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CLASSIC STAMPS AND POSTMARKS ON STAMPS OF SPAIN by William E. Critzer

http://www.stampsonstamps.org/csaposos.htm

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Scott: #S2O

Issued: 0.0.1881

Franchise Stamp

Inside #S2: Pseudo Stamp

The franchise stamps of Spain are unusual in that they were issued to individuals rather than to organizations or societies. In 1869, Spain issued the world's first franchise stamp, the nondenominated blue Envelope franchise stamp to Diego Castel (for his use in distributing his booklet on Spanish postal history - Today's postal historians no doubt are envious of Castel). Spain issued a second franchise stamp for a similar purpose in 1881, this time to Antonio Fernandez Duro, for distribution of his book on the history of Spanish postage stamps. The nondenominated black on buff paper Open Book franchise stamp, Scott S2, is shown above.

(Franchise stamps removed burden of postage By Rick Miller – http://www.linns.com/).

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Scott: #572-3O

Issued: 2.4.1936

1st National Philatelic Exhibition

Inside #572-3: Spain Type A5 (B) (pic of #17O)

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Scott: #C88-9O

Issued: 2.4.1936

Overprint #572-3 "CORREO AEREO"

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Ayuntamiento de Barcelona

Mi #67-9P

Issued: 1945

Inside Mi #67-9: Spain-Barcelona stamps

Mi #9(1932) P	Mi #31(1942)P	Mi #21(1940)P
	Mi #1(1929)O
Mi #13(1936) P	Mi #42(1943)P	Mi #63(1945) P

Mi #??O

Lou Guadagno wrote: The 3 stamps were issued in Barcelona, Spain in 1945 to note the End of Local Postal Tax Stamps in that city.  

Starting in 1929, various compulsory postal tax stamps were issued to be used on all inland mail from Barcelona to help pay for the cost of the International Stamp Exhibition held in Barcelona in 1929. The use of postal tax stamps ended on December 31, 1945.

The 3 stamps exist imperf, and an unlisted commemorative s/s without franking value was also issued late in 1945 to raise funds for the city.

The stamps and sheet were also produced with a diagonal "NAVIDAD 1945" overprint; these were sold to raise funds for Christmas charities, but supposedly not authorized.

Lloyd Gilbert wrote: Spain (Barcelona) 3v are listed in Edifil Catalogue as 69-71, S/s NE31 & the O/P S/s NE72 all issued in 1945

Thanks to Sergei Divid and Lou Guadagno

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Spain (Barcelona) unlisted S/S of 3v O/P NAVIDAD 1945

Lloyd Gilbert wrote: Spain (Barcelona) 3v are listed in Edifil Catalogue as 69-71, S/s NE31 & the O/P S/s NE72 all issued in 1945

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

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Scott: #776-7P, #778-9O, #C127-8P, #C129-30O

Issued: 12.10.1950

Centenary of Spanish Stamps

Inside #776-9: Spain #1P

Inside #C127-30: Spain #4O

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Scott: #987-9P

Issued: 6.5.1961

International Stamp Day

Inside #987-9: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #1108-10P

Issued: 7.5.1962

International Stamp Day

Inside #1108-10: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #1170-2P

Issued: 8.5.1963

International Stamp Day

Inside #1170-2: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #1244-6P

Issued: 6.5.1964

International Stamp Day

Inside #1244-6: Spain #1P

Inside #1244-6: Spain #898P

Inside #1244-6: Spain #916P

Inside #1244-6: Spain #998O

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Scott: #1306-8P

Issued: 6.5.1965

International Stamp Day

Inside #1306-8: Pseudo Stamps

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Scott: #1327-9P

Issued: 22.11.1965

Centenary, Spanish Perforated Stamps

Inside #1327: Spain #78O

Inside #1328: Spain #77O

Inside #1329: Spain #80O

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Scott: #1350-2P

Issued: 6.5.1966

International Stamp Day, National Stamp Day

Inside #1350: Spain #1P

Inside #1351: Spain #3O

Inside #1352: Spain #5O

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Scott: #1468-70P

Issued: 6.5.1967

World Stamp Day

Inside #1468: Spain #3O

Inside #1469: Spain #2O

Inside #1470: Spain #4O

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Scott: #1527-8P

Issued: 6.5.1968

Stamp Day

Inside #1527: Spain #1P

Inside #1528: Spain #4O

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Scott: #1568-9P

Issued: 6.5.1969

Stamp Day

Inside #1568: Spain #6PP

Inside #1569: Spain #11O

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Scott: #1608P

Issued: 4.5.1970

Stamp Day

Inside #1608: Spain #51O

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Scott: #1677P

Issued: 6.5.1971

Stamp Day

Inside #1677: Spain #1bO

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Scott: #E26-7P

Issued: 1.6.1971

Special Delivery Stamp

Inside #E27: Stamp on Envelope

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Scott: #1719P

Issued: 6.5.1972

World Stamp Day

Inside #1886: Pre-Stamp Cordoba Cancellation

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Scott: #1754P

Issued: 5.5.1973

Stamp Day

Inside #1754: Spain #23O

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Scott: #1801P, #1802P,#1803O

Issued: 4.4.1974

Espana ‘75

Inside #1801: Stamp Collecting

Inside #1802-3: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #1806P

Issued: 6.5.1974

World Stamp Day

Inside #1806: Spain #28O

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Scott: #1865P, #1866O, #1867P, #1868P

Issued: 21.4.1975

125th Anniversary of Spanish Stamps

Inside #1865: Spain #1P

Inside #1865: Spain #1802P

Inside #1866-8: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #1886P

Issued: 6.5.1975

World Stamp Day

Inside #1886: Pre-Stamp Leon Cancellation

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Scott: #1943P

Issued: 6.5.1976

World Stamp Day

Inside #1943: Spain #10O

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Scott: #1957P

Issued: 16.6.1976

Postal Service Scenes

Inside #1957: Stamps on Envelopes

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Scott: #2043P

Issued: 7.5.1977

50th Anniversary of Philatelic Market on Plaza Mayor, Madrid

Inside #2043: Spain #1P

Inside #2043: Spain #334P

Inside #2043: Spain #883P

Inside #2043: Spain #1329P

Inside #2043: Spain #1877dO

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Scott: #2104P

Issued: 27.6.1978

Stamp Day

Inside #2104: Spain #240O

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Scott: #2151P

Issued: 18.5.1979

Philaserdica '79

Inside #2151: Bulgaria #1O

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Scott: #2176P

Issued: 6.11.1979

50th Anniversary of the Barcelona Exhibition Postal Tax Stamp

Inside #2176: Michel Barcelona Postal Tax #1O

Lou Guadagno wrote: You took your reason for issue and stamp ID directly from the Scott catalog, and it is wrong on both.

Spain #2176 commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Barcelona Exhibition Postal Tax Stamp (“Sello de Recargo”) of 1929, and Scott Type A54 were issued in 1930 for the actual exhibition. The stamp reproduced is the first Barcelona local tax stamp issued (and dated) in 1929 to help pay for costs of setting up the exhibition— Michel Barcelona Postal Tax #1.

Scott ID is Spain Type A54

(Pic of #371P)

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Scott: #2216P

Issued: 1.7.1980

1^st National Stamp Exhibition

Inside #2216: Spain #4O

Inside #2216: Spain #25P

Inside #2216: Spain #168O

Inside #2216: Spain #345O

Inside #2216: Spain #409P

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Scott: #2296P

Issued: 16.7.1982

Stamp Day

Inside #2296: Spain #1973P

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Scott: #2368P

Issued: 3.5.1984

53^rd Congress, World Philatelic Federation

Inside #2368: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #2490P

Issued: 07.10.1986

National Philatelic Exhibition EXFILNA '86, Cordoba 1986

Inside #2490: Pseudo Stamp - Logo

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Scott: #2553P

Issued: 29.4.1988

Stamp Day

Inside #2553: Stamp on Envelope

Lou Guadagno wrote: Spain #2553 depicts Francis of Taxis, the royal postmaster of Spain - per Scott, he was appointed in 1505, so that can’t be a stamp on the folded document in his hand.  This entry should be deleted.

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Scott: #2570P

Issued: 27.9.1988

25^th Anniversary, Federation of Spanish Philatelic Societies

Inside #2570: Spain #2471O

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Scott: #2592P

Issued: 3.1.1989

Stamp Collecting

Inside #2592: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #2608P

Issued: 2.10.1989

Centenary of the First Alfonso XIII Issue

Inside #2608: Spain #268O

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Scott: #2621P

Issued: 18.4.1990

Stamp Day

Inside #2621: Cancel

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Scott: #B194O

Issued: 31.3.1992

500^th Anniversary, Discovery of America

Inside #B194: Columbus Types of 1930 - A65 (B) (pic of #426P) (Paraguay)

5^th CENTENARY OF DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

This seventh edition closes the thematic cycle dedicated to the 5^th Centenary of the Discovery, in which there has been a procession of characters, events and symbols on stamps, related to this unique undertaking by Spain, just after it had itself become a nation, opening up the door to where old Europe had yet to explore.

Spanish stamp collecting had a long delayed debt to Columbus and his seamen and the conquest; in 1853 Chile, whose coasts were never visited by the Admiral, was the first to place his figure on stamps, at such an early date, and to continue with it as a main feature on its series of stamps.

In Spain, on the occasion of the Latin America Exhibition in Seville, in 1929, Alfonso XIII´S government received many demands to commemorate and perpetuate the memory of that event; with a correct criterium, it opted for satisfaction through stamp issues, by Royal Order of 29.9.1930, publishing an issue in Seville with twelve different engravings, covering ordinary mail, air mail and that to Latin America, thus paying Spanish stamp collecting's debt to Columbus.

The one which has now appeared, coincides with two commemorative events; that of the World Fair in Seville, and the commemoration of five hundred years after the gesture by Columbus.

The aforementioned issue is in three stamps, in a triangular form, bearing the motive which best symbolizes the Discovery: the captain's ship, the Santa Maria, to the fore, the caravels in the background on either side.

These stamps are Spain's way of making up for stamp issue omissions of old, using present day quality, colour and printing techniques for the ships used by Columbus, for the logotype the Discovery deserves.

(http://www.stamps-spain.com/v_centenari.html)

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Scott: #2671O, #2671aO, #2671bO (B)

Issued: 24.4.1992

Int'l Philatelic Exhibition, Granada '92

	Inside #2671a: Columbus Types of 1930 - A65P (Pic of #426)
	Inside #2671b: Columbus Types of 1930 - A67O (Pic of #432)

WORLD´S PHILATELY- Granada´92

The second issue that the Spanish Postal Administration has dedicated to Granada inside the 500th Anniversary series (the first went to Santa Fe, since it was the starting point of Columbus travels by land, backed by Ferninand and Isabella, before fitting out the ships that would carry him to the Indies) is comprised of one block sheet with two stamps and a complementary picture showing the main part of the monument to Columbus in the city of Darro. This block sheet is a commemorative gesture on the occasion of the World´s Philately Exhibity Fair on the Discoverer's passage through Granada and the crowning of his adventure in Guanahaní.

The motifs of the two stamps are exact replicas (except for their rates) of the stamps issued on September 29, 1930, dedicated to Columbus´ feat. They are philately's now permanent symbol of the flagship flanked by the caravels, and the stamp depicting Columbus´ arrival in the New World. One is from the burin of Sánchez Toda, a master in the art of stamp engraving and an old acquaintance of philatelists; the other gives hobbyists a chance to research these mysteries which are an important part of the gestation of a stamp. Both were printed in London.

The Spanish Postal Service Propitiated the grant of this important philatelic show to our country and its placement in Granada, since Granada is a universal city whose limits stretch beyond the horizon to the west to all parts of America, whose roots lie in Granada, and to the east, to all the cultures Granada received, absorbed and still preserves in red stone and singing fountains, as a universal treasure. (http://www.stamps-spain.com/granada.html)

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Scott: #2677-82P

Issued: 22.5.1992

Voyages of Columbus

(See: US #2624-9, Italy #1883-8 & Portugal #1918-23 for similar Issues)

Inside #2677: Similar to US#230P(Italy) (B)

Inside #2678: Similar to US #231P

Inside #2679: Similar to US #234P

Inside #2680: Similar to US #235O (B)

Inside #2681: Similar to US #237O (B)

Inside #2682: Similar to US #245O (B)

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Scott: #B200-1P

Issued: 29.7.1992

Olympic Games - Barcelona, Spain & International Philatelic Exhibition OLYMPHILEX `92

Inside #B200: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #2690P

Issued: 9.10.1992

EXFILNA '92

Inside #269 (Logo): Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #2710P

Issued: 17.5.1993

Telecommunications Day

Inside #2710: Stamps on Envelopes

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Scott: #2802P

Issued: 30.1.1995

FILATEM ‘95

Inside #2802 (in margin): Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #2851bO

Issued: 4.5.1996

ESPAMER '96

Inside #2851b:

Spain #343O Block of 4	Spain #C1O Block of 4	Spain #C2O Block of 4	Spain #C3O Block of 4
	Spain #338P	Spain #C4O Block of 4	Spain #C5O Block of 4

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #2851O

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Scott: #2860P

Issued: 4.6.1996

50th Anniversary, Philatelic Service

Inside #2860:

Spain #2706O	Spain #2818O	Spain #2819O
Spain #B148P	Spain #2796O	Spain #2781P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #2879P

Issued: 28.2.1997

Juvenia '97

Inside #2879: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #2947P

Issued: 5.6.1998

Antonio Manso, Stamp Engraver

Inside #2947: Spain #2129P

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Scott: #2948P

Issued: 5.6.1998

Sanchez-Toda, Stamp Engraver

Inside #2948: Spain #546O

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Scott: #2954O

Issued: 18.9.1998

EXFILNA '98

Inside #2954 (in Margin): Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 11.12.1998

Charity Stamp to help the victims of Hurricane 'Mitch' in Central America

Inside #????: Spain #1958P

Thanks to G.B.

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Scott: #2988PP

Issued: 9.4.1999

National Philatelic Stamp Exhibition EXFILNA `99, Saragossa 

Inside #2988 (in Margin): Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #3016O

Issued: 13.10.1999

Letter Writing 1999

Scott: #3016aO

Inside #3016a: Spain #1P

Scott: #3016kO

Inside #3016a: Spain #1449O

(Modified: changed color in inscriptions)

Inside #3016b-j, #3016l: Pseudo Stamps

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #3022a-lO

(#3022bP#3022cP, #3022hP)

Issued: 3.1.2000

150th Anniversary, First Stamps of Spain

Inside #3022a&g: Spain #7O (modified: changed bottom frame)

Inside #3022b,e&k: Spain #1P (modified: changed bottom frame)

Inside #3022c&I: Spain #3O (modified: changed bottom frame)

Inside #3022d&l: Spain #4O (modified: changed bottom frame)

Inside #3022f&j: Spain #5O (modified: changed bottom frame)

Scott: #3022O

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Scott: #3118aP

Issued: 4.10.2001

Millennium of Birth, St. Dominic of Silos

Inside #3118a (In margin): Partial self on medal or coin

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #3119O

Issued: 9.10.2001

Dialogue among Civilizations

Inside #3119: Pseudo Stamp on Envelope

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

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Scott: #3146P

Issued: 22.02.2002

The World Youth Philatelic Exhibition "ESPAÑA 2002" - Salamanca

Inside #3146: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #3157P

Issued: 25.03.2002

Stamp Day – IFSDA

Inside #3157: TBI

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán

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Scott: #3227P

Issued: 1.7.2003

150th Anniversary, First Stamps of Chile

Inside #3227: Chile #1O

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Scott: #3272aP

Issued: 25.5.2004

Espana 2004, Valencia Exhibition

Inside #3272a(In logo): Spain #1P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Commemorative sheets (with no franking value)

Issued as souvenirs for the Stamp Fair

Issued: 18.03.2004

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

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Scott: #3315P

Issued: 6.9.2004

150th Anniversary, First Stamps of Philippines

Inside #3315: Philippines #1O

The first postage stamps used in the Philippines were issued by Spanish colonial authorities in 1854. The first Spanish Philippine stamps do not bear the name of the country, but are identified through the portrait of the reigning monarch, in this case Isabella II in profile with a coronet. Denominations are 5 and 10 cuartos, 1 and 2 reales. These were handengraved on metal plates, and thus differ from each other in many minute details. One carries the word carros instead of carreos, a genuine error valued by stamp collectors.

(http://www.filipinoheritage.com/history/stamps.htm)

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Scott: #3378P

Issued: 20.10.2005

150^th Anniversary, First Spanish stamps issued for Cuba and Puerto Rico

Inside #3378: Cuba #1O

At the time, Cuba and Puerto Rico, both belonged to Spain and stamps were first used there from 1855 onwards. The design used in these stamps, a profile image of queen Isabel II and at the top the word Correos (Post), was the same for those used in Spain. The stamps were used in Cuba until 1898, when the American intervention took place, and these last ones depicted King Alfonso XIII.

This issue reproduces a letter sent from Havana to the northern Spanish town of Santander and a copy of a ½ silver “real” (an old Spanish coin).

http://www.correos.es/

Lou Guadagno wrote: It commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the First Stamps of Cuba and Puerto Rico (Spanish Antilles), and reproduced is Cuba # 1.  There is no country name on the stamps as they were used on both islands and the only way to tell where they were used is by the cancels.  Next to the stamp is a Habana  postmark with an indistinct date which should have been 1855.

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Commemorative sheets (with no franking value)

Issued as souvenirs for the Stamp Fair

Issued: 29.03.2006

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

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Scott: #3498P

Issued: 07.05.2007

Stamp Day - Spanish philatelic association

Inside #????: Pseudo Stamp

On the 10th April 1869, a group of people fond of stamps created The London Philatelic Society, the oldest philatelic association in the world. It was awarded the “Royal” title in 1906 due to its prestige and international acknowledgement which it still has today and is now known as The Royal Philatelic Society London. Based on the English example, philatelic associations were established in other countries. In Spain, the first associations came up at the end of the XIX century being one of the first ones The Philatelic Society of Seville founded in 1895. In 1900 the Valencia Philatelic Union was created with regulations published in Spanish and French gathering up the objectives of this association. It writes down a “Stamp Swap” section between members with a road map under strict control. This association and the thriving Catalonian Philatelic Society from Barcelona, attempted from the beginning of the XX century to unite Spanish philately so that dealers and stamp collectors could create common philatelic societies. At an international level there are different federations of philatelic associations. The International Federation of Philately (FIP), the European Federation of Philatelic Associations (FEPA), the Interamerican Federation of Philately (FIAF) and the International Association of Philatelic Experts (AIEP) are amongst the most important.

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán

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Commemorative sheets (with no franking value)

Issued as souvenirs for the Stamp Fair

Issued: 2.4.2008

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

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Scott: #3579P

Issued: 23.4.2008

Europa - Letters

Inside #3579: Spain #2425P

(Thanks to Lou)

Inside #3579: Spain #3227P

This year’s Europa issue, a stamp launched by the member countries of Post Europ (Association of European Public Postal Operators) with a common theme, is devoted to the letter; a communication system that for centuries has been carried out by the public postal administrations.

The dictionary defines the letter as “A written or printed communication directed to a person or organization“. Similar definition has used Correos throughout history to define the task of the Spanish Post implying the secret and inviolability of communications and their delivery to the addressee.

It is the most used means of communication by politicians, scientists, writers and men and women throughout history and it has been the only means of communication until the telegraph and later on the telephone appeared. Writers from all times and countries have used letter writing as a literary gender as means of expressing their feelings and emotions such as José Cadalso, Juan Valera, Quevedo, Volatire, Bécquer and Kafka amongst many others have left us their excellent publications in the form of letters. A 19th century text defines the letter as: “a comfort to people of all social classes; the arrival of a letter is always a wonderful piece of news like the visit of a friend or beloved relative”

The Europa stamp issued on this occasion is part of a souvenir sheet recreating a romantic composition. The author, J. Carrero, creates a figurative painting with a set design were appear different elements of everyday life such as a mantelpiece, a glass with colourful flowers, letters and cancelled envelopes making up a harmonious set where the letter is the key element with a message beginning: “Dear beloved Inés…”

http://www.correos.es/

Thanks to Roberto

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Scott: #3754O

Issued: 18.10.2010

EXFILNA 2010

Inside #3754: Spain #18O

http://www.sandafayre.com/gallery/stamp_857.htm

Inside #3754 (In Margin): Design components (motif details in changed colors)

Spain #159O	Spain #1927P
Spain #399P	Spain #641P

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi and to Lou Guadagno

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2011 - to check

Komlóssy Zoltán

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Commemorative sheets (with no franking value)

Issued as souvenirs for the Stamp Fair

Issued: 31.05.2011

Spain #1322P	Spain #1075P	Spain #1028P
Spain #1042P	Spain #1044P	Spain #C146O
German Democratic Rep. #2528O		Spain #C102P

Thanks to Prof. Plinio Richelmi and to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #3906P

Issued: 29.04.2013

50^th Anniversary, Spanish Federation of Philatelic Societies

Inside #3906: Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #3956hO

Issued: 30.05.2014

Collecting

Inside #3956h: Spain #8

Inside #3956h: Spain #3422 (Partly, Changed color)P

Inside #3956h: Spain #3881

Scott: #3956O

Impr. Card

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #4026aO

Issued: 03.02.2015

COLLECTING

Inside #4026a: Spain #2818O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #4051O

Issued: 19.05.2015

One Stamp, One Record

Inside #???? (On label): Spain #????O

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Scott: #4064O

Issued: 08.09.2015

Fermin Caballero

Inside #????: Spain #4O

(black, not blue, also a partial lower frame detail)

Fermín Caballero, one of the most prominent political and intellectual personalities of the reign of Isabel II, is being included in the series Personalities due to his link to the origin of stamps in Spain. In 1843, when he was Minister of Governance, he passed the first order to study the establishment of prepaid postage in this country: “recently adopted in some countries in Europe…”

The stamp shows half of the man's face, in which his intense gaze stands. In the background are images of Madrid and the first stamp from 1850 with the word “Certified”. Foil was used in the printing process to give it a metallic aspect.

Fermín Caballero (Barajas de Melo, Cuenca, 1800 – Madrid, 1876), from a well-to-do family, began his studies in his native town. He seemed to be destined for the Church, where several of his family members were active, and consequently entered the seminary of Cuenca to study philosophy and later the University of Zaragoza to continue with theology. The revolution of 1820 changed his direction and he began to become involved in politics, switching from ecclesiastical studies to law, which he studied at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid).  

With liberal ideas, he joined the Progressive Party and in 1834 was elected by Madrid and Cuenca to occupy a seat as a lawyer; he chose to occupy the seat in Cuenca. In this tumultuous period of constant political change, Fermín Caballero was the mayor of Madrid and Minister of Governance under Joaquín María López. After the fall of this government, he left politics and focused on intellectual work, publishing several works.

In his younger years he was a writer for the newspaper “Boletín de comercio”, which was later called the “Eco del comercio”, which played an important role in the development of liberalism.

He showed an interest in geography and agriculture throughout his life. He was a member of the Territorial Division Committee and worked to build the foundations of a statistical and population census system. Among his published works, of note are “Nomenclatura geográfica de España (Geographical nomenclature of Spain)” (1834), “Manual geográfico-administrativo (Geographical-Administrative Manual)” (1844) and “Fomento de la población rural (Promotion of the rural population)” (1863).

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #4102O

Issued: 17.02.2016

Exfina 2016, Zaragoza Collecting

Inside #4102: Spain #4026O

Inside #4102 (in margin): Spain #4078O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #4121O

Issued: 21.04.2016

300 Years of Post in Spain-Telegraph

Inside #4121: Spain #2O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Imprinted postal cardO

Issued: 21.05.2016

300 Years of Post in Spain

See Spain #1470

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 29.04.2018

IV Century of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid

and

50th Anniversary of the National Stamp Fair

Spain #3635P		Spain #3708O	Spain #3853bP
Spain #3710O		Spain #4119O	Spain #4206O (cut out)
Spain #4206O Label		Spain #4121O

Spain #3853dO		Spain #4044O
Spain #4045O		Spain #3710O

Spain #4206O Label		Spain #3798bO
Spain #4119O		Spain #2043P
		Spain #3794cO

Spain #3621P		Spain #3794dO
Spain #4206O Label		Spain #3853aO
Spain #3853cO		Spain #3621P

Spain #3620P		Spain #3915O
Spain #4206O label		Spain #4206O (cut out)
Spain #4206O Label		Spain #3852O

Spain #3853bP			Spain #3708O
Spain #3977aO			Spain #3634P
Spain #4207O			Spain #4206O Label
			Spain #4047O

Spain #3853dO		Spain #4206O Label
Spain #3794cO		Spain #4044O
Spain #4206O Label		Spain #3853bP

Spain #3794bO		Spain #3798bO
Spain #3635P		Spain #3853cO
Spain #3977aO		Spain #4121O

Spain #4206O label		Spain #3794dO
Spain #3621P		Spain #2043P
Spain #4046O		Spain #3853aO

Spain #4045O		Spain #4206O (cut out)
Spain #3794aO		Spain #4105O
Spain #4208O		Spain #3915O

Spain #3710O			Spain #2043P
Spain #3852O			Spain #4206O (cut out)
Spain #4119O			Spain #3710O
Spain #4207O

Lou wrote: Hanging on the facing building are large partial reproductions of over 30 Spanish commemoratives (with some duplications), including  Spain #2043, issued in 1977 to note the 50th Anniversary of the Philatelic Market held in the Plaza every Sunday.  Since #2043 includes a stamp on stamp in its design, it is a SoSoS, so the s/s is a SoSoSoS!

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #4352O

Issued: 29.03.2019

135th Anniversary, Birth of Mariano Bertuchi, Spanish artist, stamp designer

Inside #4352: Morocco #E4O (modified value)

Scott: #4352O

Folder with illustrations of artist's works on paintings and postal cards

Thanks to Lou Guadagno and to Prof. Plinio Richelmi

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Scott: #4375O

Issued: 29.07.2019

25th Anniversary Casa America

Inside #4375: Spain #4071O

Inside #4375: Spain #4067O

Inside #4375: Spain #4097P

Inside #4375: Spain #3877O

Inside #4375: Spain #4040O

Inside #????: Spain #4001O

Inside #4375: Spain #4072O

Inside #4375: Spain #4217O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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5 imprinted envelopes

XXXII National StampFair/150th Anniversary of the First Stamps of Spain

Issued: 28.05.2000

Indicia: like Spain #3022a-b-c-d-f with imprinted perfs.

Lou wrote: These were official issues of the Spanish Post, listed in the Spanish Edifil catalog which I have no access to, so I don't have any idea of quantity issued, but I have not seen them offered recently. I acquired them, mint and fd cx, from a Spanish internet dealer back when they were issued, for the going price at the time. I don't have a breakdown of mint vs fd cx cost, but I do remember that the cancelled covers were more expensive--I paid $ 34.60 for the 10 covers, including postage from Spain, and thought that a reasonable price.

Thanks to Martin Hirschbühl and Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #4471O

Issued: 02.10.2020

PHILATELIC COLLECTORS

Inside #4471: Many stamps TBI

According to the definition of the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy of the Language, Philately is the "collecting and studying postage stamps as a hobby".

There are many people who over the years have immersed themselves in the exciting world of stamps, becoming not only a hobby, as the RAE points out, but even a way of life.

Interest in stamp collecting began almost simultaneously with the appearance of the first stamp in the United Kingdom in 1840.

The term that referred to this activity was born two decades later, in 1864, when Gustave Herpin used the term “philatélie” in an article in the magazine Le Collectioneur de stamps-poste, referring to stamp collecting as such.

The word origin comes from joining the Greek terms 'philo' (love, friend, lover) and 'atéleia' (exempt from taxes or tribute).

Although there is no record of who the first stamp collectors were, there are reports that speak of people who, a few years after the stamp was born, published advertisements in the press of the time requesting to exchange correspondence with other people, with the in order to receive stamps and thus collect them.

Today stamp collecting continues to have its loyal fans. Every year, in different countries of the world, philatelic exhibitions are held that gather fans from many countries around these small stamps.

In Spain, the EXFILNA is an event awaited each year by national and international collectors, where in addition to being able to enjoy collections from individuals, novelties are released, increasingly innovative, that revolutionize the world of philately.

The stamp with which Correos wants to pay tribute to philatelic collector's features the famous painting The Philatelist, the work of the Swiss painter François Barraud, from 1929. In addition, it is printed with a magnifying glass effect that makes it even more special.

Thanks to Michael Merritt

Martin Hirschbühl wrote: Hello from Switzerland...that was also the home of this artist.

I wonder, why this painting has made it on an odd-shaped Spanish SoS? maybe because of his "Basque cap"?

As you know, there is no identified stamp described on Rammy's list. I was crazy enough, to get me this 4€ monster, hoping to recognize some of the shown stamps.

But no...... the print is too blurry; the best I could find is this original photo from the Swiss Museum Winterthur, where it is located.

On bottom right (not visible on Spanish SoS) I can identify almost certain 2 Swiss RAYON I of 1850 (dark- and clear-blue) while the remaining are out of my imagination.

The album-page (under his hand) does not contain Swiss stamps, because we didn't have any triangular issue at that time. I suspect them to be Czech or Hungarian?

The 2 bottom rows (next to him) could be a series with diagonal overprints?

Anyway....this is another nutrocker-case for our Master of SoS......long may he wave

François Barraud - Le Philatéliste

Any Suggestions?

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Scott: #4615O

Issued: 10.06.2022

The 100th Anniversary CETA - The Spanish Air Traffic Company

Inside #4615: Spain #C1O

Inside #4615: Spain #C2O

Lou wrote: I was looking at this issue last night, and I think we need to see a better scan before we can confirm the IDs; the stamps behind the aircraft tail are green and pink, the stamp in the left corner is blue and may have two numerals, and the Spanish airmails have very similar shades. Also, it is about 400 miles from Seville to Logrono, and I don't think the postage would have been cheap for a fledgling air service.

Spain #C1-5

Thanks to Zoltán Komlóssy

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Scott: #4645O

Issued: 11.10.2022

America UPAEP - Collage

Inside #4645: Spain #4015O

Inside #4645: Spain #3677dO

Inside #4645: Spain #4137O

Inside #4645: Spain #4264O

Inside #4645: Spain #3984O

Lou wrote: On October 11, 2022 Spain issued one value to note America UPAEP, entitled "Collage", which is made up of several Spain stamps. Some are partials, one I found interesting because of the subject's background, and the other because it showed a s/s margin instead of the stamp which made it a little harder to identify. 

Jaume Plensa, a world famous sculptor was honored on Spain #4137 by showing a photo of one of his works, "Echo", a 44' tall girl's head in white resin, on display in a park. Tho it was cropped, I was surprised to see what I thought was the Empire State Building in the background, and I was right! A short visit to the internet came up with a news clip that the sculpture was set up in Madison Square Park for two months in 2011. When searching for the scans, I found one of the full s/s which had the complete scene.

In the top background of the SoS there appeared to be a painted view of an old city so I did a search on Delcampe for stamps with views of Spanish cities, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and then Toledo, where I almost missed finding it, as the stamp was part of an issue noting Toledo as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; however, it honored the artist, el Greco on the fourth century anniversary of his death by illustrating his painting, "View and Plan of Toledo".  If the designer had used the portion of the s/s to the left of that shown, it would have included part of the sheet's stamp.

This is my kind of SoS. a little challenge in the identifications, and an opportunity to allow my curiosity about what I was looking at to learn something new. If you look further into the other SoS on this issue you will also find some interesting bits of knowledge.

Michael Merritt wrote: Great job!  But I think if you look carefully, the earlier Toledo stamp is an engraved (?) version of a portion of the painting, set in a s/s showing an image (not engraved) of the rest of the painting. The current stamp shows an image (not engraved) of part of the painting, including some of the s/s and including also a bit of the painting that was rendered in engraved form in the earlier stamp. So this would seem to me at best a design element, not a “stamp on stamp” per se, for this part of the collage. Tricky, tricky!

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 11.10.2023

America UPAEP Issue - Philately and Postage Stamps

Inside #????: Pseudo Stamps

Thanks to Richelmi Plinio

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Scott: #4828O

Issued: 07.01.2025

175th Anniversary of the First Stamp of Spain

Inside #4828: Spain #1P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Martin Hirschbühl sent the google-translate of the remarks to this stamp, found on the site of Correos Espana:

HISTORY
January 1 of this year will mark a significant milestone in the history of the Spanish postal system: the 175th anniversary of the circulation of the first postage stamp will be celebrated. Strictly speaking, this is the first series of values that made up the issue of January 1, 1850. In this way, Spain joined the pioneer group of countries that adopted the pre-postage system for sending correspondence.

On August 17, 1843, the provisional government of Espartero stressed the need to modernize the Spanish postal system, following the European example of pre-postage. The order called for improved communications, simplified postage and easier access to the public. Under the direction of Javier de Quinto, rates were unified by several royal decrees in August 1845: one real for letters between towns in Spain and five cuartos for local correspondence, effective from September 1 of that year. Finally, the Royal Decree establishing pre-postage by stamps was published on October 24, 1849, followed by a Royal Order of December 1 of the same year, which introduced certain modifications to the previous one and was set as follows:

6-quarters stamp for pre-postage for a single letter weighing no more than half an ounce.

12-quarters stamp for double letters, those weighing more than half an ounce up to one ounce.

5-real stamp for national postage and certificate for a single letter.

6-real stamp for postage and certificate abroad for a single letter.

10-real stamp for postage and certificate for a national double letter.

These adhesive stamps were designed by Bartolomé Corominas, inspired by an 1847 medal by Joseph Arnold Pingret, which featured the portrait of Isabel II. The six-quarter value showed the queen looking to the left, while the others represented her facing right, and were valid until December 31 of that year. The printing was done using the lithography system at the National Stamp Factory. Another characteristic is that they were not indented, an improvement that was incorporated in later issues.

In reality, there were two different circulation dates. On January 1st, the values of six quarters, five and six reales were issued; while in March, the values of twelve quarters and ten reales were issued, which have a different design on the frame of the values.

A curious fact about the sales of these effects is that of the six-quarter value, 6,227,090 were sold; of 12 quarters, 51,959; of 5 reales, 47,868; of 6 reales, 13,009 and of 10 reales, 8,446 units.

Over the 175 years since the issue of these first stamps, an inevitable question arises: How many letters with these stamps, circulated on the first day, have survived to this day? The answer, unfortunately, is not encouraging: none of the high values, and only five of the six-quarters, one of them with the seal broken.

One of these letters that are preserved from the first day of circulation is the one sent by a sender from Fraga to a merchant from Barbastro in Huesca. In it, the stamp was cancelled with the type of date stamp known as "Baeza", in red, which also appears reproduced on the front of the letter.

A true Aragonese rarity!

Academician D. Jesús Sitjà

Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 25.09.2025

Spanish Philately 

Inside #????: Pseudo Stamps

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Best websites related:

https://filatelia.correos.es/es/es/rincon-correos/filatelia

CLASSIC STAMPS AND POSTMARKS ON STAMPS OF SPAIN by William E. Critzer
http://www.stampsonstamps.org/csaposos.htm

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Issued: 9.10.2001

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Issued: 19.05.2015

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Issued: 08.09.2015

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Spain #4071

Spain #4072

Spain #4078

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Issued: 17.02.2016

Spain #4105

Spain #4119

Scott: #4121

Issued: 21.04.2016

Spain #4137

Spain #4206

Spain #4207

Spain #4208

Spain #4217

Spain #4264

Scott: #????

Issued: 29.04.2018

Scott: #4352

Issued: 29.03.2019

Scott: #????

Issued: 29.07.2019

Scott: #4642

Scott: #4645

Scott: #???? (2023)

Scott: #4828 (2025)

Scott: #???? (2025)

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Omega watch official Olympic timer-- Spanish label 1948 for Guinea Bissau

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Spain Charity Stamp of 10/12/38 for Paraguay

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Mi #??

Spain (Barcelona) unlisted S/S of 3v O/P NAVIDAD 1945