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PHILIPPINE STAMP COLLECTORS’ SOCIETY PHILATELIC BULLETIN |
THE GREAT MEN OF BAGO, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
| DATE OF ISSUE: | 4 March 2025 |
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| KIND OF ISSUE: | Commemorative |
| DENOMINATION: | PHP 17 (4 designs) sold for PHP 150 |
| SHEET COMPOSITION: | Sheet of 4 |
| PRINTING PROCESS: | Offset Lithography |
| PRINTER: | AMSTAR Company, Inc. |
| QUANTITY: | SelyoKo: 1,300 Slogan Cover: 2,300 |
The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost), in partnership with the City of Bago in Negros Occidental introduced a new set of personalized stamps to pay tribute to “The Great Men of Bago, ”who were distinguished residents of the city on March 4, 2025.
The four “distinguished sons of Bago” to be honored as part of Bago City’s 59th Charter Anniversary include Juan Anacleto Araneta, a general who played a pivotal role in the historic Negros Revolution of 1898 and was the founder of the Negros Republic. Rafael Salas served as the executive secretary to former President Ferdinand Marcos and was the first head of the United Nations Population Fund.
Ramon Torres held multiple positions, including assemblyman, the first Philippine Labor Secretary, and senator. Arsenio Yulo Jr. was the first city councilor of Bago, a delegate of the 1971 Constitutional Convention, president of the Philippine Bar Association, the first administrator of the Sugar Regulatory Administration, and chairman of the Philippine Estates Authority.
The Great Men of Bago Cover and SelyoKo Stamp will be available at the Philatelic Division of the Manila Central Post Office
COMMEMORATIVE COVER
COMMEMORATIVE SLOGAN
Based on the Philatelic Bulletin prepared by Jasmine Goforth for the Philippine Stamp Collectors' Society
Images courtesy of Robert Tiu Siy
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