Philippines Stamps People Power Envelopes

Republic of the Philippines - Stamps & Postal History

RP Issues of 2011

2011, February 22. People Power Revolution - 25th Anniversary

Pre-Stamped Envelopes

Amstar Company, Inc.

Business Envelopes 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches, White

   7p   Benigno and Cory Aquino (2,500)

   7p   People Power in Action (2,500)

Designers: On-the-Job Trainees:

Richard M. Fuentes, Maverick E. Pineda and Ponjie Nikko F. Ventura

Design Coordinators: Victorino Serevo, Dr. Ngo Tiong Tak

Lay out Artist: Jesus Alfredo Delos Santos

First Day Cover: Manila



EDSA People Power Revolution - 25th Anniversary
Design 1 features the two Icons of Democracy, Sen. Benigno Aquino and President Corazon C. Aquino on the cache and the many other expressions using the hands, such as hands clasps in prayers, a hand holding a flower, a rosary, iron chain and hands holding together as many of the people did 25 years ago.

Design 2 shows the People Power in action on the cache, with the stalled armored tanks; people coming together in prayers, joining hands as a proof of unity. The two Icons of Democracy Sen. Benigno Aquino and President Corazon C. Aquino are also shown on the stamp portion of the envelope in between the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Monument.

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The People Power Revolution (also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986) was a series of popular non-violent revolutions and prayerful mass street demonstrations in the Philippines that occurred in 1986, which marked the restoration of the country's democracy. It became a subsequent inspiration for the Revolutions of 1989 that ended communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe.   It is sometimes referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons during the arrival of Benigno Aquino, Jr. These protests were the culmination of a long campaign of civil resistance by the people against the 20-year running authoritarian, repressive regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised the world".

The majority of the demonstrations took place at Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, known more commonly by its acronym EDSA, in Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila and involved over 2,000,000 Filipino civilians as well as several political, military, and religious figures, such as Cardinal Jaime Sin. The protests, fueled by a resistance and opposition of years of corrupt governance by Marcos, occurred from February 22–25, 1986, when Marcos fled Malacañang Palace to the U.S. state of Hawaii and conceded to Corazon Aquino as the legitimate President of the Philippines.

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