippine insurance business, and an officer in some 20 companies and the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands.
He was a Founding member of the Rotary Club of Manila in 1919 and President during 1922–1923. As Rotary Club of Manila President in 1922, Elser wrote to the BSA regarding the possibility of organizing a Boy Scout Council in Manila. This resulted in the establishment of the Boy Scouts of America Philippine Islands Council No. 545.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 26 January 1953
Business Corner Card: NORTH AMERICA COMPANIES, Commercial Cover
Postal Slogan #BPS-168, "Philippine International Fair, Manila" used 1 to 31 Jan 1953
Ten times? Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 2p70c (30c per 15grams increment) (3p 60c)
The single (direct service) air mail rate to USA effective from 1 July 1954 was 50c for 15grams plus 50c for each additional 15grams
The single air mail rate to USA effective from 16 September 1954 was 70c for 15grams plus 30c for each additional 15grams ?? For surface mail the rate was 18c. ??
The single air mail rate to USA effective from 1 January 1955 was 80c for 15grams plus 30c for each additional 15grams ?? For surface mail the rate was 20c. ??
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 19 December 1956
Business Corner Card: MANILA TOUR SERVICE
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 80c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams (1p 10c overpaid by 10c?)
Special Delivery Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 10 February 1958
Tripple Air Mail Rate to USA : 80c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 2 x 30c per 15grams plus 20c Special Delivery (1p 60c)