TOPICAL PHILIPPINES
1947 Pictorials
Postal History featuring the 1947 PICTORIAL MOUNT MAYON (20c)
International Covers Featuring the 1947 Pictorial
to Countries other than USA
Air Mail: MANILA to Kurzdorf, SWITZERLAND, 3 April 1947
to Switzerland (2p 56c)
Air Mail: MANILA to JUELSMINDE, DENMARK, 7 April 1947
Business Corner Card Cover: THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY CO., LTD.
to Denmark (1p38c)
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 PARIS, FRANCE, 6 May 1947
Business Corner Card Cover: HOCK BIAN BIAN.
to France (1p34c)
Air Mail: MANILA to Bankok, THAILAND, 24 September 1947
Business Corner Card Cover: CONNELL BROS. CO. (PHILIPPINES)
to Thailand (1p 18c)
The Connell Brothers Company was formed by two brothers when they set sail to Hong Kong to solve a customer's problem. They later expanded to the Philippines (and Japan and China). The copnay imported well known goods such as Carnation condensed milk. In 1931 the compnay became a subsidary of Wilbur-Elis company but retained its name. Following World War II operations resumed with the compnay providing canned goods, construction materials, heavy equipment, industrial chemicals, plastics, pharamceuticals, textiles and a wealth of other products. In 2019 the company rebranded to a new name "Connell" and still operates in the Philippines.
Air Mail: CEBU CITY to JYLLAND, DENMARK, 1 August 1947
Business Corner Card Cover: ABOITZ & CO., INC.
to Denmark (1p38c - 2c on rear)
The Aboitiz & Company (ACO) was founded by Paulino Aboitiz in the late 1800s as an abaca trading and general merchandise business in Ormoc, Leyte and later ventured into inter-island shipping to transport its goods across the Visayas. It was formally incorporated in 1920. The company has since expanded their business to include maritime transport, industry and machinery, power generation and distribution, real estate, marketing, and manufacturing and serves as the private holding company of the Aboitiz family today.
Air Mail: MANILA to JUELSMINDE, DENMARK, 6 August 1947
to Denmark (1p38c)
Air Mail: BAGUIO CITY to LEIDEN, HOLLAND, 4 December 1947
to HOLLAND (60c)
Air Mail: BURGOS, PANGASINAN to GUAM, 27 January 1948
to GUAM (20c)
Air Mail: CERVANTES, ILOCOS SUR to LEIDEN, HOLLAND, 20 July 1948
to HOLLAND (1p40c)
Air Mail: MANILA to ENGLAND, 1 November 1948
Business Corner Card Cover: MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY
to UK (1p00c)
The Manila Railroad Company was the state owned railway company which was formed Novmeber 1892. It was originally known as Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan during the Spanish Period and was renamed the Manila Railroad Company during the American period. It was later renamed in 1964 as the Philippine national Railway (PNR). The PNT used to operate over 1100km of track from La Union up to Bicol. However due to a decline in maintenace it currently operates one commuter rail service in Metro manila and local services between Sipocot, Naga City and Leazpi City.
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: ILOILO CITY to DENMARK, 6 February 1949
to DENMARK (1p40c)
Air Mail: BAGUIO to GERMNAY (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 SWITZERLAND, 21 April 1949
Business Corner Card: JOSE V. DIZON
to SWITZERLAND (1p36c) ?
Registered Tripple Rate Surface Mail: MANILA to BRAZIL, 30 June 1949
to BRAZIL (3 x 12c + 30c registration)
Air Mail: MANILA to GUAM, 3 August 1949
Business Corner Card: HANSON, ORTH & STEVENSON, INC.
to Guam (48c)
Air Mail: MANILA to ONTARIO, CANADA, 20 December 1950
Business Corner Card THEO. H DAVIES & CO., FAR EAST
to CANADA (1p40c)
Theo H Davies & Co Ltd was a trading company orignally from the UK and based in Hawaii where it invested in sugar plantations before expanding into steamship agents, grocery stores, dry goods, and hardware. The company became The H Davies & Co Ltd in 1894. In 1928 the company opened a Manila branch and expanded with sugarcane plantations in the Philippines. The Manila company still exsits as a seperate holding company.
Quadruple Rate Air Mail: MANILA to SOUTH AFRICA, 12 Sept 1951
Business Corner Card F.E. ZUELLIG, INC
to SOUTH AFRICA (90c plus 3 x 30c for each extra 15g - 1p80c)
Frederick E Zuellig first arrived in Manila in 1901 to start a business career in international trading. and became a partner in the trading firm Lutz & Co. a firm owned by a Swiss family who started to trade in the Philippine Islands in the 1850s, which he later bought and re-named F. E. Zuellig Inc in 1922. In its early years, F. E. Zuellig, Inc. operated as a general merchant, agent, distributor, manufacturer, exporter and importer in diverse fields, such as textiles, insurance, shipping and transport, consumer goods, healthcare products, household appliances, commodities, industrial chemicals and machinery. Though World War II almost destroyed much of the business, his sons Stephen and the late Gilbert rebuilt, diversified, and expanded the firm internationally. Frederick went on to create the Zueillig Group which today holds and manages long-term interests in market-leading companies, with a strategic focus on selected business areas: healthcare and pharmaceuticals, specialized distribution services, agricultural equipment, industrial supplies and solutions, insurance, and property.
Air Mail: MANILA to JAPAN, 19 December 1952
to JAPAN (40c)
Surface Mail: MANILA to CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 3 Mar 1953
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-154 - Philippine National Red Cross 1953 Fund Campaign - Answer the Call (used 14 Feb to 15 Mar 1953)
to CZECHOSLOVAKIA (25c)
Air Mail: MANILA to TOKYO, JAPAN, 18 July 1953
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-176 - Golden Jubilee Celebration of Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (used 1 to 18 July 1953)
to JAPAN (40c)
Air Mail: MANILA to SINGAPORE, 18 July 1953
for passenger on MS TJITJALENKA, handstamped "British Delegation Manila"
to SINGAPORE (45c)
Air Mail: MANILA to NEW ZEALAND, 12 August 1953
Business Corner Card: LIBBY, McNEILL & LIBBY (Philippines) Inc.
to NEW ZEALAND (80c)
Air Mail: MANILA to SWITZERLAND, 18 December 1953
Business Corner Card SWISS ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL CO
to SWITZERLAND (22c)
? : MANILA to SWEDEN, 5 February 1954
Corner Card INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S CLUB (non-Philippine stationary?)
to SWEDEN (22c)
Air Mail: MANILA to AUSTRIA, 10 February 1954
Corner Card IRVING CRYDE
to AUSTRIA (1p10c)
Irving Cryde was an Austrian Jew refuge who lived in the Philippines (possibly arriving in the Philippines with many other Jews between 1935 and 1941 escaping Europe. After 1945 Irving Cryde was one of the few refugees who remained in Manila acting as an Austrian trade delegate.
The single air mail rate was revised from 1 July 1954, the rate for 15grams varied for according to the destination country
Air Mail: MANILA to ENGLAND, 20 September 1954
Business Cover COMMONWEALTH COMMERCIAL CO., INC
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to GREAT BRITAIN : 70c for each 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to ENGLAND, 22 September 1954
Business Cover FRED WILSON & CO., INC
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to GREAT BRITAIN : 70c for each 15grams
Air Mail: BACOLOD CITY, Occidental Negros to ENGLAND, 15 December 1954
Business Cover VICTORIAS MILLING COMPANY
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 70c for each 15grams
The Victorias Milling Company, Inc (VMC) is a Philippine-based enterprise engaged primarily in sugar manufacturing and was founded in 1919.
Air Mail: MANILA to GERMANY, 26 January 1955
Business Cover BUNNING & CO., INC
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to GERMANY : 70c for each 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to GERMANY, 13 February 1955
Business Cover BUNNING & CO., INC
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to GERMANY : 70c for each 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to JAPAN, 16 June 1955
Business Cover BARTOLOME E. SAN DIEGO - GENERAL FISH DEALER
Triple Air Mail rate Direct Service to JAPAN : 30c for each 15grams (90c)
Air Mail: MANILA to ENGLAND, 17 March 1956
Air Mail rate Direct Service to GREAT BRITAIN : 1p 00c for ??
Air Mail: MANILA to SPAIN, 1 August 1956
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to FRANCE : 70c for each 15grams
Domestic Covers Featuring the 1947 Pictorial
The domestic air mail rate effective from 5 March 1948 was 20c for 15grams
Air Mail: Baguio City to Manila, 16 August 1948
Air Mail rate (24c)
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
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 3 April 1947
Business Corner Card: GENATO COMMERCIAL CORPORATION, Commerical Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
The Genato Commercial Corporation was a family corporation, founded by the spouses Vicente Genato and Simona B. de Genato. Vincente Genato was the son of a Spanish creole an an active importer and commodity trader who had taken over a provisioning firm begun in the 1840s. Vincente Genato's took over management in the 1890s and interests centered on coffee planting and export (just as blight devastated this crop) as well as sugar and hemp. The subsequent Genato Commerical Corporation maintained a long term interest on provisioning by importing food products.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 10 April 1947
Business Corner Card MANILA WINE MERCHANTS, INC. Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams (1p60c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 25 April 1947
Business Corner Card: H.C. OCAMPO INC. Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 25 April 1947
Business Corner Card: KOBEST COMMERCIAL CORP, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 13 June 1947
Business Corner Card WEST COAST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams (1p60c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 14 June 1947
Business Corner Card: ECONOMICAL TRADING CO. LTD, Commerical Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MALOLOS, BULACAN to USA, 16 June 1947
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 30 July 1948
Business Corner Card: MEAD JOHNSON & COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Mead Johnson and Company was founded by Edward Mead Johnson one of the co-founders of Johnson and Johnson who had created his own business called the American Ferment Company in 1895, which was renamed Mead Johnson & Compnay in 1905. The company manufactures infant formula. Edward Mead Johnson died in 1935 and his son Lamber Mead Johnson took over as presidnet until 1955.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 30 July 1947
Business Corner Card: PAN-ASIATIC COMMERCIAL CO. INC, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-084 - HELP RAISE FUNDS AGAISNT TB (used 14 July to 31 August 1947)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 10 August 1947
Business Corner Card: DY BUNCIO & CO. INC, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-083 - JOIN THE 1947 ANTI-TB DRIVE (used 14 July to 31 August 1947)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Dy Buncio was one of China's 'grand old men' in the Philippines. He was born in approx 1873 and arrived in the Philippines in 1887. In 1898 he established his own business, Dy Buncio & Co Inc with a capital of less than P3,000 which grew in to a million-peso firm within 20 years. By 1930 the company was one the the largest importing and exporting houses in the Philippines with branches in Cebu, Iloilo, Legaspi and Tabaco, Albay. In 1948 his son, Guillermo Dy Buncio, was the president of Dy Buncio & Co., Inc.
Dy Buncio and Guillermo Dy Buncio (approx 1930)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 14 Aug 1947
Business Corner Card: PRECILLA & PANTOJA, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-083 - Join the 1947 / Anti-TB Drive (used 14 July to 31 Aug 1947)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
The single air mail rate to USA effective from 1 September 1947 was 50c for 20grams
Registered Air Mail: CEBU CITY to USA, 4 September 1947
Business Corner Card: SOUTHERN PHARMACY, Commercial Cover
Triple (?) Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 20grams plus 60c for extra 30grams (?), plus 30c Registry Fee
Air Mail: PASIG RIZAL to USA, 10 Oct 1947
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 20grams
Duplex Cancel with Slug for Date. This type of cancel is known to have been used due to a shortage of handstamps following WWII; however, October 1947 is a rather late usage.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 16 Oct 1947
Business Corner Card: GONZALO PUYAT & SONS INC., COmmercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 20grams
Gonzalo Puyat & Sons Inc. is a private limited company incorporated in the Philippines in 29 December 1907 and is one of the oldest industrial conglomerates in the Philippines. Gonzalo Puyat founded the "House of Puyat", which became one of the largest furniture manufacturers of the time. The company eventually expanded to include billiard tables and bowling lanes. Gonzalo Puyat was considered one of the first Filipino industrialists, he founded "Gonzalo Puyat and Sons" which diversified the family's holdings to include flour, lumber, vinyl and steel.
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 29 Oct 1947
Business Corner Card: L. ESCARTE DENTAL LABORATORY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 20grams, plus 30c Registry Fee
Registered Surface Mail: MANILA to USA, 30 January 1948 with back stamps for arrival in San Francisco on 1 March and Chicago on 4 March
Business Corner Card: BUREAU OF POSTS, Commercial Cover
Double Second Class surface mail rate to USA : 6c for 110grams maximum weight, plus 30c Registry Fee
Registered Air Mail: VICTORIAS, NEGROS to USA, 23 Feb 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 20grams, plus 30c Registry Fee - Overpaid ??
The single air mail rate to USA effective from 5 March 1948 was 80c for 15grams (via Philippines Air Lines only). For surface mail the rate was 12c.
The single air mail rate to USA effective from 16 March 1948 was 80c for 15grams plus 30c for each additional 15grams, plus 30c for Registration fee if required
Air Mail: CAPIZ, CAPIZ to USA, 20 March 1948
Four times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 90c for additonal 45grams (1p 70c - underpaid by 10c)
Air Mail: NAGA, CAMARINES SUR to USA, 24 March 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 22 May 1948
Business Corner Card: EVERETT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
The Everett Steamship Corporation was was an American owned organisation, founded in Shanghai. The organisation operated as a shipping agent. The Head Office was shifted to Manila and with opening of new branch offices in other Asian ports it started operating its own ships and managing others on behalf of overseas owners. During World War II, Everett lost all its owned ships to enemy action but re-opend after the war with newly purchased vessels. The company still trades in the Philippines based in Intramuros, Manila.
Air Mail: OLANGAPO, ZAMBALES to USA, 12 June 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 24 June 1948
Business Corner Card: BIAN BIAN & COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 24 July 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams, plus 30c Registry Fee
Air Mail: ZAMBOANGA CITY to USA, 26 July 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 30 July 1948
Business Corner Card: SHURDUT MILL SUPPLY CO., Inc., Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 18 August 1948
Business Corner Card: ANG TIBAY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Ang Tibay was a popular brand of shoes in the Philippines during the early 1900s and well into the 1950s. Ang Tibay was owned by Toribio Teodoro. In November 1910, he opened a small shop at 821 Calle Cervantes (now Rizal Avenue) that sold shoes and slippers bearing "Ang Tibay" brand. Teodoro established his own "Ang Tibay Footwear Factory" in 1922. Ten years later the company was one of the biggest enterprises in the Philippines. By 1930, Ang Tibay was producing 1,000 pairs of shoes daily. By the early 1950s, Ang Tibay's production rate was up to 3,000 pairs of shoes daily; making it the country's leading footwear manufacturer at that time.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 23 August 1948
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-093 - Help Fight Tuberculosis (used 19 August to 19 September 1948)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: TUBAO, LA UNION to USA, 4 September 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Surface Mail: FABRICA, OCCIDENTAL NEGROS to USA, 26 July 1948
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 20c ??
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 7 August 1948
Business Corner Card: AMERASIA TRADING COMPANY.
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: ??? to USA, 27 September 1948
Business Corner Card: T. G. FLORO'S TANNERY.
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 9 October 1948
Business Corner Card: LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING CO.
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Lepanto is located in the Mankayan District of Benguet. In September 1936, several prospectors led by Americans Victor Lednicky and Melvin Arick incorporated the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company. The Company built the country’s first copper concentrator which initially operated at a capacity of 400 tonnes per day, increasing to 1,000 tonnes per day prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The mines were destroyed during WWII but operatons resummed in 1947 at an expanded capactiy of 4,500 tonnes per day. The mine produces copper, gold and silver.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 19 October 1948
Business Corner Card: D. DE JESUS & SONS.
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: SARIAYA, QUEZON to USA, 26 Oct 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: ILOILO CITY to USA, 8 November 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 12 November 1948
Business Corner Card: UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY.
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
The United States Rubber Company is an American manufacture of rubber related products and was founded in 1892. In 1961 the compnay became Uniroyal Inc.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 5 November 1948
Business Corner Card: BOTICA DE SANTA CRUZ, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 22 November 1948
Business Corner Card: BOTICA DE SANTA CRUZ, Commercial Cover
Four times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 30c for each additional 15grams (1p 70c underpaid by 10c?)
The Pharmedic Corporation (Botica de Santa Cruz) is one of the oldest existing companies in the Philippines established in 1861 by Agustin Westernhagen, a German pharmacist. In the 19th Century, Germans were almost exclusively the only pharmacists in the Philippines. Botica de Santa Cruz is the second oldest drug company still in business today in the Philippines.
Botica de Santa Cruz was purchased by Friedrich Steck the owner of a rival drug store (Botica Boie). Steck became a famous figure in Manila during the latter years of the Spanish era. Steck was well known for extracting the essence of ilang-ilang and sampaguita flowers and distilling it for commercial use. His enterprise won the gold medal and highest awards at the expositions of Madrid in 1887 and St. Louis in 1904, under the trademark of "Pablo Sartorius". When Steck decided to return to Germany, he sold Botica Sta. Cruz to another pharmacist named Westernhagen (who was married to Isabela Gonzales Tuasson a daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Manila in the 19th century).
During World War II,although Germany and Japan were considered allies, relations between the two communities in Manila were never harmonious. Food supplies and medicine dwindled as the occupation entered its third year. Walter Kuehne who worked for the company reported, “Our office and store, the Botica de Santa Cruz, located on Plaza Goiti at the foot of Sta. Cruz Bridge, was kept open on a limited schedule right up to the entry of the American forces. Our pharmacy was the only major drugstore still in operation and even as our own stock diminished, we were still able to dispense medical supplies to the ailing public.”
Toribio Teodoro, the founder of Ang Tibay Shoes, bought the company from then owner Carlos Jahrling after WWII in 1945. The company is now known as The Pharmedic Corporation-Botica de Santa Cruz, its main business is in the medical field although it also is a retailer of other imported products.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 25 November 1948
Business Corner Card: BOTICA DE SANTA CRUZ, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: DAVAO CITY to USA, 6 December 1948
Business Corner Card: COLUMBIAN ROPE COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 11 September 1948
Business Corner Card: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey Samuel Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggues and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires for automobiles. The company was a pioneer in the mass production of tires.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 10 December 1948
Business Corner Card: BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
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.
Registered Air Mail: ILOILO CITY to USA, 24 March 1949
recieving back stamps on rear - Manila Post office Registry Section 24 March, New York Registry Division 28 March, New York RAOIO CITY Stattion 29 March.
Four times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 90c for additonal 45grams plus 30c registration fee (1p 90c - underpaid by 10c) ??
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 9 April 1949
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 20 April 1949
Business Corner Card: ALEMAR'S, Commerical Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams, plus 30c Registry Fee
(overpaid with 4c on rear as seal, and back stamped San Francisco 24 Apr 1949)
Alemar's Bookstore was established by Jose Agaton Sibal, it was one of the three popular bookstores of that time and was located on Avenida Rizal with branches. His father Dr Enesto Sibal also established Centralbooks Supply at about the same time in 1945 which specialised in law books. Alemar's also sold school and office supplies, toys, men's ladies' and children's wear, home accessories and magazines. Altohugh Centralbooks sill operates, unfortunately agressive competion from National Bookstore and with heirs leaving for the US, Alemar's started closing its shops in the 1980s.
Alemar's bookstore around 1948
Air Mail: MANIA to USA, 9 MAY 1949
Business Corner Card: MANILA VARIETY STORE CO., Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 30 June 1949
Business Corner Card: PACIFIC FAR EAST LINE, INC., Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 26 May 1949
Business Corner Card: PHILIPPINE AIR LINES, INC., Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Philippine Air Lines was founded in 1941 as the national flag carrier of the Philippines. In 1970 the compnay became Philippine Airlines (PAL)
Air Mail: DAVAO CITY to USA, 7 July 1949
Business Corner Card: COLUMBIAN ROPE COMPANY (hand stamped), Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-108 - Long Live the Republic of the Philippines (used 19 June to 18 July 1949)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: BAGUIO CITY to USA, 12 July 1949
Business Corner Card ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 August 1949
Business Corner Card: KOPPEL (PHILIPPINES) INCORPORATED, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 8 August 1949
Business Corner Card: KOPPEL (PHILIPPINES) INCORPORATED, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-109 - The Philippines Site f the 1950 JAYCEE International World Congress (used 1 to 18 August 1949)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Koppel was originally formed in 1904. During its early years, it was involved in the distribution of railway equipment such as locomotive cargo cars, sugar cane cars, tankers and bulk carriers for Philippine National Railways (PNR), Philippine Railway Co. (PRC), Panay Railways Inc. (PRI) operating under the company name Koppel Industrial Car & Equipment Co. Manila. By 1923 it formed an alliance with United State Industries which allowed increased manufacturing and distribution including Cessna aircraft, Otis elevators, agricultural and mining equipment, telecommunications and refrigeration amongst other products. Today, Koppel, Inc. is the second largest air conditioner manufacturer in the Philippines.
Registered Surface Mail: MANILA to USA, 23 August 1949
Business Corner Card: BUREAU OF POSTS, Commercial Cover
Single Surface Mail rate to USA : 12c for 15grams plus 30c for registration
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 21 September 1949
Business Corner Card: PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY.
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: ILOILO CITY to USA, 26 September 1949
Business Corner Card: E.M. PEREZ & CO., INC., Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-114 - Visit your Schools, EDUCATION WEEK (used 12 to 26 September 1949)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 16 November 1949
Business Corner Card: BANK OF AMERICA, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 7 January 1950
Business Corner Card: J.A. MURPHY CO., INC, Comercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 1 February 1950
Business Corner Card: ERLANGER & GALINGER INC., Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 30c for registration (1p10c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 8 February 1950
Business Corner Card: ORIENTAL CORRUGATED CARDBOARD BOX CO., Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-118 - 1950 National Fund Campaign Philippine Red Cross (used 1 Feb to 31 Mar 1950)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 22 February 1950
Business Corner Card: CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 12 April 1950
Business Corner Card: MACKAY RADIO and TELEGRAPH COMPANY INC, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 4 March 1950
(back stamps San Francisco - 5 Mar 1950, Los Angeles - 6 Mar 1950, and L.A. Main Office Bank of America - 6 Mar 1950)
Business Corner Card: PHILIPPINE BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS, Commercial Cover
Six times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 1p50c for additonal 75g, pluss 30c Registration fee (2p60c - 10c overpaid)
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.
Air Mail: ZAMBOANGA CITY to USA, 22 April 1950
Business Corner Card: BASILAN LUMBER COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
The Basilan Lumber Company in Zamboanga holds a concession of 24,000 hectares on Basilan Island; employs daily an average of 206 men in logging operations and 232 in the sawmills, their annual production during 1952 was 42,000,000 bd. ft. (99,000 m.³)
The single air mail rate to USA effective from 1951 ??? was 90c for 15grams plus 30c for each additional 15grams ?? Appears to have been effective earlier , at least August 1950
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 18 August 1950
Business Corner Card: JOSE P. DE LOS REYES, Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 December 1950
Business Corner Card: MANILA HOTEL, Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 Jan 1951
Business Corner Card: MANILA HOTEL, Commercial Cover
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 Corner Card: ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF MONTESERRAT, Commercial Cover
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, 24 January 1951
Business Corner Card: J.P. HEILBRONN CO., Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
Joseph Heilbronn was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1868. He lived in Japan and later moved to the Philippines. Joseph served in the Phillipines during the Spanish American war. His family in Germany were already in the paper business. He started the Heilbronn Paper Co. in Manila. During WWII the Japanese used the Heilbronn home in Manila as their headquarters. Joseph and his wife Charlotte were staunch supporters of the American School, now the American International School, in Manila and donated money to build Heilbronn Hall, which is now part of Arellano Law School in Manila. Later in life the couple lived in California.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 27 January 1951
Business Corner Card: J.P. HEILBRONN CO., Commercial Cover
Six times Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 1p 50c for additonal 75grams (2p 40c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 10 February 1951
Business Corner Card: WM. H. RENNOLDS COMPANY, INC. Commercial Cover
Six times Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 1p 50c for additonal 75grams (2p 40c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 31 March 1951
Business Corner Card: RADIOWEALTH INC. (hand stamped), Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-139 - National Language Week (used 27 Mar to 12 Apr 1951)
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (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: TAGBILARAN, BOHOL to USA, 7 June 1951
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams increment (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 16 July 1951
Busines Corner Card : VET BROS & COMPANY INC, sender Simeon G Toribio, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-144 - Invest in Peasce/ Peace Fund Drive/July 4 - August 4 (used 4 July to 4 August 1951)
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams increment (1p 20c)
VET BROS & COMPNY INC were a saw mill operator and lumber dealer based in Vecto Allen, Samar. The company was owned by Simieon G Toribio who was also elected to the House of Representatives for the second district of Bohol serving between 1941 and 1953. Toribio was born in 1905. Early in his life he competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1932. He later became a civil engineer and lawyer. He died in 1969.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 16 July 1951
Busines Corner Card: Philippines FREE PRESS, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-144 - Invest in Peasce/ Peace Fund Drive/July 4 - August 4 (used 4 July to 4 August 1951)
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 90c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c per 15grams increment (1p 20c)
The Philippines Free Press was established in 1908 and is the oldest newsweekly in the Philippines.
Registered Surface Mail: MANILA to USA, ?? August 1951
Business Corner Card: BUREAU OF POSTS, Commercial Cover
Single Surface Mail rate to USA : 12c for 15grams plus 30c for registration
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 10 November 1951
Business Corner Card: MCGRAW-HILL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Commercial Cover
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, 28 Nov 1951
Business Corner Card: MACONDRAY & CO INC, Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 10 Feb 1954
Business Corner Card: MACONDRAY & CO INC, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Macondray & Co Inc traces its beginnings to a company initially established as the Philippine branch of an American-owned shipping firm based in San Francisco, in the United States.
Macondray's history dates as far back as 1848, when Captain Frederick William Macondray, a retired clipper ship captain moved from New England to California and founded a commission house bearing his name. Macondray started as a commission house that received merchandise shipped from Boston to San Francisco and imported tea from China. The business continued to flourish in trading and expand into banking and other concerns, eventually passing from the founder to his son and grandson, Frederick William and Atherton, and their business partner Barry Baldwin. In 1898, when the Americans colonized the Philippines, Macondray was chosen among the companies to supply provisions to the US fleet in the new colony. Baldwin accompanied and oversaw the delivery in Manila where, as supply requests became more frequent, a local branch of Macondray was established.
Today, Macondray continues its heritage through Macondray Philippines Co., Inc. (MPCI) a private, Filipino-owned investment holding group.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 5 January 1952
Business Corner Card: LU YONG SANG & COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 14 May 1952
Business Corner Card: PHILANDS SERVICE SALES COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Postal Slogan #BPS-157, "Invest & Save / in R&D Bonds / for a strong Philippines" used 1 to 31 May 1952
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 26 June 1952 (recieved in New York 1 July 1952)
Business Corner Card: MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-159 - First Pan Asian Philatelic Exhibition (used 16 June to 16 July 1952)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
The Manila Electric Company (also known as Meralco after the companies name up to 1919 of 'Manila Electric Railroad And Light COmpany') is the Philippines' largest distributor of electrical power. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor.
Electricity came to Manila in 1892 with the founding of La Electricista, which began providing electricity to residential customers. In 1903, the young government of the Philippines began accepting bids to operate Manila's electric tramway, as well as providing electricity to the city and its suburbs. The only bidder proved to be Charles M. Swift, a Detroit-based businessman, who founded a new company, The Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company, or Meralco, in 1903. Construction on the tramway began that same year. The following year, Meralco added its first electrical power operations by acquiring La Electricista. Meralco built up a strong public transportation business in the decades leading up to World War II, yet the company's electric service grew even more strongly, overtaking its public transportation operations in terms of revenues by 1915. The company changed its official name to Manila Electric Company in 1919.
The Japanese occupation of the Philippines placed Meralco under the control of the Taiwan Electric Company. By the end of the war, however, most of the former Meralco operations had been destroyed, along with the rest of Manila. Meralco remained under American control through the 1950s. In the meantime, as the newly independent Philippines began reconstructing after the war, Meralco quickly worked to restore electric service, and by 1947 had already topped its prewar capacity. By the beginning of the 1950s the company had fully restored service to its former metro Manila network, which included some 39 towns and cities. Demand for electricity grew strongly in the postwar era. By the early 1950s the company boasted more than 200,000 customers. The company also benefited from the rapid industrialization of Manila in the postwar era, and by 1958, the industrial market had become its largest source of revenues.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 22 September 1952
Business Corner Card: AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
The American Bible Society is an organisation which publishes, distributes and translates the Bible and provides study aids and other tools to help people engage with the Bible. The society was founded in America in 1808. Versions of the Bible in many Philippine languages have appeared under the auspices of the American Bible Society. The society’s foreign agencies extended to the Philippines although this cover appears to be associated with its New York office.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 9 Nov 1952
Business Corner Card: KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, Commercial Cover
Four times Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 90c for additonal 45grams
King Features Syndicate, Inc. is a United States based print syndication company that currently distributes about 150 comic strips, cartoons, newspaper columns, editroial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide. Many Philippine newspapers use comic strips provided by King Features Sydicate.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 19 Nov 1952
Business Corner Card: MATMAR HANDICRAFT, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 9 Nov 1952
Business Corner Card: PHILIPPINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
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)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 30 January 1953
Business Corner Card: UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, Commercial Cover
Postal Slogan #BPS-168, "Philippine International Fair, Manila" used 1 to 31 Jan 1953
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Air Mail: SAN JOSE, MINDORO to USA, 9 February 1953
Business Corner Card: PHILIPPINE MILLING COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 22 April 1953
Business Corner Card: BAY VIEW HOTEL, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams (underpaid by 20c or rate cheaper for Hawaii??)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 20 May 1953
Business Corner Card: AYALA Y COMPANIA, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Ayala Y Compania was established in 1876 with origins to Casa Roxas fromed in 1834 by Domingo Ureta Roxas and Antonio dy Ayala, a Spanish Patriach who sailed for Manila in the 1800s. The company originally had interests in farming, manufacturing a, mining and trading, by 1953 Alfonso Zobel de Ayala and Joseph Rafael McMicking were managing partners and Ayala Y Compania's interests included the Bank of the Philippine Islands. Ayala was responsible for the developent of Makati as the financial district of Manila and the Philippines. In 1968 the company shifted from a partnership to a corporation, trading as Ayala Corporation. Today the company is the oldest and largest conglomerate in the Philippines with a portfolio of diverse business interests, including investments in retail, education, real estate, banking, telecommunications, water infrastructure, renewable energy, electronics, information technology, automotive, healthcare, and management
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 3 June 1953
Business Corner Card: HALL, PICORNELL, ORTIGAS & CO., Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 June 1953
Business Corner Card: DU PONT, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 17 July 1953
Business Corner Card: W A CHITTICK & CO., INC, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
W A Chittick & Co Iinc was established by William Chittick, an American who arrived in Manila in 1924.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 8 March 1954
Business Corner Card: GOOD MORNING COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Postal Slogan #BPS-191, "Philippine National Red Cross - 1954 Fund Campaign" used 16 Feb to 15 Mar 1954
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
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, 16 March 1955
Air Mail to USA : (50c) ???
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-227 - Philippine National Red Cross 1955 Fund Campaign (used 14 Feb to 15 Mar 1955; however, this cover post-dates published usage)
Jean Peters was an American actress and star of 20th Centuary Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She prefered to play unglamorous, down to earth women,, although is perhpas best known for her role in "Pickip on South Street" in 1953 where she played the role of the siren Candy. In 1954, Peters married Texas oilman Stuart Cramer. At the time they married, they had known each other for only a few weeks, and they separated a few months later. In 1957, after her divorce from Cramer, Peters married the entrpreneur Howard Hughes who soon after retreated from public view and lived a reclussive lifestyle.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 15 June 1955
Business Corner Card on pre-paid Aerogramme: LA ESTRELLA DEL NORTE, Commercial Cover
Uprated Aerogramme to USA : 30c + 20c (50c) (due to increase in rate?)
La Estrella used to be a luxury shopping center in Escolta from the early 1900s until the 1960s. Owned and run by Levy Hermanos, Inc., La Estrella sold extremely pricey and rare goods including Swiss watches, perfumes, gramophones, jewelries and other imported products. The Levy brothers from France escaped to America during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, and later arrived in Manila after their business ventures in New York and San Francisco failed. When they came to the country in 1873, the brothers brought with them crates of religious items and some jewelries – spares of unsold merchandise from California. They later opened their first store in Iloilo City and called it La Estrella del Norte or Star of the North. The brothers became popular in retail and manufacture of watches and jewelries and opened store branches in Singapore and Hong Kong, and back in New York and Paris. They likewise opened the store in Escolta. La Estrella diversified and introduced to the Philippine market the first bicycle, the first phonograph, the first moving picture machine and the first automobile.
Surface Mail: COTABATO, COTABATO to USA, 27 Nov 1955
Surface Mail to USA : (20c)
Air Mail: LEYTE to USA, 24 Oct 1956
Air Mail to USA : (60c) ???