Stamps from Spain catalogue

8,612 items

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 kingdom again after a coup d'état. In 1931 the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. After a failed military coup, civil war broke out in 1936 between the republican regime and nationalist rebels. The rebels soon 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 in exile left. Until then, both sides issued stamps in the areas under their control. Spain was a de facto military dictatorship and this didn't 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.

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8,612

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Oldest item

Queen Isabella II (1850)