SURCHARGED DEFINITIVES

Kind of Issue
Denomination & Quantity
 

Dates of Issue

Sheet Composition
Size of Stamp
Perforation
Printing Process
Paper
Printer

 : Definitive
: I - P1.00-------2,000,000 (red)
      P6.00------20,500,000
: II - P1.00------3,683,600 (black)
: I - May 19, 2003
: II - November 13, 2003
: 200 (20 x 10)
: 22 mm x 25 mm
: 14
: Litho-Offset ( 4 colors )
: Imported Unwatermarked
: Amstar Company, Inc.
The original stamps were issued on April 5, 2001 as part of the Presidential seal definitive series. Sales of the stamps were stopped and remainders recalled and sent to the stamp vaults upon the discovery of forgeries in early 2002. With the pressing need for P1.00 and P6.00 stamps, part of over 28,000.000 stamps in storage were taken out of the stamp vault and surcharged with the new values.