Postal History
Spain. Alfonso XII
207. 1882. 1 pt. pink. SANTANDER to CARUPANO (VENEZUELA), transported on the packet boat "Ville de Brest". Postmark: SANTANDER / (43) cloverleaf and on the front, French octagonal date stamp: SANTANDER / PAQ.FR.Nº2 and handwritten "Via Santander Paquete Francés". MAGNIFICENT AND RARE, A PIECE OF ENORMOUS SPECTACULARITY.
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210, mobile. (1882ca). 15 cts orange and 10 cts blue, mobile bell. Addressed to PARIS. By Viella de Aran. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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210, 202. 1882. 15 cts yellow and 10 cts carmine rose. BILBAO to BORGA (FINLAND). On the front, handwritten notation "Via Paris and Saint Petersburg", on the back, arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION.
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212(12). 1882. 75 cts violet-gray, block of twelve. CORREO CENTRAL / PRINTED CERT. MAGNIFICIENT.
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201, 202. 1883. 10 cts and 5 cts. CADIZ to SHERRY. MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL COMBINATION TO COMPOSE THE RATE OF 15 CTS.
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201, 205. 1883. 5 cts green and 40 cts brown. MADRID to RONDA (MALAGA). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE POSTAGE AND COMPOSITION OF THE TRIPLE POSTAGE RATE ACCORDING TO THE RATE OF JANUARY 1882.
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204(3). 1883. 25 cts blue grey, strip of three. Registered mail from MADRID to OLORON (FRANCE). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DOUBLE REGISTERED POSTAGE.
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210(5), 204(3). 1883. 15 cts orange, five stamps (one with a right corner, of no importance) and 25 cts blue-gray, three stamps. Registered from MADRID to TOLEDO, reissued to MADRID. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE FIVE-POST REGISTERED POSTAGE, A PIECE OF ENORMOUS SPECTACULARITY AND IMPORTANCE.
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211(2), 202(2). 1883. 30 cts lilac, two stamps and 10 cts carmine, two stamps. BARCELONA to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE POSTAGE COMBINATION TO COMPOSE THE DOUBLE POSTAGE RATE, COMBINING TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES.
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201, 210(3). 1884. 5 cts green and 15 cts orange, strip of three. CAUDETE to ALBAY (PHILIPPINES). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201(3), 203(3). 1884. 5 cts green, strip of three and 20 cts red chestnut, strip of three. Certificate from BARCELONA to SAN LUIS (USA) (certain minor erosions). MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL POSTAGE OF DOUBLE POSTAGE VIA ENGLAND.
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201(2), 204. 1884. 5 cts green, two stamps and 25 cts blue-gray. MADRID to ALICANTE. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE SECOND-RANGE POSTAGE.
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202, 204(6). 1884. 10 cts. and 25 cts., block of six. Judicial escrow of VEGA DE RIBADEO to CASTROPOL. MAGNIFICENT.
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206. 1884. 50 orange cts. Certificate from BARCELONA to PALERMO (ITALY). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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210(9), 212(4). 1884. Orange 15 cts, nine stamps and gray violet 75 cts, strip of four. Judicial Escrow from IBIZA to PALMA DE MALLORCA. MAGNIFICENT AND SPECTACULAR POSTAGE, VERY RARE COMPLETE WRAPPING.
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210, 212, 202. 1884. 15 cts yellow, 75 cts violet gray and 10 cts carmine pink. Certificate from BARCELONA to PARIS (FRANCE). Postmark: clover, ESTAFETA DE CAMBIO / (BARCELONA) and on the front marked R / ESPAGNE and French street vendor. MAGNIFICENT AND SPECTACULAR.
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210, 204. 1884. 15 cts yellow and 25 cts blue gray. MADRID to NEW YORK (USA), forwarded to WASHINGTON, applying the United States stamp of 2 red chestnut cents. On the back duplex dates NEW YORK / PAID ALL, CARRIER / 1 and arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTRAORDINARY RARE MIXED POSTAGE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
212(3). 1884. 75 cts violet grey, three stamps. Certified from BARCELONA to LONDON (GREAT BRITAIN). Trefoil postmark EXCHANGE STATION / (BARCELONA), on the front, handwritten note about a sentence for a crime of theft and arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE EIGHT POSTAGE CERTIFIED.
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202, 210. 1885. 10 cts. and 15 cts. GRANADA to LYON (FRANCE). Postmark GRANADA / (15). MAGNIFICENT COMBINATION.
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202, 204(2), 210. 1885. 10 cts., 15 cts. and 25 cts., pair. Certificate from BARCELONA to LUND (SWEDEN). Postmark BARCELONA / EXCHANGE POSTMARK. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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202, 210. 1885. 10 cts and 15 cts. GRANADA to PARIS. MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL COMBINATION TO COMPOSE THE RATE OF 25 CTS TO FRANCE.
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204, 206. 1885. 25 cts blue-gray and 50 cts orange. Registered mail from Madrid to OHRDRUF (Germany). Arrival date on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DOUBLE POSTAGE REGISTERED.
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206, 210. 1885. 50 cts orange and 15 cts orange. Certificate from BARCELONA to CUYABA (BRAZIL). Circulated via Badajoz and Lisbon. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE POSTAGE.
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210(2), 202. 1885. 15 cts orange, two stamps and 10 cts carmine pink. SAN MARTIN DE PROVENSALS (BARCELONA) to QUEZALTENANGO (GUATEMALA). MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE DESTINATION.
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211(2). 1885. 30 cts lilac, two stamps. BARCELONA to MANZANILLO (CUBA). MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL DOUBLE POSTAGE.
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211, 203. 1885. 30 cts lilac and 20 cts red chestnut. Certificate from MADRID to OHRDRUF (GERMANY). Postmark ESTAFETA DE CAMBIO / MADRID. MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL COMBINATION OF POSTAGE TO COMPLETE THE 50 CTS RATE.
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212. 1885. 75 cts violet gray. Front (with flap) of Certificate from SAN SEBASTIAN to ROUEN (FRANCE). On the front is marked R / ESPAGNE, in blue and French mail carrier BORDEAUX A PARIS-RAPIDE. BEAUTIFUL AND RARE DOUBLE POSTAGE CERTIFICATE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
201, 203. 1887. 5 cts green and 20 cts brown. Addressed to NIKOLSBURG (present-day MIKULOV, CZECH REPUBLIC). Very faint postmark from the province of Barcelona and arrival on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION TO THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE WITH A RARE COMPOSITION OF THE 25 CTS RATE.
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204(2). 1887. 25 gray cts, two stamps. MADRID to PARIS. CERTIFIED postmark / MADRID. BEAUTIFUL AND RARE.
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204, 206. 1887. 25 cts grey blue and 50 cts orange. Certificate from TUDELA to PARIS (FRANCE). Postmark TUDELA / (PAMPLONA) and on the front French traveling post BORDEAUX-PARIS-RAPIDE. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DOUBLE POSTAGE CERTIFIED.
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205. 1887. 40 chestnut cts. BARCELONA to CUBAYA (BRAZIL). On the back arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION.
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210(3), 212. 1887. 15 cts, three stamps and 75 cts. Certificate from FERROL to BLANES. On the back transits and arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL WITH TRIPLE PORTION.
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210, 211, 201. 1887. 15 cts orange, 30 cts lilac and 5 cts green. Certificate from BARCELONA to COPENHAGEN (DENMARK). Postmark ESTAFETA DE CAMBIO / BARCELONA. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE COMBINATION OF POSTAGE AND UNUSUAL DESTINATION.
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203, 201. 1888. 20 cts and 5 cts. BARCELONA to VIENNA (AUSTRIA). MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE COMBINATION TO COMPOSE THE RATE OF 25 CTS TO AUSTRIA.
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205. 1888. 40 cts chestnut. BAYONNE (PONTEVEDRA) to MONTEVIDEO (URUGUAY). Postmark BAYONNE / (PONTEVEDRA), in blue and on the reverse transit through Vigo and arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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210(2), 203. 1888. 15 cts orange, two stamps and 20 cts red chestnut. MADRID to MANILA (PHILIPPINES), forwarded to DAET. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE POSTAGE AND DESTINATION.
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201, 210(3). 1889. 5 cts green and 15 cts orange, three stamps. CAUDETE to MANILA (PHILIPPINES). Postmark CAUDETE / ALBACETE, in blue. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE DESTINATION TO THE PHILIPPINES.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
205(2). 1889. 40 cts, pair. Addressed to BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA). MAGNIFICENT.
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207. 1889. 1 pts pink. Certificate from BARCELONA to VIENNA (AUSTRIA). Arrival on the back (seals removed, only indicated for information). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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215. 1896. 5 cts blue. Printed from ZARAGOZA to VIENNA (AUSTRIA). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
(circa 1900). Ten Bills of Exchange stamped with different values from the "War Tax Figures" issue. MAGNIFICENT.
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215. 1900. 5 cts blue. Postcard from BARCELONA to TILFF (BELGIUM). Postage assessed at destination for insufficient postage, marked "T" in black and with a green Belgian 5 cts stamp. EXCELLENT.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
210, Fis 3. 1901. 10 cts MOBILE and 15 cts. VILLACARRIEDO to ROME. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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242. 1902. 5 cts green. Postal Card from BARCELONA to PARIS (FRANCE), forwarded to SAINT MORITZ (SWITZERLAND), circulated as printed. Valued on arrival with 10 cts, applying Swiss tax stamp for the amount due. MAGNIFICENT.
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Spain. Alfonso XII
173(25). 1903. 4/4 cuartos, twenty-five stamps obverse and reverse. VIGO to EASTBOURNE (ENGLAND). On the back arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE POSTAGE.
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173(25). 1904. 1/4 cuartos, one hundred stamps on obverse and reverse. VIGO to BRISTOL. On the back arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE POSTAGE.
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173(25). 1904. 1/4 cuartos, one hundred stamps on obverse and reverse. PALMA DE MALLORCA to KINGSTOWN. On the back arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE POSTAGE.
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242, 243, 245. 1905. 5 cts green, 10 cts red, 15 cts lilac chestnut and 1p red and gray Maltese stamp. SEVILLE to TEPLITZ-SCHONAU (BOHEMIA). On the back arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE MIXED PHILATELIC POSTAGE ON A TRULY CIRCULATED LETTER.
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242, 243. 1907. 5 cts green and 10 cts red on Card (German) Uncut Postcard from SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE to NEUBABELSBERG (GERMANY) of 10 p red and with additional postage of 5 p. Possibly deposited on a German ship in transit through the Canary Islands. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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243, 270. 1913. 10 cts red and 15 cts violet. Addressed to ROME (ITALY). Postmark ROMA / (CENTER), applied upon arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE MIXED POSTAGE OF DIFFERENT ISSUES.
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