Ningpo
01 Dec 2015 07:56:20am | re: Philippine overprint
These are Spanish era postal fiscals. The base â…› stamp (1880-88) is a stamp used for printed matter ("impresos") with an overprint applied from 1888, for excise tax. Others may be able to flesh this out further.
Here is a screenshot of a section from the Yvert et Tellier catalogue:
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