| SPAIN.
Thermal ATM issues 2OO1 |
T48
(56) |
| Turismo
- Mapa de España / Tourism
- Map of Spain |
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Date
of issue
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June
2001 (1st know date of use : 11.06.01,
Phil. Service) |
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47
x 26 mm. - Format type 3 (1st and 2nd
printing)
47 x 27 mm. - Format
type 4 (3rd printing) |
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Paper
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Thermal
phosphorescent self adhesive |
| Printing
process : |
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Offset
4 colours |
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Imprint
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Thermal
on black |
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1
to 9999 PTS
/ Set Phil. Service: 30-40-75
PTS
0,01 € to
99,99 € / Set:
0,26-0,51-0,76
€ (3rd
pr.-SIGNE) |
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Design
and printers
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F.N.M.T.
and SIGNE, S.A. |
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90601
/ 75.148.800
labels (1st.
printing)
90902
/ 35.018.900 labels
(2nd. printing - May 2002)
91103
/ --- (3rd.
printing, SIGNE S.A. - 2003) |
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| Click
on the image to enlarge it |
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The
summer arrives, begin the holidays and, as every year, million
of tourists around all the world visit Spain ; it's a very
good opportunity for this second ATM issue dedicated
to the tourism.
In the image we can recognize
the Spain shape (in red colours), the sea and ... the hot
summer sun.
Maximum
card TOURIST SPAIN-2. Author : J.M. Laynez
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According to the information facilitated by the Commercial services
of Correos, this special ATM issue had to commercialize
in the most tourist areas and only for exclusive use of Correos
collaborating companies ; During the summer and in the zones of great
tourist affluence, Correos sign different contracts with
private companies (Servi Expres in the Catalan coast, for
example) to distribute and to gather the large volume of mail generated
in hotels, camping and other tourist establishments, besides to sell the
ATMs there. This issue was edited in order to control the stamps
facilitated and sold by these companies ; Correos authorized
to certain post offices to issue the ATMs
under a special control and to sell them only to these companies.
But this was the
theory. In practice during 2001 some rolls were used normally in
several post offices for sale to the public in general.
The first ATM
issue dedicated to the tourism
was in October 1999, with one ATM showing different images
from Sevilla and gathered some of the Spanish tourist topics.
| Paper
and design varieties, errors ... |
There exists 3 printings of this ATM paper. The two first
ones were manufactured in 2001 and 2002 by F.N.M.T.,
and third one in 2003 by SIGNE, S.A..
The stamps corresponding to
the two first issues do not show significative differences, only the
habitual variations in the tonality or displacements of the
design, but we can see some important differences in those manufactured
by SIGNE, S.A.
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The general aspect is
that the paper used and the printing made by SIGNE, S.A.
are better quality. This is evident, for example, comparing
the micro printing continuous line under the word CORREOS. |
| 1st
and 2nd printing - F.N.M.T. |
3rd
printing - SIGNE, S.A. |
(Click
on the images to enlarge) |
In the details we can see the
different printing systems used in both cases.
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There
are no important differences in the design,
although some variations can be recognized (see, for example,
the blue outline on the left finishes in letter C of micro
printing in a case and the R in the other).
The different size
from both issues (47 x 26 mm for the stamps made by the
F.N.M.T. and 47 x 27 mm the made ones by SIGNE,
S.A.) is, possibly, the most evident difference, as well
as the physical characteristics of the stamp, the paper used
or the central cut. Unlike the other papers manufactured by
SIGNE, S.A., this one does not include the emblem
of Correos printed with invisible ink.
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| Other
philatelic issues ... |
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Several stamp
issues has been dedicated to the Tourism in Spanish Philately
; In 1990 one stamp was dedicated to the celebration of the
Tourism European Year, with the reproduction of a Joan
Miro poster. |
| Edifil
3091 / Yvert 2702 / Michel 2967 |
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TURESPAÑA
Spain Tourism
Web site |
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June 2001. Last updated:
08.09.04
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