Exfilna/ECC Appointment in Seville
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STAMPS AND MUCH MORE Bulletin of the Philatelic Service of Correos Nº53, September 2018 - 3 Exfilna/ECC appointment in Seville 25th Anniversary The history of Spain Preview of the of the last traveling with the humour of scheduled issues expedition Gallego and Rey of 2019 Summary N 53, September 2018 - 3 Editor: S. E. Correos and Telégrafos S.A. Coordinates: Directive of Philately. Design and Style: Capicúa Press/MadridNYC. All the rights reserved. Legal Dep: M-29249-2013 ISNN: 2340-7786 4 Close-Up 56th edition of Exfilna: Seville, 31st of October to 4th November 4 6 The History Corner 25th anniversary of the last manned expedition 8 Philately Latest Correos issues a solidary stamp 9 Next Issues Preview of the scheduled issues for 2019 10 Philatelic Stories 6 The hunt of the bustard in planes (stamp of 1961) 12 Presentation Album Contemporary Art: Eduardo Arroyo, Volvo Ocean Race and Deafblindness 13-22 Factsheets New stamps for the third quarter of 2018 23 Communication The newsletter ‘Actualidad Filatélica’ turns one and the first blog of the Libary of Correos 24 New Products Stamps to remember: Generations 80’s and 90’s, pack of Christmas letters along with the Advent calendar, an Exfilna product with engravings and the Exfilna Welcome Pack 26 The Collector’s Corner 8 Discover Andalucía traveling through the stamps 28 Philatelic Books The History of Spain with the Humour of Gallego 24 and Rey; World Tourism with Stamps; Philately and Treasures of Harry Potter and Values in Time 30 Philately and More Last subscriber and International Stamps 31 Guest Contributor María Nieves García Yugueros, secretary of the Philatelic Commission of the State 26 2 STAMPS AND MUCH MORE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Stamp collectors have their say Professionalism, commercial volatility and awesome stamps Paper instead of plastic In the first place, I want to thank the Philatelic Service of After receiving and opening the first shipment of my annual Correos for the professionalism and perseverance to which I subscription, I got rid of the support where you send it, the give faith in the 37 years that I’ve been subscribed. I don’t like black plastic and the transparent cover. This made me realize so much the volatility -from my point of view it’s excessively the severe ecological problems that is provoked by the commercial – that it’s taking, but it’s ‘pecata minuta’. To excessive use of plastics. It would be easier to use paper, less include descriptions of the stamps in the magazine was a contaminant and easier to recycle. Have you ever though of it? great idea, and now you have spoiled us, so much that when David Rivera Alonso a description is missing I’m obliged to write to you. I don’t find The use of philo-cases is because of their transparency, that the description for the Handball Team and the missing stamps allows to see the stamps perfectly, and how they protect of Andorra for the 1st quarter of 2018 (Escut.y Diversitat them. The descriptions also provide a protection to the stamp Andorrana: comunitat italiana) that are in the descriptions but in their shipment, they avoid that they fall off, deteriorate haven’t been sent nor invoiced. of go dancing inside the package. Anyways, we agree on Félix López Pinto the necessity to take care of the environment by substituting Thanking you for your fidelity and the positive comments you contaminant elements by other more degradable. We’ll study give us. On the other hand, tell you that we try to improve the possibility to substitute the plastics for paper. stamps by diversifying them to give them more value and reach more people. As for the file you mention, it appears in Stamp about Morella of Castellón the magazine of the second quarter. The stamps of Andorra, Remember to do a stamp about Morella. This year is celebrated since the amount issued is less, are not sent quarterly. Only two their 54th anniversary held every 6 years. I find missing stamps shipments are made at the end of each semester. of catalan and valencian cities and monuments. Manuel Beser y Jordá Punch-out the borders of the descriptions? The stamps are issued for all of Spain, without any I consider that the collectible descriptions are wonderful. It’s preference. Selected by requests, the event that a good way, once cut, to have a catalogue of issues. I can only commemorates, the relevance of the character or give one suggestion: Why, instead of printing a line to be cut, monument, if there have been stamps issued about that each page is not pre-cut in the borders of each description, just subject, or if its included into a previously created series. In like the stamps, se we don’t end up cutting them with scissors? the case of Catalunya and the Valencian Community, there Juan Sánchez Plasencia have been a lot of issued, such as the Park of Güell de Gaudí, About the collectable descriptions, in their moment we the Cathedral of Barcelona, the Bridge of Besalú de Girona, considered several alternatives and one of them was for them or the Valencia Barrack. You can also submit your own to be pre-cut, but we then encountered to main problems: a requests to the Philatelic Commission of the State. lot of them would break off when manipulating the magazine and that it’s a system that drives the prices up. ERRATA SHEET Information about the artists In the stamp of the International Day of Persons with I don’t understand the lack of information in the magazine deafblindness published the about the proof of the artists. The only way to know then they previous issue, the correct image are issued is using the Correos webpage. I suggest that they is the following, since at the last are published in the BOE with the series of stamps that they moment the 3D varnish was belong to, just like it was done in 2001. eliminated Ambrosio Mena Enciso We take your suggestion into account and in the next edition they will have images, characteristics and technical data on Reminder: The deadline for making claims in them. Besides, we’ll dedicate articules and explanations to a relation to the orders made to the Philatelic better knowledge of the proof of the artist, but in the BOE Service expire after 6 months of being sent.For there will only be elements with face value (stamps, cards…) suggesitons: [email protected] STAMPS AND MUCH MORE 3 EMISIÓN: VALORES CÍVICOS MOTIVO: Día Internacional de las Personas con Sordoceguera CUANTÍA: Tarifa A FORMATO DEL SELLO TREPADO: 35 x 24,5 mm BOCETO.......................... 1 MEDIDAS DE LA MANCHA: A sangre MODIFICACION............. 1 PROCEDIMIENTO DE IMPRESIÓN: Offset adhesivos RCC............................... 61219 N.º COLORES: 4 (CMYK) FECHA ...................... 22-5-18 CLOSE-UP The encounter will be in Sevilla between the 31st of October and the 4th of November Exfilna is gearing up The 56th edition of the National Philatelic Exhibition is coming soon, that, sponsored by Correos and organized by FESOFI, will host the European Convention for Collectors and will have a schedule full of activities and exhibitions that will have as a landmark four emblematic places of Sevilla. In four different and significant locations of the city of Seville will host the next edition of Exfilna: Plaza de San Francisco, the Cajasol Foundatoin, Logia Museum and the General Archive of Indies. Linked to the fair, also several activities has been organized to relate to the multiple methods of sending mail throughout the centuries: from the ‘chasqui’ mail (corridors that served as mail delivering the real messages and other objects to the rulers of the Inca Empire), to the mail by diligence, the mail in aerostatic balloon and even the mail by ship in the Guadalquivir. 4 STAMPS AND MUCH MORE CLOSE-UP Plaza de San Francisco Will have a 55 by 12-meter tent Cajasol Foundation that will have the commercial stands, some institutional, like Also, in the Plaza de San Francisco, the Cajasol Correos, and an exposition about Foundation will host in its cloister the philatelic collections the stamps in the ten most touristic countries in the exposed in 131 showcases. And in its theater philatelic talks world according to the World Tourism Organization. and gatherings will be held up to the highest standard, as Outside the tent, eleven panels illustrated with images well as the presentation of the block sheet that Correos will alluding 27 of the most touristic countries will be issue this 31st of October with the theme of Exfilna 2018. exhibited, with ten physical stamps of each one. And This venue will also exhibit a selection of school drawings there will be an exhibition area with relevant pieces submitted by schools in Seville city and province, participants related to Seville, as the largest known ‘plica’ of Seville in the contest ‘A stamp for Seville’ in a total of 66 paintings. (1864), the big mistakes in the stamps of Seville (1965 Both the drawing of the winner as well as the five finalists shield, Expo’92 without perforation ...), action of the will become personalized stamps (Tusello) of legal course Bank of San Fernando or 1857 bills of the Bank of with tariff A. For their part, finalist and winning students, Seville. as well as the centers they represent, will receive a sheet of There will also be a structure that will show, on the Tusello with the presented drawing. The winner will take a one hand, the mosaic of the stamps of the king Juan tablet and a book of stamps from Correos and the finalists a Carlos I typically exposed in the Postal Museum in book of stamps from Correos.