JUNE 12 - PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY
Miniature sheet of 10 stamps to commemorate the "Pagsilang ng Sambayanang Pilipino"
(Birth of the Filipino Nation)
KALAYAAN KAYAMANAN NG BAYAN
(FREEDOM - Wealth of the Nation)
Kind of Issue: Commemorative
Denomination and Quantity: PhP 6.00 - 225,000
Date of Issue: January 11, 1999
Last Day of Sale: July 11, 1999
Sheet Compositio: 10 (2 x 5)
Size of Stamp: 30mm x 40mm
Size of Miniature Sheet: 107mm x 233mm
Perforation: 14
Printing Process: Litho-Offset (4 colors)
Paper: Imported unwatermarked
Printer: Amstar Compan, Inc.
Designer: Ma. Luisa A. Macasaet
Design Coordinator: Elena V. Padua
The establishment of the Philippine Republic at Malolos on January 23, 1899 marked the climax of the Filipino struggle for inependence which began with the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in August 1898. The Philippine Revolution was Asia's first movement for national independence. This pivotal event was the inspiration of all nationalist movements in Asia which later developed in the 20th century.
The Philippine revolution itself was the culmination of a people's struggle for national dignity which spanned three centuries of colnial rule. Filipinos from all walks of life contributed their distinct share of sufferings, sacrifices and victories.
As a national revolution, Filipinos in all parts of the archipelago took part in this struggle. The declaration of independence in Kawit, the capture of the cities of Iloilo, Ceb and Bacolod in the Visayas and the raising of the Philippine flag in Butuan and Surigao in Mindanao were only few events in this glorious episode in Phlippine history.
On September 15, 1898, Filipino delegates in Malolos met and drafted the Constitution of the Philippine Republic. This document was a manifestation of the Filipino commitment to freedom. The Republic was Asia's first democracy and demonstration of the capability of the Filipinos to chart their own destiny as a free nation.
CENTENNIAL LOGO - This is an award winning design by Ma. Luisa A. Macasaet adopted in 1996 as the official logo of the Philippine Centennial Celebrations. The design features a stylized Philippine flag which forms the number "100", to symbolize the 100 years since the Declaration of Philippine Independence.
AGUINALDO HOUSE - Simple two-storey house owned by the family of general Emilio Aguinaldo, from where the independence of the Philippines was declared on
JUNE 12, 1898. from one of the windows of the second floor, the Philippine National flag was officially unfurled to the music of the Philippine national march.
MALOLOS CONGRESS - Within the halls of Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan, the 193 delegates representing various parts of the Philippines convened the Philippine Revolutionary Congress on September 15, 1898, also known as the Malolos Congress. The Congress was responsible for the ratification of the declaration of the Philippine Independence on September 29, 1898 and the drafting of the Philippine Costitution.
CINCO DE NOVIEMBRE - a simultaneous province-wide uprising was staged in Negros on November 5, 1898 led by Generals Aniceto Lacson and Juan Araneta and capture Silay and BAGO where they raised the "Cry of Freedom".
CRY OF SANTA BARBARA - The Santa Barbara Covention was attended on November 17, 1898by leaders from all over Iloilo where the revolutionary government was inaugarated and the Filipino flag was raised for the first time in the province.
VICTORY OVER THE COLONIAL FORCES - The fight for independence took place all over the Philippines with Filipino forces winning successive victories over the the Spanish forces. By the end of 1898, most of the country were in Filipino hands. Depicted here is Cebu City whuich was evacuated by the Spanish forces on Decmeber 24, 1898.
PAGSILANG NG SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO STAMP WITH PHILIPPINE FLAG - With the impending victory of the Philippine Revolution throughout the archipelago, emissaries of the Revolutionary Government proclaimed Philippine independence and sovereignity over the island of Mindanao on 17 January 1999. This historic act, which took place in Butuan, then military capital of the Province of Surigao, marked the end of colonial rule in this part of the country, and was fittingly carried out with the official hoisting of the Philippine flag, (Surigao was First December 26, 1898).
RATIFICATION OF THE MALOLOS CONSTITUTION - On January 01, 1898, the delegates of the Malolos Congress ratified the Constirution of the Republic of the Philippines and was proclaimed to be in effect by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo. The Philippine Constitution of 1899 was Asia's first democratic Constitution.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC - In elaborate rites in the town of Malolos, the republic of the Philippines was inaugurated on january 23, 1899 with Gen. Aguinaldo as its President. Shown here was a float drawn by an unknown artist showing a woman dressed in a Philippine flag.
PAGSILANG NG SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO WITH BARASAOAIN CHURCH - This is the official logo of the Centennial Celebrating the Birth of Our Nation. The culmination of the Centennial Celebrations was on January 23, 1999, the Centennial of the Establishment of the Philippine Republic and the Ratification of the First Constitutional Democracy in Asia.
Mint Sheet of 25 stamps
