Japanese Occupation Era Philippine Stamps and Covers are HOT!!??!!

We would like to thank you who have taken time out to go through our blogs and its links; and everybody who has taken an interest in our auctions in http://www.ebay.ph (seller name angela_m2m). Some of our auctions are currently ongoing and will end within the next couple of days.

It is heartening to note that aside from the well informed collectors both here in the Philippines and abroad, there seems to be a lot of new collectors taking to the hobby and looking at our auctions. Their interests vary and we are glad to be able to offer some of our items to them.

Most collectors took to bidding Philippine MINT Republic issues, (esp the newer souvenir sheets and the older individual sets), and the various used stamp lots (both local and foreign); we auctioned.

Collectors of paper money also took their share in bidding. We sold several lots of foreign paper money to collectors abroad. If not for the hassle of delivery (couriers screen items to be sent), we also have a lot of coins for collectors to offer. We have coins from the spanish-philippines era and lots of foreign coins. Right now, maybe an appointment to meet in makati would be a start.

But what surprised us is the big interest in the items from the Japanese Occupation Era. of the Philippines. We have also just began collecting them. Seeing covers from the era also led us into collecting USPI and Jap Occ Covers/FDCs (First Day Covers) and the older Republic FDCS.
We received several emails and inquiries from the long time collectors, and the new collectors who were looking for items from that time period. Luckily, we had some and promptly put it out for bidding. The items we put in auction were priced to sell because we got them at low prices back then; and they got sold out at once. The other items which we got only recently were priced higher but surprisingly, they were also sold. And now as we continue to look for items for our auction, the past dealers from whom we got our items, don't have more or are now simply priced higher.

The demand seems to have spilled over to our suppliers and is driving the prices higher and the Jap Occ items are getting harder to come by as more of them gets locked in collections. After all, the Japanese Occupation era lasted for just several years.
Just a few years. Maybe from the collectors point of view, but its passing was none the moment sooner for those who lived through it. Items from this era surely gives a lot of history.

Is this a trend for collecting? Will these items be harder to come by?Will these items appreciate in price? We really don't know. But we sure will continue to be watching out for stamps, covers and other interesting items from this era. Thanks again and do watch out for our auctions and future postings in our blogs which we will feature more items from the Japanese Occupation Era.