paul1
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Post by paul1 on Aug 23, 2023 17:27:33 GMT
Spain's Protectorate part of Morocco appears to have been small - one part in the north bordering the Med. the capital of which appears to have been Tetuan, which can be seen on this airmail issue - and another strip in the south bordering the Sahara. This 1 Peseta value in sepia appears to be SG 209 issued originally in July 1938, the design of which shows a 'Mounted Postman' - however, the cancellation date looks to be 5th April 1951, which seems to be a long gap after 1938, and I can't see that this value was ever re-issued, though I might have missed seeing it. I can't read the entire cancellation - something like ..... OTEGESPANA or similar perhaps, so if anyone can add information for this stamp - and quite why the lengthy gap between issue and use - would be very useful. thanks.  |
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cjoprey
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Post by cjoprey on Aug 23, 2023 20:27:22 GMT
I agree with the date of 5th Apr 1951 - Spanish Morocco existed until 1956 when it was joined with French Morocco to make the Kingdom of Morocco, so it is quite possible this airmail stamp from 1938 was still in use at the time. I think the cancellation says "Protec. España" in the top bar (e.g. "protectorate of Spain"). The bottom bar says "Maruecos" for "Morroco" and then in the bottom section is "Tetuan" which was the capital city of Spanish Morocco. I'm afraid I can tell what the top section says. hope that helps!  |
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paul1
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Post by paul1 on Aug 24, 2023 9:56:25 GMT
thanks for taking the time to have a peek cjoprey (Chris) - much appreciated, especially the up-date on the more recent history of Morocco. It does indeed seem a long period of usage from '38 to '51, assuming that is the case, but it's likely progress doesn't move so quickly in less sophisticated countries and maybe change isn't seen as so important. Have a feeling this 'mounted postman' - either on horse or camel - was not uncommon in the middle east in the earlier parts of the C20 - cheaper than 'gas' no doubt and more reliable!
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Aug 24, 2023 17:20:03 GMT
The postmark, hexagonal, is typical of the Spanish airmails of the time and on the upper part of the pm you can read "Correo Aereo" (Spanish for "air mail"). In the middle row I read "Protec.español" (Spanish protectorate) and (as already pointed) "Marruecos". As for the lapse between issuing and using the stamp: 13, is not strange, as stamps issued by Franco's regime, were valid up to the euro (2001). Off course, not the colonial ones, but Spain's yes.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 25, 2023 0:19:21 GMT
I have a minor highlight in my collection of Spanish Morocco - I'll cross post something here from an old (2013) thread entitled " Your nicest surprise". I doubt it's been viewed by too many people recently so I bet I can get away with it. ("TRANSGRESSION," says Officer Pupp.) No $1200 score here - maybe it's worth at least double catalogue value, though, so that would move it all the way up into the 40 cent range. ha ha Many stamps from Spanish Morocco have a control number printed on the back, just like stamps from Spain back in the days of King Alfonso XIII. These numbers are seldom very high - I have maybe 20 or 25 of these stamps that I've found in kiloware and various lots, and maybe only 3 of them have control numbers higher than 10,000. But this one came in a lot of 500 assorted mint stamps that I won on eBay, and it's definitely the lowest control number I've seen so far. I have a corner stamp on another value in the set and the control number on that means that the sheets were likely 5 x 7, thus the #98 here is from the final column on the sheet.   Ryan |
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paul1
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Post by paul1 on Aug 25, 2023 8:23:06 GMT
thanks Ryan - for whatever reason I don't see too many Spanish Morocco issues - must get out more often - and having turned this one over it doesn't appear, originally, to have been provided with a control No., which is probably accounted for by the fact that such Nos. ceased (generally;-)) in the 1930s, and the printing date of my stamp was 1938 I think, and printed in London by Waterlow.
Working along the lines that for me a little knowledge is dangerous and that generalisations are equally dodgy, I understand that (generally;-)) control Nos. are without collector value, and were used for inventory purposes and as a hinderance to larcenists? Apparently a sheet of stamps will carry a Control No. within the selvedge on the face of the sheet, and this same No. is repeated on the back of every stamp of that sheet. Again, my source for these generalisations suggest that the No. 000,000, may be the exception to the rule of 'no collector value' - and stamps with zeros such as this are found only on 'specimen' stamps - does that sound about right.
Taking a slightly educated punt, believe your stamp is SG 396 Airmail (the black and blue 1 Peseta 10 c.) - 'La Yunta - which seems to mean 'ploughing', and was printed in Barcelona in 1953, which fact possibly accounts for the Control No. appearing on a stamp much later than we might expect to see Control Nos. not printed in Spain?
Please put me right should I be massively wrong - many thanks:-)
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