Stamps featuring Native Philippine Orchids II
The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of 4 topical stamps and souvenir sheet featuring the following Native Philippine Orchids.
| Kind of Issue: | Definitive |
| Denomination and Quantities: | P5.00 – – – – – 200,000 |
| Souvenir Stamps: | P22.00 – – – – – 12,500 (imperf.) 11.00 – 50,000 |
| Sheet Composition: | 16 (4 x 4) |
| Size of Stamps: | 30 mm x 40 mm |
| Date of Issue: | December 19, 2002 |
| Last Day of Issue: | March 19, 2003 |
| Perforation: | 14 |
| Printing Process: | Litho-Offset (4 colors) |
| Paper: | Imported Unwatermarked |
| Printer: | Amstar Campany, Inc . |
| Layout Artist: | Alfonso V. Divina |
| Design Coordinator: | Engr. Antonio D. A. Claro |
| Graphic Artist: | Edgar P. Patricio |
| Designs: | Photographs of various orchids are taken from the book, Native Philippine Orchids by Hans H. Fessel and Peter Balzer, Times Editions, Paciencia P. Milan, Program Director, VISCA-GTZ Applied Tropical Ecology Program and President, Leyte State University |
Stamps, Souvenir Sheets and Official First Day Covers will be available starting 19 December 2002 at the Philatelic Division, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, 1000 Manila and all Regional Offices of the Philippine Postal Corporation.
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