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Spain issued a large number of overprinted postage stamps for Cape Juby. The first set, in 1916, were surcharges reading CABO JUBI on stamps of Río de Oro. Thereafter overprints read "Cabo Jubi" in various forms, on stamps of Spain from 1919 to 1929, and then on stamps of Spanish Morocco. Overprinted sets of Spanish Moroccan stamps were issued ...
Since 1977, the year of issue has appeared on Spanish stamps. Stamps in Spain are distributed and sold by the Spanish postal service known as the Correos y Telégrafos , and beginning in 2001 officially a governmental corporation, the Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since 2011 the corporation and its ...
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Spanish colonies in Africa in 1950. Spanish Africa may refer to: Spanish North Africa (disambiguation) Contemporary Spanish North Africa, i.e. Spain's autonomous cities. Ceuta, on the north coast of Africa; Melilla, on the north coast of Africa; Plazas de soberanía, sovereign territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco
1847 Mauritius 'Post Office' Stamps. $9.6 million. According to Barnebys, the legendary Mauritius stamps debuted in 1847, just seven years after Sir Rowland Hill created the first postage stamp in ...
Spain began issuing postage stamps for Ifni, then a Spanish territory, in 1941, initially overprinting Spanish stamps with "TERRITORIO DE IFNI", then issuing new designs in 1943. Issues followed at the rate of about ten per year with the last on 23 November 1968. Most are commonly available and are more often seen unused than used. [8]
Spain's post office. (Shutterstock/) The black stamp in the collection in worth 70 cents. The lightest toned stamp costs 1.6 euros ($1.95 U.S). The second lightest stamp is worth 1.5 euros and the ...
[4] [5] [6] Sheets of a special handmade paper, measuring 282 mm by 536 mm, were used to print 240 stamps per sheet. The stamps were issued imperforate, like the early British stamps, meaning that postmasters had to use scissors or a knife to separate them. The rate of postage within the colony was 4d for a half ounce letter and 1d for a ...