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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 ...
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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
The Spanish Armed Forces responded by launching a military operation code-named Operation Romeo-Sierra. The operation was carried out by Spanish commandos of Grupo de Operaciones Especiales. The Spanish Navy and Air Force provided support; the six Moroccan navy cadets did not offer any resistance and were captured and evicted from the island.
Stamps from this period were of course very colourful and of a topical nature. They proved to be attractive to overseas stamp collectors and were readily available, mostly in packets of stamps. From 1979 all stamps are designed and printed by the Spanish FNMT, since then a very moderated and decent stamp issuing policy is adopted.
Spanish North Africa may refer to: Contemporary Spanish North Africa: Spain's two autonomous cities: Ceuta and Melilla, plus other minor territories (plazas de soberanía) Canary Islands; Historical Spanish North Africa (1913–1975); former Spanish colonies in Northern Africa, part of the Plazas y Provincias Africanas: Spanish Morocco; Spanish ...
In addition, the stamps of African colonies often featured African women with naked breast. It was the La Maja Desnuda , however, that became the world's first case of open image of the body of a worldly woman (not a goddess ) with pubic hair , [ 18 ] thus opening a new popular topic in philately : nude .
It was administered by Spain as a single entity with Spanish Sahara and the Ifni enclave, as Spanish West Africa. The Spanish area comprised 12,700 sq mi (33,000 km 2) and had a population of 9,836. [citation needed] Its main town was founded by the Spanish as Villa Bens (now called Tarfaya). Villa Bens was used as a staging post for airmail ...