Stamps from Spain catalogue

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Spain is a southwestern European country on the Iberian Peninsula. The first stamp issue is from 1850. Spain was then a kingdom. In 1873 the First Spanish Republic was proclaimed, but in 1874 Spain became a king again after a coup d'état More

Spain is a southwestern European country on the Iberian Peninsula. The first stamp issue dates from 1850. Spain was then a kingdom. In 1873, the First Spanish Republic was proclaimed, but in 1874 Spain became a kingdom again after a coup d'état. In 1931, the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. After a failed military coup, a civil war broke out in 1936 between the republican regime and nationalist rebels. The rebels quickly conquered the north and west of Spain and issued their own stamps under the name Spanish State. The Spanish Republic lost more and more territory and in 1939 the government went into exile. Until then, both parties issued stamps in the areas under their control. Spain was de facto a military dictatorship and this did not change when it officially became a kingdom again in 1947. A crown prince was not appointed until 1969. After the death of the dictator in 1975, Spain really became a kingdom again.

Watermarks
Watermarks
Filigrees
Watermarks

F – Three filigranes used for the timbres of the Espagne:
E – Three watermarks were used for the stamps of Spain:

1) NL Loops (small in horizontal rows)
E Loops (small in horizontal rows)
F Boucles (petites en lignes horizontals)
D Schlingen (small in value Reihen)

F En vigueur à partir du 1st April 1855.
E In effect from 1st of April 1855.

F Filigree normal (right).
E Watermark normal (upright).

2) NL Lines (crossing diagonally)
E Lines (diagonally crossing)
F Lignes (se croisant and diagonal)
D Lines (diagonal crossing)

F En vigueur à partir du 1ier January 1856.
E In effect from 1st of January 1856.

F Filigree normal (right).
E Watermark normal (upright).

3) NL Tower
E Tower
F Tour
The Tower

F En vigueur à partir du 1ier juin 1876.
E In effect from 1st of June 1876.

F Filigree normal (droit) or inverse.
E Watermark normal (upright) or inverted.

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