2011, the year of the 50th anniversary of the Goethe-Institut Philippinen, coincides with Dr. Rizals 150th birthday. (Please see our special link: http://www.goethe.de/ins/ph/map/uun/muf/enindex.htm). For this reason the National Historical Commission had recommended us to have a series of commemorative stamps printed in 2011 featuring 3 motives of Dr. Rizal's stay with Pastor Ullmer while studying in Heidelberg. Accordingly the motives chosen are:

The Rizal statue in Heidelberg	The house of Pastor Karl Ullmer in Wilhelmsfeld (near Heidelberg)
The fountain which Dr. Rizal used to drink from; this fountain was shipped in 1963 to Manila where it still stands today in the Luneta Park.	The 4th motive features the anniversary logo of the Goethe-Institut in the Philippines.

The launching of these stamps took place on the 20th of June, the day after Rizal's birthday, in the Mall of Asia.

The stamps are available at the Goethe-Institut in the following formats:

First Day Cover – Php 100

Souvenir Folder – Php 300

Stamp Sheet (40 stamps) – Php 300

They can be ordered under info@manila.goethe.org

For special sponsors we currently prepare Stamp Folders in the format of Christmas Cards. The sponsor's logo may be placed next to the place where a first day letter with the first day stamps will be located inside the folder.

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