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STAMPS
AND MUCH MORE
Bulletin of the Philatelic Service of Correos Nº53, September 2018 - 3
Exfilna/ECC
appointment
in Seville
25th Anniversary The history of Spain Preview of the
of the last traveling with the humour of scheduled issues
expedition Gallego and Rey of 2019
Summary
Editor: S. E. Correos and Telégrafos S.A. Coordinates: Directive of Philately.
N 53, September 2018 - 3
Design and Style: Capicúa Press/MadridNYC. All the rights reserved. Legal Dep: M-29249-2013 ISNN: 2340-7786
4 Close-Up
56th edition of Exfilna: Seville, 31st of October to 4th November
4
6 The History Corner
25th anniversary of the last manned expedition
8 Philately Latest
Correos issues a solidary stamp
9 Next Issues
6
Preview of the scheduled issues for 2019
10 Philatelic Stories
The hunt of the bustard in planes (stamp of 1961)
12 Presentation Album
Contemporary Art: Eduardo Arroyo, Volvo Ocean
Race and Deafblindness
13-22 Factsheets
New stamps for the third quarter of 2018
23 Communication
The newsletter ‘Actualidad Filatélica’ turns one
and the first blog of the Libary of Correos
24 New Products
Stamps to remember: Generations 80’s and 90’s,
pack of Christmas letters along with the Advent
calendar, an Exfilna product with engravings and
8
the Exfilna Welcome Pack
26 The Collector’s Corner
Discover Andalucía traveling through the stamps
28 Philatelic Books
The History of Spain with the Humour of Gallego
and Rey; World Tourism with Stamps; Philately and
24
Treasures of Harry Potter and Values in Time
30 Philately and More
Last subscriber and International Stamps
31 Guest Contributor
María Nieves García Yugueros,
secretary of the Philatelic Commission of the State
26
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Stamp collectors
have their say
Professionalism, commercial volatility and awesome stamps Paper instead of plastic
In the first place, I want to thank the Philatelic Service of After receiving and opening the first shipment of my annual
Correos for the professionalism and perseverance to which I subscription, I got rid of the support where you send it, the
give faith in the 37 years that I’ve been subscribed. I don’t like black plastic and the transparent cover. This made me realize
so much the volatility -from my point of view it’s excessively the severe ecological problems that is provoked by the
commercial – that it’s taking, but it’s ‘pecata minuta’. To excessive use of plastics. It would be easier to use paper, less
include descriptions of the stamps in the magazine was a contaminant and easier to recycle. Have you ever though of it?
great idea, and now you have spoiled us, so much that when David Rivera Alonso
a description is missing I’m obliged to write to you. I don’t find The use of philo-cases is because of their transparency, that
the description for the Handball Team and the missing stamps allows to see the stamps perfectly, and how they protect
of Andorra for the 1st quarter of 2018 (Escut.y Diversitat them. The descriptions also provide a protection to the stamp
Andorrana: comunitat italiana) that are in the descriptions but in their shipment, they avoid that they fall off, deteriorate
haven’t been sent nor invoiced. of go dancing inside the package. Anyways, we agree on
Félix López Pinto the necessity to take care of the environment by substituting
Thanking you for your fidelity and the positive comments you contaminant elements by other more degradable. We’ll study
give us. On the other hand, tell you that we try to improve the possibility to substitute the plastics for paper.
stamps by diversifying them to give them more value and
reach more people. As for the file you mention, it appears in Stamp about Morella of Castellón
the magazine of the second quarter. The stamps of Andorra, Remember to do a stamp about Morella. This year is celebrated
since the amount issued is less, are not sent quarterly. Only two their 54th anniversary held every 6 years. I find missing stamps
shipments are made at the end of each semester. of catalan and valencian cities and monuments.
Manuel Beser y Jordá
Punch-out the borders of the descriptions? The stamps are issued for all of Spain, without any
I consider that the collectible descriptions are wonderful. It’s preference. Selected by requests, the event that
a good way, once cut, to have a catalogue of issues. I can only commemorates, the relevance of the character or
give one suggestion: Why, instead of printing a line to be cut, monument, if there have been stamps issued about that
each page is not pre-cut in the borders of each description, just subject, or if its included into a previously created series. In
like the stamps, se we don’t end up cutting them with scissors? the case of Catalunya and the Valencian Community, there
Juan Sánchez Plasencia have been a lot of issued, such as the Park of Güell de Gaudí,
About the collectable descriptions, in their moment we the Cathedral of Barcelona, the Bridge of Besalú de Girona,
considered several alternatives and one of them was for them or the Valencia Barrack. You can also submit your own
to be pre-cut, but we then encountered to main problems: a requests to the Philatelic Commission of the State.
lot of them would break off when manipulating the magazine
and that it’s a system that drives the prices up.
ERRATA SHEET
Information about the artists In the stamp of the International
Day of Persons with
I don’t understand the lack of information in the magazine
deafblindness published the
about the proof of the artists. The only way to know then they previous issue, the correct image
are issued is using the Correos webpage. I suggest that they is the following, since at the last
are published in the BOE with the series of stamps that they moment the 3D varnish was
belong to, just like it was done in 2001. eliminated
Ambrosio Mena Enciso
We take your suggestion into account and in the next edition
they will have images, characteristics and technical data on Reminder: The deadline for making claims in
them. Besides, we’ll dedicate articules and explanations to a relation to the orders made to the Philatelic
better knowledge of the proof of the artist, but in the BOE Service expire after 6 months of being sent.For
there will only be elements with face value (stamps, cards…) suggesitons: boletin.filatelia@correos.com
STAMPS AND MUCH MORE 3
CLOSE-UP The encounter will be in Sevilla between the 31st of October and the 4th of November Exfilna is gearing up The 56th edition of the National Philatelic Exhibition is coming soon, that, sponsored by Correos and organized by FESOFI, will host the European Convention for Collectors and will have a schedule full of activities and exhibitions that will have as a landmark four emblematic places of Sevilla. In four different and significant locations of the city of Seville will host the next edition of Exfilna: Plaza de San Francisco, the Cajasol Foundatoin, Logia Museum and the General Archive of Indies. Linked to the fair, also several activities has been organized to relate to the multiple methods of sending mail throughout the centuries: from the ‘chasqui’ mail (corridors that served as mail delivering the real messages and other objects to the rulers of the Inca Empire), to the mail by diligence, the mail in aerostatic balloon and even the mail by ship in the Guadalquivir. 4 STAMPS AND MUCH MORE
CLOSE-UP
Plaza de
San Francisco
Will have a 55 by 12-meter tent Cajasol Foundation
that will have the commercial
stands, some institutional, like Also, in the Plaza de San Francisco, the Cajasol
Correos, and an exposition about Foundation will host in its cloister the philatelic collections
the stamps in the ten most touristic countries in the exposed in 131 showcases. And in its theater philatelic talks
world according to the World Tourism Organization. and gatherings will be held up to the highest standard, as
Outside the tent, eleven panels illustrated with images well as the presentation of the block sheet that Correos will
alluding 27 of the most touristic countries will be issue this 31st of October with the theme of Exfilna 2018.
exhibited, with ten physical stamps of each one. And This venue will also exhibit a selection of school drawings
there will be an exhibition area with relevant pieces submitted by schools in Seville city and province, participants
related to Seville, as the largest known ‘plica’ of Seville in the contest ‘A stamp for Seville’ in a total of 66 paintings.
(1864), the big mistakes in the stamps of Seville (1965 Both the drawing of the winner as well as the five finalists
shield, Expo’92 without perforation ...), action of the will become personalized stamps (Tusello) of legal course
Bank of San Fernando or 1857 bills of the Bank of with tariff A. For their part, finalist and winning students,
Seville. as well as the centers they represent, will receive a sheet of
There will also be a structure that will show, on the Tusello with the presented drawing. The winner will take a
one hand, the mosaic of the stamps of the king Juan tablet and a book of stamps from Correos and the finalists a
Carlos I typically exposed in the Postal Museum in book of stamps from Correos.
Madrid, and on the other hand, the 3D reproduction of
the portrait of king Phillip VI, that was also shown in
the Exfilna in Zaragoza in 2016 and that is made using
silicon filaments using a 3D printer.
General Archive
of the Indies
Belonging to the Ministry of Culture, it’s
Logia Museum the fourth compound that will held this
edition of the Exfilna and will host the
remaining philatelic collections exposed
in 214 showcases, as well as an exposition
Next to the tent, in the of the Archive itself related to the mail of the
same Plaza de San Indies.
Francisco, there is the Similarly, it will host a conference on ‘The Mail of the
Logia Museum, a part of ‘chasquis’ and an international meeting of experts who
the Townhall of Sevilla, will debate on the theme ‘Spain-America: 500 years of
and chosen place to exhibit correspondence’. A sample of objects sent from the Postal
the ‘ 1929 exhibition from Museum of Madrid will also be exhibited, as well as a
the Collecting point of view’ with stamp, diorama designed with the theme of the ‘Discovery of
postal, medals, books and a number of objects America’ and which uses - although no dolls are exhibited
related with this Iberoamerican exposition that - the universal figure of Playmobil to transmit knowledge,
was held on Sevilla to show the fraternity between explaining through it an action or moment following the
Spain, Latin America, United States, Portugal and formula toy + creativity = knowledge; and with a service of
Brazil. didactic guides for groups and visitors
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THE HISTORY CORNER
25th anniversary of the last traveling expedition
Letters, Steam and Speed
In the beginning, the wagons with postal correspondence traveled on top of a train platform, but
in 1855 the postal stagecoaches that worked as offices where the traveling men worked or the
post office. In the 60’s there were even specific trains for the post office.
It was the english painter Turner who in his The definitive development for the railways
famous paint ‘Rain, Steam and Speed’ knew in the country was made during the progressist
how to represent, in a masterly way, the irruption biennium, between 1854 and 1856, with the
of the railroad in the Contemporary Age. A train acceptance of the General Railways Law that
launched by an engine that irrupts with all of its regulated the financing and constitution of the
force, since the mist of the past, towards a future first railways companies, such as the Company of
in which it will be able to build the economic and Madrid-Zaragoza-Alicante (MZA), the company
social transformations of the century, besides the ‘Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España’ and the
changes that will affect the communications. company of the ‘Ferrocarriles Andaluces’, that also
Communications that until that moment, had the obligation of providing an economically
traveled to the rump of a horse or in wagons and favorable service to Correos. These conditions
stagecoaches, called mail chairs or post chairs, that allowed the postal entity to transport considerable
crossed the territory through roads and highways volume of postal correspondence that each day
that had begun to be modernized to adapt to the were higher with a decent cost, allowing to
ideology that proposed the new liberal state. achieve greater readiness, security and regularity
From the moment the first major railway line, in shipments.
linking Liverpool to Manchester, was inaugurated
in 1830, it was thought that the new means of ‘Authentic’ offices
transport would be used to transport mail, as did In a short time they realized that, during the
the British Royal Mail, which incorporated a postal journey of the train, there was time for the corre-
wagon into the mail convoy. spondence to be classified, creating in this manner
The spanish case
Spain had to wait until 1851 for the era of mail
transport by rail to be inaugurated, with the line
linking Madrid with Aranjuez, at a time when
there were still no mail carriages, which meant
that the postal stagecoaches were on a platform
wagon to be transported to the destination.
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the first traveling administrations, that traveled in the road and the air, which reduced the number
special wagons or stagecoaches, the first of them of itinerant lines until its complete extinction in
was in 1855 on the Madrid-Albacete line. 1993. On the 30th of June of that year, at ten-thirty
They were wagons that worked like authentic The Madrid-Malaga express train pulled out of
offices, enabled with lockers, tables of work and the Chamartín station, towing the last working
zones where the sacks with the correspondence convoy that would circulate around the Span-ish
were stored. Outside, a mailbox, on one of the geography, heading for its scrapping... just like the
sides, allowed the cards to be deposited and a famous ‘Temerario’, which Joseph Wal-lord William
huge bell signaling the end of the loading and Turner painted in another of his works.
unloading operations. These new couriers were
‘inhabited’ by a new category of employees, the
postal street vendors, who in the first expeditions
consisted of an administrator and an as-sistant. Activities for the 25th
Uniformed and equipped with stamps,
sealing wax, rope and ‘mapones’ Anniversary of the last
(labels that closed the sacks), besides working train
the indispensable ‘Wow’, the official
document that enabled them to do The first of October will be presented the
the journey. They had a hard and commemorative stamp for the 25th anniversary of the
demanding job, where they had last traveling journey of Correos, a special stamp in
to withstand the winter and which shows in its obverse one of the last postal trains
summer or the dangers of the and in the background how it was in its interior. The
robberies and assaults; besides presentation will have a series of activities:
being the most harmed ones, in · Arrival at the Railway Museum station of a railway
the case that the train suffered expedition formed by authentic ambulatory wagons
an accident, by being in the first restored by the Zaragoza Association of Friends of
wagon just behind the engine. The the Railroad and Tramways (AZAFT), that will be
success of the postal traffic by train accompanied by other wagons, such as two bed-
can be measured by the daily traveled wagons, a restaurant wagon and a saloon wagon.
kilometers, that passed through the 2.700 The convoy will get out the same Saturday in the
kilometers per day in the year 1858 , to morning in the Zaragoza’s station of Casetas. For more
54.000 kilometers in the 1900 and more than information go to the website www.trenazul.es
75.000 in 1930. After 1960 the so called ‘postal · Preview of the book ‘Trains of Paper. 150 years of
trains’ started to work, dedicat-ed exclusively to traveling expeditions of Correos’, written by Francisco
the transport of correspondence, integrated by Javier Berbel Silva, Pedro Navarro Moreno, Gaspar
office wagons and load wag-ons. Martinez and Pedro Pintado Quintana.
The decline of mail by rail came with the
development of intermodal transport, both on
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PHILATELY LATEST
RCM-FNMT 2018
In favor of a Manos Unidas project that is on-going in Honduras
Correos issues a
solidarity stamp
RCM-FNMT 2018
For the first time, the postal entity will donate the equivalent of 3% of the gross
sales of the issue of a stamp for a social initiative, that, in this case, is looking for the
EMISIÓN: VALORES CÍVICOS
educational
MOTIVO: ONG-Donaciones. growth and the prevention of the infantile and youth violence.
Manos Unidas
CUANTÍA: 0,55 €
Last June, Correos issued a new
FORMATO DEL SELLO TREPADO: 40,9 x 28,8 mm
stamp + vignette format and in a their community. At the same time
MEDIDAS DE LA VIÑETA: 20,45 x 28,8 mm
postal effect,
FORMATO DEL PLIEGO: 260 x 200 mm
framed within premium sheet.
BOCETO.......................... 1 that they identify with the motto
the
EFECTOS DEL PLIEGOCivic Values
PREMIUM: series,
8 sellos + 8 viñetas with
MODIFICACION............. 0 of the educational program: Step
very
PROCEDIMIENTO DE special characteristics.
IMPRESIÓN: Offset engomado It is Selected Project
RCC............................... 61217 by step we build the future by
the
N.º COLORES: first of the stamps with a
4 - Cuatricromía
Coinciding with the 60th
FECHA .................... 23-05-18
changing the present.
character of solidarity that the anniversary of Manos Unidas,
postal organizations plans to a support project for children
issue within this series. Each year,
a project of different NGOs will
and youth in Honduras has been
selected as the recipient of the
Who will it
be selected.
With it, the postal company
donation. Educational Strength
and prevencion of infantile
benefit?
participates by donating to a and youth violence in Rivera This solidarity action
social project of Manos Unidas Hernández. San Pedro Sula. will into motion
the amount equivalent to 3% of Honduras. This has as objective to several support actions
the total collected with the sale strengthen the education of the and extracurricular
of the circulation of this stamp. children in the educational center personalized tracking
Correos provides the equivalent ‘Step by Step’ in San Pedro Sula, of 170 children and teenagers,
of 3% because it cannot takeout considered the most violent city in simultaneously, there will be
from the sale of the stamp the the world. several formational sessions and
amount that is destined only for It is a program that has been community activities aimed to
the postal service. The stamp in existence for ten years, has 50 fathers and mothers that will
shows the bond of a mother extensive experience interacting actively participate in the center,
with her son and the badge with young people and seeks to to bring it to a total of 220 people
that all the solidarity stamps foster -through the spirit of service that will be direct beneficiaries of
will carry, made up of a heart of these children and young the program that will end in April
with teeth and inside a cleat. people- that they become agents of 2019.
The postal effect is presented in of transformation and change in
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NEXT ISSUES
Preview of the calendar of issues for the next year
In their past meeting, held the 19th of March, the Philatelic Commission of the State approved in its
majority the calendar of issues for 2019. In this page we’ll preview the most significant part of its content.
In 2019, there are a lot D’Artagnan. We’ll also issue two with Portugal, the 500 Years of the
of anniversaries to be stamps from the Disello contest. First World Tour of Magallanes and
commemorated: 150th anniversary The Museum series will continue Elcano.
of the periodic table of with the ‘Bellas Artes of Bilbao, As for the Decades on
Mendeleyev, the 50th anniversary Sorolla and the Bicentenary of stamps, they will be for the most
of the arrival of the man to the the Prado Museum’. The series important landmarks of the 2000
moon, the 5th centenary of the Old Jobs will be for the leather and 2010, chosen again by popular
Protestant Reform next to the embosser, and the National vote. The series 12 months 12
400th anniversary the bible of the Heritage for Úbeda and Baeza stamps continues, with stamps
bear, the Centenary of the Building and the 125th anniversary of the dedicated to: Huesca, Badajoz,
of the Communications Palace, the construction of the Campoamor Valencia, Ourense, La Rioja,
50th anniversary of the medieval theater. Denominations of Origins Guipúzcoa, Albacete, Almería,
representation of the Kingdom will be occupied by Cantabria and Burgos, Zaragoza, Santander and
of Nájera, the Centenary of the their Honey of Liebana and the Granada.
canonic crowning of the Virgin ‘Picon Bejes-Treviso’ Chesee. The Solidarity Stamps series
of Rocío, the 500th anniversary The theme for the European continues (to which Correos
of the arrival of Hernán Cortés to series will be birds; meanwhile that contributes to spread awareness
México and the founding of the ciy for the UPAEP will be traditional on social themes) will be dedicated
of Veracruz, the 25th anniversary cuisine. Euromed will navigate the to the X solidary of the declaration
of the creation of the House traditions of the Mediterranean. It of taxes. The series of Great
of the Americas and the 250th also continues the series Charming Spanish Navigators with a stamp
anniversary of the Royal Orders of Villages in its fourth edition with of Francisco Antonio Maurelle, and
Charles III, between others. stamps dedicated to Liérganes, the stamps of the Holy Week are
We keep the issues such as Covarrubias, Laguardia and Ujué. dedicated to Albacete, Medina de
Tourism, Christmas, Numismatic, In the sports field, the centenary of Río Seco, Balmaseda and Arzuaga.
Heritage or TICS. The one of the Valencia C.F. There are more issues to be
Spanish Contemporary Art is The joint issue will be made with approved in the next meeting with
dedicated to Lucio Muñoz, and China with The new silk route. The the Philatelic Comission of the
the one of the Spanish Cinema Yiwu-Madrid train, which this year State, that’s the reason why the
will remember the International has not been able to be carried out program is not completely closed
Cinema Fair of Gijón and for technical reasons, and also one and is subject to changes.
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PHILATELIC STORIES
A mysterious stamp of Correos of 1961 with
a biplane and a bird in the starting point
The hunt of
the bustard
in the airplane
The stamps not only echo of remarkable
characters and relevant events in history,
Correos has also left proof that some
of them are curious episodes that, even
though today they make seem as habits and
8, 1922, when with one of its students they
anachronistic ways of thought, they were realized an educational biplane flight low altitude,
seem as something singular and worthy of happened near a group of bustards, to which they
being recorded. This is the case of the hunt gave persecution, managing to separate to one of
them and to that one they harassed until they got
of the bustards pursued by biplanes between
near Toledo. In another flight, this time with the
the 20s and 60s. This is the story: artillery captain José G. Estefani, they went out
in search of another flock between the hill of La
Cantueña de Parla and that of Las Brujas de Pinto.
TEXT JAVIER CANO SÁNCHEZ, They succeeded in separating one bustard, which,
CHIEF OF THE METEOROLOGICAL AIRFORCE OF GETAFE
seeing itself persecuted so closely, showed signs of
IMAGES panic. The animal, after forty-five minutes without
BIPLANE AVRO 504 K: © J.A. CIFUENTES
PHOTO AIRFORCE OF GETAFE IN 1929: © EFE giving him respite or rest, in which he described a
thousand curves and dribbles to outwit his pursuer,
accelerated to the speed limit of his flight. The
Everything started because, not long ago, I pilot, making risky and improbable maneuvers,
found a stamp that had a drawing of a airplane managed to touch with the wing of the airplane
with a bustard and the leyend of the ‘hunt of the one of the wings of the great bustard, which,
bustard’. A rare stamp that was edited, along with without balance, lost its fight and fell tumbling
four others, on December 11, 1961 on the occasion near the ground, until at last, exhausted by fatigue,
of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish air force, it collapsed on a labor field, where the aviator
and with a print run of 3,5 million units. Curiosity landed and, with the carbine he was carrying, killed
made me investigate the matter... her with one shot, returning with the piece to the
Back in the twenties of the last century, a young air base.
lieutenant and aviator, José Rodríguez Díaz de
Lecea, who would become minister of Air during ‘The new falconry of the 20th century’
the Franco dictatorship, between 1957 and 1962, Afterwards, with the authorization of the
discovered a peculiar form of recreation in the General Echagüe, Rodriguez organized hunting
vicinity of the air base of Getafe. On September journeys, because for him it was a ‘great training
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Pilots in the Airforce
of Getafe showing a
captured bustard.
and continuation of the classes with his alumni, 1992 the 42th Air Force Group (that was in the
that wanted to turn, slip, take land in the carved Getafe Air Force until 2007 and is now part of the
field…”, deploying the admirable art of flying. The Villanubla Air force) collaborates with the National
pilot perfected his technique in part of the use of Museum of Natural Sciences and the Complutense
the Avro 504 K, a machine of low speed but with a University of Madrid in the research of the common
lot of maneuvering capabilities. In many occasions bustard, locating the animals using radio frequency
the birds where driven near the airfield, where the trackers in the diverse natural locations, such as
arrived exhausted, but still alive, and then where La Sagra, La Mesa de Ocaña, La Mancha or Tierra
captured by the soldiers. de Campos. For it, the Beechcraft F 33C- Bonanza
The event had so much repercussion, that the aircraft is used. It is paradoxical that now pilots and
journalists narrated in their newspapers the hunt of their aircraft are at the service of the conservation
the bustards in aeroplanes and how the aeroplanes of this species when a few decades ago they were
had become efficient hunting instruments, making the ones who used the devices for their harassment
this activity a new sport in Spain, and that some and death. Fortunately, times have changed and
people called ‘the new hunt of the 20th century’. assisting in their hunting in the manner described
The british newspapers also picked up the novelty, would not conform to rational thought in our time.
but in a very different way. The Daily Mail, for
example, published that the new sport was a
‘barbaric cruelty and that it gives its condolences
to Spain and the birds’. Said hunting modality Protected Species
didn’t go unnoticed to the novelist Miguel Delibes,
an expert in the cinematic activity, who described The formerly abundant bustard, that used to
the acrobatic exercise of the pilot–hunter in his be in the surroundings of Getafe, Parla, Pinto,
book ‘El Libro de la Caza Menor (1973)’. This Torrejón de la Calzada, Torrejón de Velasco and
practice was developed until the last years of Valdemoro, was systematically hunted almost
the 70’s, broadcasting in ads to pilots and others to extinction. In Parla, whose shield includes a
were some new models were used, like the agile golden bustard in the first quarter, disappeared
and maneuverable biplane Bücker – CASA 1131 – in the seventies. After banning its hunting in
Jungmann of the years 40 and 50. Spain in 1980, currently only three populations
remain, one in Pinto, in the Regional Park of the
From Hunters to Protectors Southeast, and the other two between Torrejón
Today, the species is under protection by law in all de Velasco and Valdemoro, in the Important
the national territory, because it’s very sensitive to Area for Birds: Torrejón de Velasco -Secanos de
the alterations of the habitat, and is classified as Valdemoro, to meet the conservation criteria
‘vulnerable’ because of having a considerable loss established in 2011 by the Spanish Ornithological
in population, even though the Spanish bustard Society (SEO / BirdLif), adding a total of just over
represents approximately the half of the total two hundred birds.
world population. By the randomness of fate, since
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Madrid. July 24th
Correos has published a new stamp of the series
‘Contemporary Art’. Dedicated to the painter Eduardo
Luis Barcala y Modesto Fraguas, in the middle,
Arroyo, was presented by the new president of Correos, accompanied by other personalities.
Juan Manuel Serrano, in his first act, along with the artist
and the deputy director of Image, Brand and Philately
of the company, Modesto Fraguas. “It’s a recognition
of Spanish art. Arroyo is the propeller of the style of
Volvo Ocean Race
narrative figuration that marked an era. Examples of a Departure port. Alicante, July 9th
career like yours are few“, highlighted Serrano. For his
part, Fraguas said that for Arroyo, the characters of the The presentation of the stamp dedicated to
stamp communicate each other in the same way that the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018; was attended
the stamp does with the person who sees it: “That is the by the mayor of Alicante; Luis Barcala; the
reason why he chose that image for the stamp”. And managing director of the Volvo Ocean Race,
the artist said that at age eight his mother gave him a Antonio Bolaños; and the director of Philately
collection of stamps: “I never imagined that I would have of Correos, Modesto Fraguas. A stamp that
my own stamp. I got excited when I found out“. will promote the city of Alicante and this
great sporting event. Barcala highlighted its
relevance for Alicante: “It is important for you
that the image of the city associated with this
international event be reinforced in a stamp and
that the message of Alicante be incorporated
as the port of departure for Volvo”. For his part,
Fraguas highlighted the great relationship of
the postal company with the world of sailing:
“We have issued more than a dozen stamps
related to sailing, with regattas such as the
America’s Cup, the Olympic Games or the World
From left to right, the president of Correos, Cups, and only We were missing the Volvo
Juan Manuel Serrano, next to Eduardo Arroyo. Ocean Race to complete it“.
Photo: Ricardo Leal
Civic Values: International
Day of the Deafblindess
HQ of Spanish Federation of Deafblindness
Barcelona. June 27th
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Deafblindness; was attended by the Secretary of Social Affairs
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From left to right,
People with Disabilities in Barcelona, Ramón Lamiel; the spokesman for the Democratic Ramón Lamiel,
Convergence of Catalonia in the Senate, Josep Lluís Cleries; and the president of the Josep Lluís Cleries,
Ricard López,
Federation of Deaf People of Catalonia, Albert Casellas. On the part of Correos, Carolina Carolina Gómez
Gómez Zarzuela, head of Institutional Relations of Philately, highlighted the importance and Irma Rognoni,
of this type of initiatives to give visibility to a group that is still little known and whose councilor of the
needs for access to communication and social participation are evident. Municipal Council
12 STAMPS AND MUCH MORE12 MONTHS 12 STAMPS EPHEMERIS. 50th anniversary of the Spanish Army Airmobile
Valladolid Force / 25 Years of the creation of the Basic Air Academy
NEW STAMPS IN CIRCULATION, 3RD QUARTER 2018
RCM-FNMT 2018 RCM-FNMT 2018
RCM-FNMT 2018
RCM-FNMT 2018 RCM-FNMT 2018
• Issue date: 2nd of July of 2018 • Issue date: 3rd of July of 2018
• Printing Procedure: Offset • Printing Procedure: Offset
• Paper: Self adhesive phosphorescent • Paper: coated, gummed and phosphorescent.
• Format: 35 x 24,5 mm (horizontal) • Format: 40,9 x 28,8 mm (horizontal)
RCM-FNMT 2018
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• Items on Sheet: 50 MOTIVO: 50 aniversario 1966-2016.• Perforations:
Fuerzas Aeromóviles Ejército 13 3/4
de Tierra
MOTIVO: (horizontal)
– FAMET
25 años de la creación de and 13 1/4
la Academia Básica (vertical)
Ejército del Aire (1992-2017)
• Postal Value: Tariff A ( 1 stamp = standard letter up to CUANTÍA: 1,35 €
• Items on Sheet:CUANTÍA: 25 1,35 €
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20g Spain) • Postal Value: 1,35€
FORMATO DEL SELLO TREPADO: 40,9 x 28,8 mm SELLO TREPADO: 40,9 x 28,8
MEDIDAS DE LA MANCHA: A sangre MEDIDAS DE LA MODIFICACION.............
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N.º COLORES: 4 - Cuatricromía FECHA ................... 15-6-2018 FECHA .............
EPHEMERIS RURAL ARCHITECTURE
8th Centenary of General Studies. Palencia University Euromed - Possessió. Mallorca
EMISIÓN: 12 Meses. 12 Sellos
MOTIVO: Valladolid
CUANTÍA: Tarifa A
Arquitectura Rural
FORMATO DEL SELLO TREPADO: 35 x 24,5 mm BOCETO.......................... 1
MEDIDAS DE LA MANCHA: A sangre MODIFICACION............. 0 Possessió Mallorca
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Arquitectura Rural
Possessió Mallorca
RCM-FNMT 2018
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• Issue date: 5th of July of 2018
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• Paper: coated, gummed and phosphorescent. • Format: 74,64 x 28,8 mm (horizontal)
MOTIVO: Euromed. Possessió. Mallorca
• Format: 40,9 x 28,8 mm (horizontal) • Perforations: 12 3/4 (horizontal) and 13 1/4 (vertical)
CUANTÍA: Tarifa A2
• Perforations: 13 3/4 (horizontal) and 13 1/4 (vertical) • Items on Premium Sheet: 12
FORMATO DEL SELLO TREPADO: 74,6 x 28,8 mm
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FORMATO DEL PLIEGO: 260 x 200 mm
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MOTIVO: VIII Centenario de los Estudios Generales. Univ. Palencia N.º COLORES: 4 - Cuatricromía FECHA ........................ 6-6-18
CUANTÍA: 1,35 €EPHEMERIS. 50th anniversary of the Spanish Army Airmobile 12 MONTHS 12 STAMPS
Force / 25 Years of the creation of the Basic Air Academy Valladolid
Basic Air Academy Some of the most relevant elements of Valladolid are shown in
NEW STAMPS IN CIRCULATION, 3RD QUARTER 2018
By royal decree 331/1992, the 3rd of April, the Basic Air the series 12 Months, 12 Stamps:
Academy of Airforce that has the mission to “to train their
students in the constitutional principles and the characteristics House of the Beneficence. Retirement houses created in
of the Armed Forces, as well as to train them professionally 1818 as a charity home. Calderón Theater. Considered one
and enable them to adapt their knowledge permanently to of the best and most important theaters in Spain, it hosts
the development of science and technology in order to fulfill the Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI). Cask.
the purposes assigned to the Air Force“. This center is located Oxygenates the wine slowly and adds texture and aroma.
in the Military Air Base of Leon and from 1993 there have been Canal of Castile. One of the most important hydraulic
graduated 25 promotions, 4.394 sub officers. The llink between engineering works in Spain that runs through Burgos, Palencia
Leon with the air force influenced the design of the emblem of and Valladolid. Regional Costume. An example of the
the Academy with a lion and the legend of the ‘Paso Honroso’ folkloric and cultural legacy of the province. Seven damsels
based on the request of Suero de Quiñones to the king, in 1434, of Simancas. Homage to the maidens who cut their hands to
to dare who crossed the bridge over the Obrigo river and that avoid delivery to the fourth Omeya emir of Cordoba..
he agreed to recognize his honor as a knight or to measure Simancas. Phillip II transformed the castle in the General
against him in combat. The stamp collects the emblem on a Archive of the Kingdom, one of the most important
background with the Eagle patrol forming the flag of Spain documental sets of Europe. Treaty of Tordesillas. Agreement
and an illustration of the cathedral of León and the bridge. between Catholic kings with the King of Portugal, related with
the repartition of the navigation zones. Ceramic. The stability
Spanish Army Airmobile Force of Mudejar potters since the twelfth century, they remained
On June 23, 2016, the 50th anniversary of its creation was active throughout the Middle Age. Books. They represent the
celebrated. This military unit has its origin in the Light Aviation locality of Urueña, the only Villa of the Book of Spain for its
Company, which was the first helicopters company of the Army. numerous bookstores and museums. Chipmunk. It is typical
This Unit stands out for its participation in the operations to find specimens of this species throughout the plateau.
abroad in which the Spanish Army has deployed, since 1991 Sarcophagus of the Infante Don Alfonso. Third son of
in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, in the UN Operation Provide Sancho IV and María de Molina. It is an impressive sample of
Comfort, in Iraq together with the International Coalition the Mudejar woodwork. Lechuguino This name is given to
against Da’esh, the Balkans, Lebanon and Afghanistan. With the most representative bread of Valladolid. With a round loaf
it, the Spanish Army has its own «Army Aviation», helicopter shape and white crumb. Wheat. One of the most cultivated
units that perform missions, as an essential part of ground foods in the province that paints its geography yellow.
operations. The stamp shows four of its aircraft: HT-17-Chinook;
NH-90; HA-28-Tiger and HE-26-Eco-Charlie; and the insignia of The red color in the bottom strip of the stamp alludes to the
the Aviation Wings of the Army on a background reminiscent flag of the province.
of camouflage motifs in uniforms, armor, weapons...
RURAL ARCHITECTURE EPHEMERIS
Euromed - Possessió. Mallorca 8th Centenary of General Studies. Palencia University
The Possessió Raixa of Mallorca is surrounded by magnificent gardens, Around the Cathedral of Palencia, in the 19th century a school
at the feet of the Tramontana. Its about a villa of arab origins that was founded. With the passing of the years, it acquired a
conserves some of the elements of the 16th century, such as the big name in all the reconquered territories until having a big
chapel’s vault and the portico of the ‘clastra’, typical Mallorcan patio. splendor in the end of the 12th century. The first foundations
During the 18th and 19th centuries, underwent a series of neoclassical of the first university in the history of Spain. It would be the
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reforms, carried out by Cardinal Despuig. He transformed it into a bishop of the city, don Tello Tellez, who would give the final
monumental village and installed in it a museum of classical sculpture impulse to this educative institution. In 1221 the pontifical
that can now be enjoyed in Bellver Castle. approval of Honorio III would be obtained becoming one of
the first universities of Europe. The first center of higher studies
One of the most distinguishable elements of the house, is the loggia considered and recognized as such was the General Studies of
(exterior gallery) of the south façade. Around the central patio, Palencia.
typical of these kinds of constructions, are distributed the main
house dependencies. Without a doubt, the gardens are the greatest This year is held the 800th anniversary and, to commemorate
value of this property. They’re accessed from a large terrace with such a holiday, Correos has issued a stamp with two images that
crenellated turret. Those of the high floor are crossed by a neoclassical tie a past and a present. The monument that is in the University
monumental staircase. Those of the low floor stand out by an of Palencia has been added an image of Alfonso VIII of Castilla.
impressive garden of orange trees. A large pond, a small hermitage, a In that moment, the monarch decided that, following the
shrine or a historicist pavilion, among other elements, make this place model of Bologna, Oxford or Paris, there had to be an official
a very special place for locals and visitors to the island. recognition to the Studium Generale, as it was known back
then, and gave economic facilities. Famous teachers taught
Raixa also has lived movie scenes. It has been selected as scenery through their classrooms; among its most outstanding students,
for different productions, such as ‘Muerte Bajo el Sol’ or Bearn. It Gonzalo de Berceo. The students obtained the degree of
currently houses the Interpretation and Visitors Center of Raixa- graduates in Theology and Arts, after completing the two
Serra of Tramuntana, already, after passing through different hands teaching cycles: the Trivium (Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic) and
and families, in 2002 the Raixa estate, which has been classified as a the Quadrivium (Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy and Music).
Cultural Interest Property (BIC), was bought by the ‘Consell Insular
de Mallorca’ and the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of The Studium Generale of Palencia also excelled because of its
assigning it to public uses. complementary law studies, that had lessons of some of the
main eminences of the time. Nevertheless, the death of Alfonso
The Premium Sheet picks the image of the big staircase. The stamp VIII in 1214 brought the decline of the center, specially when
reproduces an image of the main building, with it imponent logia, Alfonso IX decided to move the university to Salamanca in
and show the impressive beauty of this special construction. 1218. Today, the University of Palencia keeps the same impulse
that started its creation: spread the knowledge.EPHEMERIS TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS
Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018 The Way of the Wool
NEW STAMPS IN CIRCULATION, 3RD QUARTER 2018
RCM-FNMT 2018
• Issue date: 16th of July of 2018
• Issue date: 9th of July of 2018 • Printing Procedure: Offset
• Printing Procedure: Offset RCM-FNMT 2018
• Paper: coated, gummed and phosphorescent.
• Paper: coated, gummed and phosphorescent. • Format: 40,9 x 28,8 mm (horizontal)
• Format: 40,9 x 28,8 mm (horizontal) • Perforations: 13 3/4 (horizontal) and 13 1/4 (vertical)
• Perforations: 13 3/4 (horizontal) and 13 1/4 (vertical) • Items on Premium Sheet: 25
• Items on Premium Sheet: 25 • Postal Value: 1,35 €
• Postal Value: 1,35 € • Print Run: 180.000
• Print Run: 180.000 • Design: Producciones Pantuás y Asociación de
• Design: Volvo Ocean Race S.L.U Guadalajara del Camino de Santiago
EMISIÓN: VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2017-18 PERSONALITIES 12 MONTHS, 12 STAMPS
Discoverers
MOTIVO: 22 de octubre of Oceania.
2017. Alicante Álvaro
Puerto de Salida de Mendaña y Neira Málaga and Navarra
CUANTÍA: 1,35 €
FORMATO DEL SELLO TREPADO: 40,9 x 28,8 mm BOCETO.......................... 1
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RCM-FNMT 2018
RCM-FNMT 2018 RCM-FNMT 2018
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• Issue date: 1st of August of 2018
• Issue date: 3rd of September of 2018
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• Issue date: 25th of July of 2018 • Printing Procedure: Offset
MOTIVO: Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira
• Printing Procedure: Offset • Paper: Self-adhesive phosphorescent
CUANTÍA: 3,30 €
• Paper: self-adhesive wood.
FORMATO DEL SELLO TREPADO: 57,6 x 40,9 mm
EMISIÓN: 12 Meses. 12 Sellos • Format: 35 xEMISIÓN:
24,5 mm (horizontal)
12 Meses. 12 Sellos
• Format: 57,6 x 40,9 mm (horizontal)BOCETO.......................... 1MOTIVO: Málaga
MEDIDAS DE LA MANCHA: A sangre
• Items on Sheet: 50Navarra
MOTIVO:
• Items on Premium Sheet: 16
PROCEDIMIENTO DE IMPRESIÓN: Offset Adhesivos MODIFICACION............. 2CUANTÍA: Tarifa A • Postal Value:CUANTÍA:
TariffTarifa
A ( A1 stamp = standard letter up to 20g
• Postal Value: 3,30 €
SOPORTE: Autoadhesivo madera FORMATO DEL SELLO TREPADO: 35Spain)
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PROCEDIMIENTO DE IMPRESIÓN: Offset Adhesivos
BTO, S.L.
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N.º COLORES: 4 (CMYK) N.º COLORES: 4 (CMYK)
FECHA .................... 27-12-17 FECHA .................... 3TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS EPHEMERIS
TheWool Road Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018
The Wool Road, a sheep-herding route followed by shearers, In the last four editions, Alicante has been the port of start of
NEW STAMPS IN CIRCULATION, 3RD QUARTER 2018
shepherds, and traders dealing in wool and related products, the around-the-world sailing race, considered the longest and
between the major sheep-farming areas of La Mancha and toughest race in professional sport. On the 22th of October of
Burgos, the trade-capital of wool in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2017 the city waved goodbye to the fleet, which voyaged over
The route has long been associated with St James’ Way, with a 45,000 nautical miles around the planet, stopping at 11 cities,
documented pilgrimage in the spring of 1624. ending the race in The Hague (Netherlands) on 30th of June of
2018. Alicante has been the home of the regatta organization
Today’s starting points of the Wool Road are in distant cities since 2010, and in 2012 opened the only museum in the world
like Alicante and Valencia, passing through towns like Novelda dedicated to the Volvo Ocean Race, one of the three big events
-pioneers of recovery of this route- to the province of Albacete, in sailing alongside the Olympic Games and the Americas Cup.
where towns like Caudete acquired importance as the points
where different pilgrimage routes of south-eastern Spain For more than 40 years, the regatta has had an almost mythical
came together, and Alatoz. Crossing Cuenca, we come to the attraction for some of the greatest sailors in history, many of
town of Monteagudo de las Salinas, where visitors can see whom have spent years or even decades trying to win it. The
a monument that alludes to the route of 1624 on one of its regatta stands at the intersection of the thrill of adventure and
promontories. We pass through the city of Cuenca, continuing the toughest competition, which can often be extreme and
northwards to Villaconejos de Trabaque, a place which is famous unforgiving. These days, with sailors competing on board of
for its traditional warm welcome for pilgrims. In Salmerón, monotypes (identical boats), the only way to win is by sailing
Guadalajara is a converted former mansion. The route takes us harder and smarter than your rivals. The regatta is won in the
through towns like Trillo and Cifuentes. The single variant of water, not at the design stage. The concept of the regatta is
the route goes through Sigüenza, with its splendid cathedral, simple: it is the definitive ocean marathon, a race around the
and Palazuelos, called “the little Ávila of Guadalajara” for world, anticlockwise, in dogged pursuit of your rivals, where the
its encircling fortified walls. Now in the province of Soria, is world’s greatest racers compete on the planet’s wildest oceans.
Retortillo, with its medieval air, we continue through the steep,
winding valley until Caracena, the proud home of the church There is no monetary prize, having your name engraved on one
of San Pedro, a gem of 12th century Romanesque architecture. of the silver rings that form the Volvo Ocean Race trophy next to
In San Esteban de Gormaz, is also notable, its castle that is the names such as Blake, Eric Tabarly, Conny van Rietschoten, Magnus
largest in Europe. Now in Burgos, we arrive to Santo Domingo Olsson, Grant Dalton, and Ian Walker.
de Silos and its beautiful monastery, and Covarrubias, the “most
beautiful village of Spain”. Finally, Mecerreyes, a picturesque The photograph on the stamp shows a moment of the
village with a restored building in the style of a traditional competition with several boats on the open sea.
farmhouse.
The illustration on the stamp shows several characteristic
elements of this route, such as sheep being herded, and the
monument of Monteagudo de las Salinas and the pilgrim’s
backpack.
12 MONTHS, 12 STAMPS PERSONALITIES
Málaga and Navarra Discoverers of Oceania. Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira
MÁLAGA. Born in Congosto, province of Lion in 1541. He is known for the
Centre Pompidou. In 2013 the first headquarter of this Parisian discovery of the Solomon Islands in 1568 and the Marquesas Islands
art center was erected. La Manquita. As the Cathedral is .In 1567 he led an expedition of discovery to the Pacific Ocean with
known due to one of its unfinished towers. Spanish Fighting two ships and 150 men. They should have found the islands where
Bull. Ronda is the cradle of the classic bull fighting. Alcazaba. the Inca leader Túpac Inca Yupanqui was thought to have arrived
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From Muslim origin and located in the hillside of the Gibralfaro some time before. After two months sailing west, they sighted an
mount. The Farola. That’s how the watchtower of the city is island which they named Jesus, now known as Nin. Later, they found
known. Moscatel. Wine coming from the grape that has that another island that they called Santa Isabel, which belonged to the
name, very mature and sunned. Procession of the ‘Good Solomon Islands, followed by other islands in the same archipelago,
Death’ Christ. Known as the procession of the legionaries. El such as Ramos (Malaita), San Cristóbal (Bauro), and Guadalcanal. For
Caminito del Rey. In the gap of the Gaitanes, the pedestrian these discoveries, he was appointed ‘Forward’ of the South Seas.
sidewalk with more than 3 kilometers hangs up to 105 meters
over a river. Bull Ring of Malagueta. From ‘neomudejar’ After reporting his discoveries to Philip II, he was given permission
style, the ring host the Antonio Ordoñez Museum. Butterfly to organize a second expedition, which would not take place until
House. In Benalmadena, the biggest butterfly house in Europe, nearly 20 years later. In 1595 he returned to the Solomon Islands on a
with more than 1.500 species. Ronda. The block that splits it colonization mission. This time he was leading a fleet of six ships and
in two is an impressive image. Espeto. Typical dish of sardines 387 people. His chief pilot was the great sailor Fernández de Quirós.
that are ‘espeted’ in a sugar cane stick and are grilled with fire. On this expedition he discovered a new archipelago that he named
Benalmadena. Representative city of the Sun Coast. Maria the Marquesas de Mendoza in honor of the new Viceroy of Peru. He
Zambrano. Thinker, philosopher and essayist from Malaga. then would set sail for the Solomon Islands but landed on the Santa
Cruz Islands, where he would remain until his death from an epidemic
NAVARRA. shortly afterwards, disappointed by the lack of discipline of his
San Fermin. Festival of medieval origin and religious character. soldiers and his failure to find wealth.
Rosé Wine. Two of their designation of origin are Cigales and
Navarra. Planetarium. Cultural Center for the scientific and The stamp, printed on wood-pulp paper, belongs to the series
technological divulgation. Bearded Vulture. Tends to gather Discoverers of Oceania, and features a portrait of the discoverer
bones or shelss and hit them to be able to eat them. Witch. and a drawing of the Solomon and Marquesas Islands. It also shows
Allusion to the Inquisition that accused of practicing withcraft. Australia and New Zealand. Correos continues innovating with its
Royal Palace of Olite. Court of the Navarrese Kings. Beech. issues, and like the stamp issued in this series last year, the printing on
Deciduous tree that can reach up to 45 meters high. Bardenas wood-pulp paper makes this stamp unique.
Reales. The erosion of its floor has sculpted fanciful shapes
that resemble a lunar landscape. Asparagus. White in color,
soft texture, with limited fibrosity and exquisite flavor. Irati’s
Jungle. The second, longest and better conserved silver fir of
Europe.80’s Generation: Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente; 90’S GENERATION: Euro; Dissolution of the URSS in
Long Live Democracy; Spain, member of the CEE in 1986; 1990; German Reunification 1989-90; O.G. Barcelona’92
Technology in a Daily Basis and Expo’92 Sevilla
NEW STAMPS IN CIRCULATION, 3RD QUARTER 2018
• Issue date: 10th of September of 2018 • Issue date: 10th of September of 2018
• Printing Procedure: Rotogravure + Die • Printing Procedure: Rotogravure + Die
• Paper: coated, gummed and phosphorescent. • Paper: coated, gummed and phosphorescent.
• Format: irregular Stamps • Format: irregular Stamps
• Format of the Block Sheet: 133,5 x 86,1 mm (horizontal) • Format of the Block Sheet: 133,5 x 86,1 mm (horizontal)
• Postal Value: 0,55 € /0,65 € / 1,35 € / 1,45 € • Postal Value: 0,55 € /0,65 € / 1,35 € / 1,45 €
• Print Run: 160.000 block sheets • Print Run: 160.000 block sheets
• Design: TAU Diseño • Design: TAU Diseño
25 ANIVERSARIO DE LA ÚLTIMA EXPEDICIÓN AMBULANTE DE CORREOS 1,35€
EPHEMERIS PERSONALITIES
25th anniversary of the last working train of Correos 200th Anniversary of the birth of Cosme García Sáez
Efemérides
RCM-FNMT 2018
ANVERSO
25 ANIVERSARIO DE LA ÚLTIMA EXPEDICIÓN AMBULANTE DE CORREOS 1,35€
Efemérides
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ANVERSO
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REVERSO
• Issue date: 21st of September of 2018
• Issue date: 14th of September of 2018 • Printing Procedure: marked on rubber and Offset
• Printing Procedure: Offset + Die • Paper: Self-adhesive
REVERSO
• Paper: Self-adhesive phosphorescent • Format: 40 x 33 and 40,9 x 28,8 mm (horizontals)
• Format: 81,8 x 28,8 mm (horizontal) • Items on Sheet: individuals and 25
• Items on Sheet: 16 • Postal Value: 1,35€
• Postal Value: 1,35€ • Print Run: 180.000 of each
• Print Run: 180.000 • Design Cosme García: Tau Diseño
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