Issued to pre-pay double weight overseas postal rate. Engraved by Jose Perez Varela and printed on rough, medium to thick bluish wove watermarked "loops" paper. Typographed by the Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid, and issued in sheets of 170 stamps. 

The stamps were issued simultaneously in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands and their usage in the Philippines is only distinguishable when tied with Philippine postal cancellations.

SMALL BLUE BAEZA CIRCULAR DATE STAMP
"MANILA - 31 - FILIPINAS" CIRCULAR DATE STAMP
AND PARILLA CANCELLATION

Quadruple Outbound Weight Cover

1862 JUNE 5: MANILA to SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN
"MANILA - 31 - FILIPINAS" Circular Date Stamp and Parilla Postmarks