Philippines First Issue, Queen Isabella II
Philippines · 1854 · 5 Cuartos
This stamp is the first postage stamp issued by the Philippines, then a Spanish colony. The design features a crude, locally engraved portrait of Queen Isabella II of Spain, facing left, within an oval frame. It was printed in Manila on fragile, thin paper without perforations.
Issued under Spanish colonial rule, this stamp marks the beginning of the postal system in the Philippines, which was the first country in Asia to issue adhesive postage stamps.
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Engraved
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