Undertaken
by the Japanese Military Administration to eradicate
as
many traces as possible of the previous American administration.
DELETING
THE WORDS
"UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA / COMMONWEALTH OF THE"
Philippine
Bureau of Printing proof of deleting impression
for
postal cards.
ONLY
TWO KNOWN
MANILA
CIRCULATING
30 JUNE, 1942
Deleted
text on 2c Rizal provisional stamp and red postal card.
With
the required censor mark.
MANILA
CIRCULATING
29 APRIL, 1943
Deleted
text on 2c Rizal green postal card.
With
the handstamped "TEN SHIO - SETU"
one
of the new Philippine legal holiday under Japanese rule,
commemorating
the Emperor's birthday.
New
legal holidays in the Philippine proclaimed under Executive Order
No. 20,
issued
by Jorge Vargas on March 2, 1943.
