Category: 2003

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the Death Centenary of Luciano San Miguel.

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the Death Centenary of Apolinario Mabini.

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a series of 3 souvenir sheets featuring ethnic weavings and traditional crafts of the Cultural Communities among whom Summer Institute of Linguistics has served on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary in the Philippines on February 28, 2003.

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of Japanese workers for the construction of Kennon Road.

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of four (4) stamps to join the philatelic world in celebrating Valentine’s Day.

On March 14, 1903, the Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company (MERALCO) was incorporated in the State of New Jersey. The incorporation followed Ordinance No. 44 of the Municipal Board of Manila, which was passed on March 24, 1903, granting Detroit entrepreneur Charles M. Swift a franchise “to operate an electric street railway service and to furnish electric current for light, heat, and power in the city and its suburbs.” Thus began a saga of service – moving people in tranvias and autobuses for over four decades and providing electric power for ten decades.

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the 75th Year of the Founding of the Far Eastern University.

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the One Hundredth Year of the Founding of St. Luke’s;Medical Center.

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a stamp to commemorate the centennial of the establishment of the La Union National High School.