Issuance of Bustos Centennial Stamp

Bustos is a municipality of Bulacan province . The town is currently celebrating their 100th anniversary as a separate municipality . Among the famous landmarks of the municipality includes Bustos Dam , Bulacan Military Area Monument , Mga Bahay at Yaman ni St. Martin of Porres , Ancestral Houses among others . 

The most iconic is the ” Minasa” a type of cookie and barquillos.

Early History

Bustos was a part of the town of Baliuag as its barrio during the Spanish Period. The town was separated from Baliuag by a tragic incident when around 1860, a rainy Sunday, a group of natives from Bustos with babies in their arms were on their way to the church  for baptismal when they drowned when the raft or planceta they were riding capsized while crossing the wild river of Angat  due to the strong water current. This fateful event led the people of Bustos to request and build their own parish church to be able to avoid crossing the wild river for community safety. The people chose Holy Child  Jesus (Sto. Niño) as their patron saint in honor of those infants that died in the river.

Technical Description 

Kind of Issue : Commemorative

Denomination & Quantity : P12 – – – 101,000

Date of Issue : January 15, 2017

Last Day of Sale :January 14, 2018

Size of Stamps : 40mm x 30mm

Sheet Composition : 40 on (4 X 10)

Perforation :14

Printing Process : Litho offset (4 colors)

Paper : Imported Unwatermarked

Printer : Amstar Company, Inc.

Designer :Rodine C. Teodoro

Design : Centennial Logo of the Municipality of Bustos, Bulacan