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"
MANILA
CIRCULATING
24 DECEMBER, 1943
Deleted
text on 5c Rizal provisional postal envelope.
FIRST
JAPANESE REGULAR DEFINITIVE ISSUES
Issued
to replace the provisional issues which were in used
since
the reopening of postal service on March 4, 1942.
MANILA
CIRCULATING
7 OCTOBER, 1943
12c
Moro Vinta regular issue uprating 5c provisional envelope
for
proper 17c single registered rate.
Name
changes also made on city streets. The commercial cover addressed to
"Daitoa"
Street, formerly Taft Avenue during the Commonwealth.
