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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In 1767, the first post office was established in Manila, which was later organized as a postal district of Spain, encompassing Manila and the Philippine archipelago, in 1779. The postal district was reestablished on December 5, 1837. Manila became known as a leading center of postal services within Asia. Spain joined the Universal Postal Union ...

  3. Philippine Postal Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .phlpost .gov .ph. The Philippine Postal Corporation ( Filipino: Korporasyong Pangkoreo ng Pilipinas ), [3] abbreviated and stylized as PHLPost and also known as the Philippine Post Office, is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President, responsible for providing postal services in the Philippines.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States

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    The Confederate Post Office had planned to reduce the drop-letter rate to one cent, but this proved impractical and, as a result, the 1¢ stamp was never put into use. Joubert De La Ferte again engraved the central image of Calhoun, placing it in the same framework design used for the Jefferson Davis 5-cent issue, a clear attempt to show that ...

  5. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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    List of most expensive philatelic items. This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$ 9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2]

  6. Revenue stamps of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    A 20c revenue stamp of the Philippines. Governing authorities in the Philippines have issued a variety of stamps for internal revenue taxes and other fiscal taxes since 1856. [2] Prior to 1856, internal revenues were collected via stamped paper. Revenue stamps for the Philippines were issued by the Spanish East Indies government (1856–1898 ...

  7. U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912–13 - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912–13 were the first such stamps issued by the U.S. Post Office Department and consisted of twelve denominations to pay the postage on parcels weighing 16 ounces and more, with each denomination printed in the same color of "carmine-rose". Their border design was similar while each denomination of stamp bore ...

  8. Philippine one-centavo coin - Wikipedia

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    Xanthostemon verdugonianus (Mangkono); logo of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Design date. 2018. The one-sentimo coin (1¢) is the smallest-denomination coin of the Philippine peso. It has been issued since 1903 during American rule. [1] It became the smallest unit of currency following the removal of the half-centavo in 1908.

  9. Taxation in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The policy of taxation in the Philippines is governed chiefly by the Constitution of the Philippines and three Republic Acts . Constitution: Article VI, Section 28 of the Constitution states that "the rule of taxation shall be uniform and equitable" and that " Congress shall evolve a progressive system of taxation ". [1] National law: National ...