Postage stamps and postal history of Spain
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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Spain.
Spain is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
First stamps
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The first stamps of Spain were issued on 1 January 1850 and depicted Queen Isabella II.[1]
See also
- Bailey Collection
- Blackburn Collection
- List of people on stamps of Spain
- Shelley Collection
- Tapling Collection
- La maja desnuda (stamps of Spain)
References
- ^ Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 9 Portugal & Spain. 5th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2004, p.265. ISBN 0-85259-567-0
Further reading
- Shelley, Ronald G. The postal history of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Brighton: R.G. Shelley, 1967.
External links
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