| SPAIN.
Thermal ATM issues 2OO5 |
T109
(117) |
| Railways
(6).
Steam
locomotive 1887. Museo
del Ferrocarril |
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Date
of issue :
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April
2005 (1st. date: 15.04.2005 / 21.04.2005-Phil.
Serv.) |
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47
x 26,5 mm. - Format type 3 |
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Thermal
phosphorescent self adhesive |
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Offset
and invisible ink -
Watermark C |
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Imprint
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Thermal
on black |
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0,01
€ to 99,99 € / Set Ph.S.: 0,28-0,53-0,78
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and printer :
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RCM-FNMT. Real Casa de la Moneda - Fabrica
Nacional de Moneda y Timbre |
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50.000.000 of adhesive labels (aprox.) |
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This is the Sixth issue of the ATM series which started
in 2001 and dedicated to the historical locomotives in Spain.
In 1887
the Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima constructed 3 steam
locomotives for the Sarria to Barcelona railway (S.B.),
with the numbers 10, 11 and 12. Some years later, when this railway
line was electrified, the locomotives were sold to the Mollet
to Caldas railway, where they acquired the new numeration 5,
6 and 7.
In 1941 they finally went to RENFE with a change
in the numeration 0232 to 0234. They are steam locomotives
030 (with 3-connected axles) and, very important, they are the first
constructed in Spain for a line of 1674 mm.
Two
of the locomotives received special names; Caldas
and Palau. This last one is the subject of the current
ATM issue.
The locomotive Caldas (S.B. 12, Mollet to Caldas
6 and RENFE 0233) was in service until 1972 and now is
exhibited in the Museo
del Ferrocarril (Railway museum) in Vilanova i
la Geltru (Barcelona).
(Image: S. Mas) |
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The
Palau locomotive (S.B. 10, Mollet to Caldas
5 and RENFE 0232) worked as a mining train for the Asturian company
Hunosa, and from 1993 it was put on show in the
Museo de la
Mineria y de la Industria, (Mining and Industry museum)
in El Entrego, Asturias.
(Image: Amics del Ferrocarril) |
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