Postal History of the Spanish Civil War and the Second Republic

Postal Stamps, Labels, Envelopes, Postcards, and whatever else that can give us an excellent opportunity to examine the conflict through contemporary items in the participant's daily lives. I am not a partisan of either side of the conflict, but just a curious neophyte.

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Had to be an Easier Way

I have had this cover for some time and I when I picked it up it was because I was intrigued by the ingenuity of the sender's placement of the postage.

1 X 5cts (#681) = 5cts
5 X 10cts (#664) = 50cts
1 X 15cts (#683 Slate Grey) =15cts
2 X 15cts (#683b Blue Green) =30cts

For a total of 1pta which covers the letter rate for countries not in postal union 50cts plus 50cts for Certificado.

According to Álvaro Martínez Pinna in his Manual De Las Emisiones De Los Sellos De España 1931-1939 gives an identification of this postmark as 3.2 Estafetas Urbanas Certificado cancel I.


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Had to be an Easier Way

I have had this cover for some time and I when I picked it up it was because I was intrigued by the ingenuity of the sender's placemen...