| SPAIN.
Thermal ATM issues 2OO2 |
T73
(81) |
| Postal
Architecture. Donostia - San Sebastian |
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Date
of issue :
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October 2002 (1st.
known date : 25.10.02, Phil. S.) |
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47 x 26 mm.
- Format type 3 |
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Paper
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Thermal self
adhesive - multicoloured |
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Imprint
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Thermal on
black |
| Imprint
varieties : |
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2+2 (Epelsa
with 5 and 4 digits small and large) |
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0,01
€ to 99,99 € / Set Phil.S.: 0,20-0,25-0,50 € |
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Design
and Printer :
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RCM-FNMT.
Real Casa de la Moneda - Fábrica
Nacional de Moneda y Timbre |
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Printing
(not
official) :
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50.000.000
of labels |
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| Click
on the image to enlarge it |
The long set dedicated to the
postal
architecture continues, in this case with an issue dedicated to Donostia
- San Sebastian.
The main post office
is in the Urdaneta street, close to the neogothic cathedral of
the Buen Pastor. It was build between 1906 and
1909,
according to project of the architect Domingo Aguirrebengoa, although
initially it was destined to being the School of Arts and Offices.
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The
building has a public monumental character, with a French and International
eclectic style very popular at the time.
The façade include
neoRenaissance details, as the socle or, as it shows the image on the issue,
the frontons on the main balconies. Unfortunately the interior have many
modifications.
Image : Fotos
de Donostia |
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We finally emphasize that the
current issue is the first ATM to use the Euskera language
in the text (Posta Arkitektura. Donostia).
The
postal architecture in Spanish philately
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