An Unusual Philately Find

Seven presidents of the Republic of the Philippines on one sheet of postage stamps.

Presidents commencing from the 2nd Republic up to the 5th, but minus the incumbent’s father, Diosdado Macapagal, and deposed Joseph Estrada. And of course, minus the incumbent, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Would be interesting to find out who else the entire sheet featured.

The Filipino Heritage site had this to say:

Since then, the country has issued thousands of stamps (2,500 different ones from 1946 to 1996), including regular issues promoting heroes, presidents, and other prominent Filipinos; commemoratives marking significant historical milestones, and colorful special issues displaying the country's flora (especially orchids and medicinal plants) and fauna. Major landmarks and scenic spots are on stamps too, as are native costumes, folk dances, and festivals. Some 20 issues honor schools and universities. Reproductions of paintings have appeared. A scenic and cultural tour of the Philippines can be made through its stamps.

But no mention of the featured stamps.

Here’s an interesting comment:

I have been reading with interest your items concerning postage stamps that seemed to represent waivers to the rule that people have to be dead for ten years before their likenesses are allowed on stamps (Presidents excepted). However, I must clear up a misconception here: the "ten years" rule was not adopted by the CSAC (Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee) until some time in the late 1960s. Until then, there were no limitations concerning a person's appearance on a postage stamp (so long as that person was deceased). During the 1950s and early 1960s, the U.S. issued many memorial stamps to those who had recently died; besides Disney and Hammarskjold, these included Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay (1957), Ernst Reuter, mayor of (West) Berlin (1959), former Senators Robert Taft and Walter George (1960), Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1960), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (1962), Eleanor Roosevelt (1963), and in 1965, Winston Churchill and Adlai Stevenson.

Interesting info. Not only that Magsaysay was featured on a US stamp, but learning about the ten-year rule on deaths.