By 1872, the electric telegraph made its debut in Manila. Two years later, telegraph stamps were used by the public to prepay for this service. Under Spanish rule, postal and telegraph services were integrated into one office called the General Administration for Communications. As a result, postage and revenue stamps were indiscriminately used by postal clerks on telegraph receipts, while telegraph stamps and “cancels” were also used on mail. This huge, hand-drawn map details each telegraph station that was to be set up in the country. (Contributed)
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Very Rare Hand-Drawn Philippine Map Showing the Dawn of Philippine Telecommunications in 1874
An unnumbered single plate titled “Plano General de Communicaciones Telegraficas de las Islas Filipinas” (General Telegraph Communications Plan of the Philippine Islands) C. 1874
56” x 42” (142 cm x 107 cm)
PHP 5,000,000
Provenance: Provenance: The Don Felipe R. Hidalgo Estate