Stamps featuring the Rats and Mice found in Luzon Island
The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of stamps and a souvenir sheet featuring rats and mice found in Luzon Island.
Kind of Issue: | Special |
Denomination & Quantities: | P7 – – – – 100,000 (4 designs) |
Sheet Composition: | 16 (4 x 4) |
Size of Stamps: | 40mm x 30mm (perforated 40mm x 70mm (Imperforated stamp in Souvenir Sheet) |
Size of Souvenir Sheet: | 115mm x 85mm |
Date of Issue: | March 7, 2008 |
Last Day of Issue: | March 6, 2009 (as stock allows) |
Perforation: | 14 (except the P20 in the Souvenir Sheet which is imperforated) |
Printing Process: | Litho-Offset (4 colors) |
Paper: | Imported Unwatermarked |
Printer: | Amstar Company, Inc. |
Designer and Graphic Artist: | Corazon T. Loza |
Design Coordinator: | Dr. Ngo Tiong Tak T. Maria Josefa S. Veluz |
Designs: | Rats and mice (Photos provided by the National Museum courtesy of Dr. Lawrence R. Heaney, Director Corazon Alvina, Velizar Simeonovski (artist) and Dr. Virgilio Palpal-Iatoc, Chief of Zoology Division). . |
The stamps, souvenir sheets and Official First Day Covers will be available starting March 7, 2008 at the Philatelic Service, Door 203, Liwasang Bonifacio, 1000 Manila and at all Regional Offices of the Philippine Postal Corporation.
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