When the Allied Forces Liberated Manila in January of 1945 the Bureau of Posts provided a large amount of stamps from the 1935 series to the Bureau of Printing, The stamps were overprinted with "COMMONWEALTH' and "VICTORY". "COMMONWEALTH" was overprinted at the bottom of the stamps to differentiate them from the 1938 series. Postal Clerks were to accept only issued stamps for postage, but were accommodating and allowed any stamp with "VICTORY" to be used. Only a few forgeries were made, as this series was replaced by the Republic issue of 1946.
 

Fig 6.1: Genuine 1938 Overprint "COMMONWEALTH" at top.	Fig 6.2: Genuine "VICTORY" Overprint "COMMONWEALTH" at bottom.

Fig 6.3: Forged Overprint "VICTORY" overprint at bottom of 1938 overprint issue with fake killer bars. Length of forged overprint: 30 mm. Genuine overprint: 29 mm.