TOPICAL PHILIPPINES
1947 Pictorials
Postal History featuring the 1947 PICTORIAL COLONNADE OF PALM TREES (50c)
International Covers Featuring the 1947 Pictorial
to Countries other than USA
Air Mail: MANILA to ENGLAND, 24 Sept 1947
Business Corner Card: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS
to ENGLAND (1p06c) ?
The American International Underwriters Corporation was founded in 1919 by American Cornelius Vander Starr as the American Asiatic Underwriters (AAU) in Shanghai as a general insurance agency. Business grew rapidly, and two years later, Starr formed a life insurance operation and by the late 1920s, AAU had branches throughout China and Southeast Asia, including the Philippines in 1925. In 1926, Mr. Starr opened his first office in the United States and the company became known as the American International Underwriters Corporation (AIU) and in 1932, AIUPI was founded (and later became “American International Underwriters (Philippines), Inc”) and is one of the leading non-life insurers in the country.
In 1967 the AIU became incorporated within the American International Group, Inc. (AIG) .
Air Mail: MANILA to SWITZERLAND, 19 June 1948
Business Corner Card: FLEMING & WILLIAMSON
to SWITZERLAND (1p38c) ?
Fleming & Williamson was a British accountancy firm based in Manila. At the time company was the second largest accountancy firm in the Philippines until 1958 when it was assumed by SyCip Gorres Velayo and Company.
Air Mail: MANILA to ENGLAND, 1 November 1948
Business Corner Card: 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 USA, 20 December 1948
Business Corner Card: HERMOSO HERMANOS, INC. Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to DENMARK, 5 January 1949
Tripple Air Mail rate to DENMARK : 80c for 15gms plus 30c for each additional 15gms (1p 40c)
Air Mail: MANILA to MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 28 February 1949
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-117 - Philippine National Red Cross Second Annual FUnd Campaign (used 15 Feb to 15 Apr 1949)
to AUSTRALIA (88c)
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 26 May 1949
Business Corner Card: ARMY and NAVY CLUB of MANILA
Single 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.
Air Mail: MANILA to GERMANY, RUSSIAN ZONE, 2 Feb 1950
to GERMANY (1p04c) ?
Surface Mail: MANILA to BOMBAY, INDIA, 12 August 1950
Business Corner Card: G. ASSANMAL & CO. commercial cover
to INDIA (56c)
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.
Air Mail: MANILA to AUSTRIA, 10 February 1954
Business 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.
Air Mail: MANILA to ZEIST, NETHERLANDS, 6 May 1954
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-196 - Second Asian Games (used 25 April to 9 May 1954)
to Netherlands (1p10c)
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 Corner Card: 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 Corner Card: 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 Corner Card: VICTORIAS MILLING COMPANY
Single Air Mail rate to GREAT BRITAIN : 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, 13 February 1955
Business Corner Card: BUNNING & CO., INC
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to GERMANY : 70c for each 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 16 November 1955
Business Corner Card: PERPETUAL WORLD-WIDE ENTERPRISES
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to AUSTRIA : 70c for each 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to ENGLAND, 23 November 1955
Business Corner Card: NATIONAL MERCHANDISING CORPORATION
Double Air Mail rate Direct Service to GREAT BRITAIN : 70c for each 15grams (1p 40c for 30g)
Air Mail: MANILA to SPAIN, 1 August 1956
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to SPAIN : 70c for each 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to ENGLAND, 5 FEBRUARY 1957
Business Corner Card: PHILIPPINE REFINING COMPANY INC
Air Mail rate Direct Service to GREAT BRITAIN : 70c for each 15grams
Philippine Refining Company was established in 1927 as an oil milling business which at its peak produced nearly 100,000 tons of coconut oil annually. The company has introduced new technologies into the Philippines since the early days of its existence: margarine production in the 1930s, non-soap detergents, shampoos and toothpaste in the 1960s and 1970s. The company was renamed Unilever Philippines PRC in 1993 and Unilever Philippines, Inc. in 1997. Today the company is a manufacturer of laundry detergents and soaps, shampoos and hair conditioners, toothpastes, deodorants, skin care products, household cleaners, and toilet soaps.
Air Mail: MANILA to FRANCE, 12 February 1957
Business Corner Card: ST JOSEPH'S CHINESE SEMINARY
Single Air Mail rate Direct Service to FRANCE : 70c for each 15grams
Air Mail: BAGUIO CITY to COSTA RICA, 22 April 1958
with air letter catchet related to 1957 FDCs mourning death of President Ramon Magsaysay
Single Air Mail rate via USA to Costa Rica : 75c for each 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT to GERMANY, 2 November 1960
Single Air Mail rate to GERMANY : 80c ?
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
The single air mail rate to USA effective from 1 September 1947 was 50c for 20grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 September 1947
Business Corner Card: PHILIPPINE AMERICAN DRUG Co. BOTICA BOIE
Four Times Air Mail rate to USA : 2P for 80grams
Botica Boie was the first and largest drug store in the Philippines during the 19th centurary best remembered for its electric eye doors and a soda fountain where kids could order chocolate ice cream soda. Established in 1830 by the Spanish physician Lorenzo Negrao, the original pharmacy later grew and went under different German owners until it was finally incorporated in 1884 by Reinhold Boie into Botica Boie.
In 1918, the ownership of Botica Boie was transferred to the group behind the Philippine American Drug Co. thus changing the company’s name into Philippine American Drug Co-Botica Boie. The institution finally closed its doors in the 1960’s. Botica Boie was initially located at 81-87 Escolta before it moved to 95 Escolta in 1916, running back to Calle San Vicente. When the business folded up, the famous soda fountain moved to the Round Table Restaurant at Manila Doctor’s and much later, to the Floating Restaurant at Makati Medical.
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
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 3 Feb 1948
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams plus 30c registration fee (1p 30c - underpaid by 10c) ??
Air Mail: CAPIZ, CAPIZ to USA, 20 March 1948
Three times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 60c for additonal 30grams (1p 70c - overpaid by 20c)?
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 4 May 1948
Business Corner Card: ACOJE MINING CO., INC.
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-092 - Collect Stamps / Organise a / Stamp Club in / your community (used 16 April to 15 May 1948)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
ACOJE MINING CO. INC. was organized in 1935 to take over and operate the group of claims, located in the municipality of Santa Cruz, Province of Zambales Philippines Islands. The name of the company was made up from the names of three ladies who largely financed the original venture – A from Mrs. Aurora Quezon, CO from Mrs. Consuelo Cuyugan and JE from Mrs. Jesusa Arroyo.
Air Mail: OLANGAPO, ZAMBALES to USA, 12 June 1948
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 21 June 1948
Business Corner Card: FEDERICO AGRAVA Commercial Cover
Three times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 60c for additonal 30grams (1p 60c - overpaid by 10c)?
FEDERICO AGRAVA was an attorney of law
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 20 September 1948
Business Corner Card NORTH BAY TRADING CORPORATION.
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 25 November 1948
Business Corner Card: BOTICA DE SANTA CRUZ
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 24 December 1948
Business Corner Card: for BOTICA DE SANTA CRUZ
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
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, 15 Feb 1949
Business Corner Card: DENTAL SUPPLY CORP OF THE PHILIPPINES (DESCO).
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-117 - Philippine National Red Cross / Second Annual Fund Campaign / Feb. 15 - Mar. 15, 1949 (used 15 Feb to 15 Mar 1949)
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 14 March 1949
Business Corner Card: MERCHANDISERS, Commercial Cover
Postal Slogan #BPS-101, "Philippine National Red Cross / Second Annual Fund Campaign" used 15 Feb to 15 Mar 1949
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
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) ??
Special Delivery Air Mail Service: TUGEUGARAO, CAGAYAN to USA, 24 March 1949
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 40c for Special Delivery Fee
Handstamp 'Air Mail Special Delivery' and 'Fee Clained at Vallejo Calif.'
Air Mail: CEBU CITY to USA, 30 March 1949
Business Corner Card: T. S. PAULIN
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 20 April 1949
Business Corner Card: ALEMAR'S
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: MANILA to USA, 4 June 1949
Business Corner Card Cover BROWN & BIGELOW.
Three times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 30c for each additonal 15grammes (1p70c underpaid by 10c?) ??
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
Registered Air Mail: VINZONS, CAMARINES NORTE to USA, 27 August 1949
receiving back stamps on rear - Camarines Norte 29 August, Manila Post office Registry Section 29 August, New York Registry Division 2 September, Ororch St, NW Region New York 3 September March.
Used with Semipostal 6c + 4c
Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams plus 30c registration fee (1p 10c - underpaid by 4c as semi-postal value not part of postage)
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, 9 November 1949
Business Corner Card: MARIANO UY CHACO SONS & Co Inc.
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Mariano Uy Chaco Sones & Co Inc. was set up by Mariano Uy Chaco, who made a fortune supplying hardware to the colonial government. By 1910, Uy Chaco decided to retire and go back home to China. He left his son, Uy Vet, in charge of the family business who transformed the company from a general hardware store to direct importer and distributor of tools and machinery. Uy Vet later went on to become a leader in the Chinese community, sitting on the board of a number of community and business organizations.
The company was housed in the "Chaco" Building (now the Philtrust Building, Binodo). Between the 1900s and the 1920s, Plaza Cervantes in Binondo was the place to make a statement. The building is heavily influenced by Art Nouveau and featured a corner domed tower, which originally had several clocks.
The building was featured on stamps issued 22 Dec 2003 featuring Architectural Heritage
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
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 25 August 1950
Nine times Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams, plus 30c for additional 15grams (3p 20c)
Air Mail: BACOLOD to USA, 25 August 1950
Business Corner Card: EPIFANIO R. TUPAS
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams, plus 30c for additional 15grams (1p 10c) overpaid by 10c
It appears that Epifanio Tupas had a number of enterprises. He maintained a private law office in Bacolod; an import and export business and was justice of the peace of Sagay, Negros Occidental.
Epifanio Tupas was removed from his post as justice of the peace in 1952 due to a number of irregularities, including neglect of official duties, serious misconduct and vindictiveness (as detailed in Administrative Order 181).
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 8 March 1950
Business Corner Card GOODWILL TRADING CO., INC.
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 18 June 1950
Business Corner Card THE HOUSE OF ESCARTE & CO. commercial cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 80c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 6 December 1950
Business Corner Card: MANILA HOTEL
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for additonal 15grams (1p 20c)
?? over paid prior to introduction of the new rate
The single air mail rate to USA effective from ??? 1951 was 90c for 15grams plus 30c for each additional 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 24 January 1951
Business Corner Card: J.P. HEILBRONN CO.
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: Marsman & Company, Inc., Commercial Cover
Ten times Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 1p 50c for additonal 150grams (3p 59c) underpaid by 1c?
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, 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, 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, 9 Nov 1952
Business Corner Card: PHILIPPINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams
Philippine Manufacturing Company is ...
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 4 June 1954
Business Corner Card: LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. Commerical Cover
Registered Single Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 30c for registration (1p 40c overpaid by 20c - or charge for return receipt?)
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, 26 Jun 1954
Business Corner Card: JESUIT MISSION PROCURE, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-205 - Invest in Peace and Prosperity (used 1 to 30 June 1954)
Four times Air Mail rate to USA : 90c for 15grams plus 90c for additonal 45grams
Jesuit Mission Procure is ...
The single (direct service) air mail rate to USA effective from 1 July 1954 was 50c for 15grams plus 50c for each additional 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 28 July 1954
Business Corner Card: CLAUDE M. WILSON TRADING, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 15grams
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 31 July 1954
Hotel Corner Card: RAMONA APARTMENTS, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 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. ??
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 29 September 1954
Business Corner Card: TAN ENG HONG, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 15grams ?
Registered Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 4 October 1954
Business Corner Card: ST JOHN'S LODGE No. 9, F. & A.M. Scottish Rite Temple., Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail Rate to USA : 70c Air Mail rate for 15grams, plus 30c for registration (1p) - underpaid by 20c?
ST JOHN'S LODGE No 9: ...
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 2 October 1954
Business Corner Card: JOHNTAN (PHILIPPINES) INC, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 15grams ??
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 27 December 1954
Business Corner Card: BAY VIEW HOTEL, Commercial Cover
Single Air Mail rate to USA : 50c for 15grams ??
Bayview Park Hotel is located near Roxas Boulevard
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. ?? Thes rates don't match the covers
Air Mail: ILOILO CITY to USA, 6 Jan 1955
Business Corner Card: MIGUEL LEDESMA, Commercial Cover
Air Mail rate to USA : 50c ????
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 1 April 1955
Business Corner Card: STANDARD VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail rate to USA : 1p ????
The Standard Vacuum Oil Company was an American joint venture by Standard Oil od New Jerset and Socony-Vacuum, Oil (aka Mobil) established in 1931 to make and market products in the Far East.
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 15 April 1955
Business Corner Card: AGUINALDO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Commercial Cover
Air Mail rate to USA : 50c ????
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 29 June 1955
Business Corner Card: BAY VIEW HOTEL. Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 1p 20c
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 21 July 1955
Business Corner Card: BONIFACIO SAW MILL CO., INC. Commercial Cover
Air Mail Rate to USA : 60c
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 12 August 1955
Business Corner Card: POPULAR MECHANDISE, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-244 - Golden Jubilee Week, 50 years of Red Cross Service in the Philippines (used 8 to 30 August 1955)
Air Mail Rate to USA : 60c
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 21 October 1955
Business Corner Card: LIBERTY EXPORT-IMPORT COROPORATION, Commercial Cover
Air Mail Rate to USA : 60c
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 18 June 1956
Business Corner Card: MACONDRAY & CO., INC, Commercial Cover
Air Mail rate to USA : 60c
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 16 July 1956
Business Corner Card: DR E.S. GARCIA, Commercial Cover
with postal slogan cancel #BPS-264 World Health Day, 22 July 1956, Destroy Disease Carrying Insects (used 16 to 22 July 1956)
Air Mail Rate to USA : 60c
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 17 May 1957
Business Corner Card: AVENUE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO. (with Hickock Electrical Instruments reciveing stamp), Commercial Cover
Air Mail Rate to USA : 60c
AVENUE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO (AVESCO) was founded in 1948. It a small organization in the industrial machinery and equipment companies industry currently located in Quezon City
Air Mail: OLONGAPO, ZAMBALES to USA, 26 June 1957
Business Corner Card: FLEET RESERVER ASSOCIATION Commercial Cover
Air Mail Rate to USA : 60c
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, October 1957
Business Corner Card: A.W. HOGAN & COMPANY, INC Commercial Cover
Double Air Mail Rate to USA : 1p 20c
Air Mail: MANILA to USA, 4 November 1957
Business Corner Card: T.V. REYES (REYSTAMPEX) Commercial Cover
Air Mail Rate to USA : 60c