Gen. Franco of Spain

[Rein]

Several definitives of Spain had been issued with the portrait of gen. Franco and you can hardly avoid these stamps when collecting Spain

The earlier issues had been printed in offset-litho by the Royal Spanish Mint - F.N.M.T. (abbreviation for Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre). But the later ones all appeared in photogravure !

We had 4 values issued as follows:

5c in brown red - December 1948
15c in green - 20.05.1948
50c in yellow brown - 23.10.1948 or in reddish brown in 1952
80c in carmine - 06.08.1954









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[Rein]

However, we have differences in screen! Either 80 lines per cm or 100!

And that is probably connected with the long period 1948-1955 before this set was superseded by yet another gen. Franco definitives series!







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