1942 BONTOC, LEPANTO TO MANILA
NEW ERU DATE
All information on this site is for public record. 
The "ERU" therefore stands for EARLIEST RECORDED USAGE and not for Earliest Reported Usage.
The basis for the new recorded dates is Eugene Garrett's
"A Postal History of the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, 1942 - 1945".

1943 JUNE 22: BONTOC, LEPANTO to MANILA

Backstamped BAGUIO, MOUNTAIN / JUN 25 1943.
Garrett Bontoc Type 1a, previous recorded ERP September 8 (1943 or 1944)