In the 1986 Snap Elections the Commission on Elections declared Marcos the winner. However, the private organization National Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL declared that Ninoy's widow Corazon Aquino had won the elections. On February 25, 1986, Pres. Marcos was proclaimed in Malacanang Palace. Only a select group of people knew about this event. The Bureau of Posts received instructions to prepare "RUSH" a Marcos 1986 Inaugural Issue. Design essays intended for the 1986 Marcos inaugural issue prepared by Antonio Chiudan, Chief Artist of the Bureau of Posts. Mr. Chiudan showed the  two essays to his closest friends but never got to submit them for approval due to the People Power Uprising.

When the Commission on Elections declared Marcos the winner his Chief of Staff Gen. Fidel Ramos and Defense Minister Juan Ponce-Enrile withdrew their support for Pres. Marcos by staging a coup d' etat and simultaneously declaring Corazon Aquino as the winner of the snap elections. In the ensuing power struggle, the entire country went to the streets to show their support to the coup leaders. People Power souvenir card.

Deemed as one of the greatest events of Philippine history, the People Power revolt was commemorated by a special stamp issue when Corazon Aquino was already president of the country People Power Stamps. Issued on May 25, 1986. Autographed by Pres. Aquino.