February 1, 1854 The first stamps in the Philippines were issued. The prices varies from four denominations the 5 quartos, the 10 quartos, the 1 real, and the 2 reales - depicting an effigy of Spanish Queen Isabela II.
PhilPost stamp (https://www.phlpost.gov.ph/stamp-releases.php?id=3117)
- Spanish Governor General Antonio de Urbiztondo issued a circular whereby he ordered the establishment to issue a prepaid postage compulsory for all mail matters circulating in the Islands. Urbiztondo's established the first regular mails in the Philippines and began the use of postage stamps on letters by the virtue of "Circulares e instrucciones para el arreglo del poste de la correpondencia de estas islas".
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