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2011, June 19.  Dr. Jose Rizal, National Hero, 150th Birth Anniversary

Litho Offset.  Amstar Company, Inc.  Perf. 14.

Two Se-tenant Pairs, Sheets of 40  (10 x 4), Souvenir Sheets of Ten

 

  Two Se-tenant Pairs    (35,000)

 

  7p   Rizal, Noli Me Tangere, Dove (by Marc Aran C. Reyes)

  7p   Rizal, Philippine Flag (by Lex Kempho Y. Lacar)

  7p   Rizal (Blue) (by Ramon Vizmonte)

  7p   Rizal (Red) (by Henritz Sales)

 

Note:  Stamp designs were from winning entries of students in conjunction with Rizal@150 Art Contest  sponsored by National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP).

 

  150p Souvenir Sheets of Ten  (6,000) 

           7p  1906 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Daet, Camarines Norte

           7p  1935 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Guinobatan, Albay

           7p  1941 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Santa Barbara, Iloilo

           7p  1946 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Binan Laguna

           7p  1948 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Zamboanga City

         12p  1959 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in San Fernando, Cebu

         13p  1962 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Lucban, Quezon

         20p  1964 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Romblon, Romblon

         30p  1977 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Jinjiang City, China

         40p  1978 Rizal Stamp & Rizal Monument in Illinois, USA

 

Note:  Stamp designs feature previously issued Rizal stamps along with Rizal Monuments found in the Philippines, China and USA.

 

 

First Day Covers:  Manila Central Post Office; Rizal Park; Calamba Post Office

 

  

   

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Jose Rizal: A Biographical Sketch
BY TEOFILO H. MONTEMAYOR

http://www.joserizal.ph/bg01.html

JOSE RIZAL, the national hero of the Philippines and pride of the Malayan race, was born on June 19, 1861, in the town of Calamba, Laguna. He was the seventh child in a family of 11 children (2 boys and 9 girls). Both his parents were educated and belonged to distinguished families.

At the age of 3, he learned the alphabet from his mother; at 5, while learning to read and write, he already showed inclinations to be an artist. He astounded his family and relatives by his pencil drawings and sketches and by his moldings of clay. At the age 8, he wrote a Tagalog poem, "Sa Aking Mga Kabata," the theme of which revolves on the love of one’s language. In 1877, at the age of 16, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with an average of "excellent" from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. In the same year, he enrolled in Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas, while at the same time took courses leading to the degree of surveyor and expert assessor at the Ateneo.

Having traveled extensively in Europe, America and Asia, he mastered 22 languages. These include Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Malayan, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog, and other native dialects. A versatile genius, he was an architect, artists, businessman, cartoonist, educator, economist, ethnologist, scientific farmer, historian, inventor, journalist, linguist, musician, mythologist, nationalist, naturalist, novelist, opthalmic surgeon, poet, propagandist, psychologist, scientist, sculptor, sociologist, and theologian.

 In March 1887, his daring book, NOLI ME TANGERE, a satirical novel exposing the arrogance and despotism of the Spanish clergy, was published in Berlin; in 1890 he reprinted in Paris, Morga’s SUCCESSOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS with his annotations to prove that the Filipinos had a civilization worthy to be proud of even long before the Spaniards set foot on Philippine soil; on September 18, 1891, EL FILIBUSTERISMO, his second novel and a sequel to the NOLI and more revolutionary and tragic than the latter, was printed in Ghent. Because of his fearless exposures of the injustices committed by the civil and clerical officials, Rizal provoked the animosity of those in power. This led himself, his relatives and countrymen into trouble with the Spanish officials of the country. As a consequence, he and those who had contacts with him, were shadowed; the authorities were not only finding faults but even fabricating charges to pin him down. Thus, he was imprisoned in Fort Santiago from July 6, 1892 to July 15, 1892 on a charge that anti-friar pamphlets were found in the luggage of his sister Lucia who arrive with him from Hong Kong. While a political exile in Dapitan, he engaged in agriculture, fishing and business; he maintained and operated a hospital; he conducted classes- taught his pupils the English and Spanish languages, the arts.

When the Philippine Revolution started on August 26, 1896, his enemies lost no time in pressing him down. They were able to enlist witnesses that linked him with the revolt and these were never allowed to be confronted by him. Thus, from November 3, 1986, to the date of his execution, he was again committed to Fort Santiago. In his prison cell, he wrote an untitled poem, now known as "Ultimo Adios" which is considered a masterpiece and a living document expressing not only the hero’s great love of country but also that of all Filipinos. After a mock trial, he was convicted of rebellion, sedition and of forming illegal association. In the cold morning of December 30, 1896, Rizal, a man whose 35 years of life had been packed with varied activities which proved that the Filipino has capacity to equal if not excel even those who treat him as a slave, was shot at Bagumbayan Field.

(Note:  Bagumbayan Field was subsequently re-named Luneta, and, later, changed to Rizal Park)

 

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