PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4082 - AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF POSTAGE STAMPS IN SPANISH AND THE
NATIONAL LANGUAGE FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE TO
COMMEMORATE THE FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVANGELIZATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES
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Section
1. The Postmaster General is hereby directed to order
the printing and issue of postage stamps of different denominations in
Spanish and the National Language to commemorate the four hundredth
anniversary of the evangelization of the Philippines when Miguel Lopez
de Legaspi and Fr. Andres de Urdaneta arrived in Cebu, Philippines,
from Mexico on April twenty-seven, fifteen hundred sixty-five. The
postage stamps must portray the historic facts of the commencement of
the evangelization of the Philippines, our contract with Western
civilization and culture which came to us primarily from Spain and
Mexico, and the emergence of the Filipino nation by the consolidation
of small and distinct kingdoms and tribes. Sec. 2. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 18, 1964 |
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