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Post by cursus on Oct 26, 2023 7:03:23 GMT
Montserrat (Central Catalonia) April, 27th, 1947.
  
A nice set of cinderellas, with an interesting history behind.
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Post by cursus on Nov 8, 2023 9:03:12 GMT
Reus (100 km SW of Barcelona), 1916 Catalan Esperanto Congress and Exhibition
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Post by cursus on Nov 13, 2023 8:44:36 GMT
Barcelona, 1914, Catalonia's Esperanto Congress. Actually, a 1972 reprint.
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Post by rod222 on Nov 24, 2023 7:42:27 GMT
Apologies if already shown on this vast thread.
Barcelona
Gracia Red Cross Poster Stamp
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Nov 24, 2023 20:41:45 GMT
Shown, but not on this threath. On the "Philatelic Exhibitions, rest of Europe", page 3, by Michael, Londonbus1.
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Post by cursus on Feb 21, 2024 15:21:16 GMT
Barcelona, 1966. 50 years of the Institut Químic de Sarrià (private Chemistry University)
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Post by cursus on Feb 23, 2024 8:52:01 GMT
Barcelona: 1913 Car, bicycles and planes exhibition.
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Post by cursus on Feb 24, 2024 8:39:43 GMT
On late 1940's and early 1950's car races in Barcelona were run on circuit on the upper track og the Avinguda Diagonal (by then "Avenida delGeneralisimo Franco") close to the Palau Reial de Pedralbes and going up by the Avinguda de Pedralbes (by then "Avenida de la victória). An area not unknown by most people visiting our city.  |
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Post by cursus on Feb 25, 2024 16:45:54 GMT
Barcelona car races 1951
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Post by cursus on Feb 27, 2024 9:12:54 GMT
1954 Barcelona Car races
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Post by JeffS on Feb 27, 2024 11:23:01 GMT
cursus the original full-size artwork for these racing scenes must have been stunning!
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Post by cursus on Feb 27, 2024 11:57:24 GMT
Yes, they're. From time to time we can see exhibits of posters at the Catalan National Art Museum and they're very nice. But for me, and for anyone living today in Barcelona the most stunning fact is that the circuit was on the main SW entrance to Barcelona, where highways coming from the South and West of Catalonia, as well as from Spain, end. It's also, where the main Barcelona University faculties are. So, closing the traffic for a whole week-end would be unthinkable nowadays. Back on the late 1940s and 1950s, there were no highways, the Barcelona University was downtown and only rich people could afford cars. So, there were quite few of them.
I'm showing a map of the actual circuit, with the street names during the dictatorship (1939/1979).
The "Avenida del Generalisimo Franco" is nowadays the Avinguda Diagonal The "Avenida de la Victoria" is today's Avinguda de Pedralbes The "Carretera de Cornellà a Fogars de Tordera" is today's Carretera d'Esplugues
For those knowing somewhat Barcelona, is the area around Palau de Pedralbes  |
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Post by cursus on Feb 27, 2024 12:31:51 GMT
To end with races series, I'll show the 1950 cinderella.
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Post by cursus on Mar 5, 2024 8:13:20 GMT
1930s: Barcelona province Savings Bank.
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Post by cursus on Mar 8, 2024 10:01:57 GMT
1950s-60s Barcelona province Savings Bank
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Post by cursus on Mar 11, 2024 12:48:17 GMT
June 1911, Barcelona car races.
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Post by cursus on Apr 7, 2024 13:25:16 GMT
Barcelona, 1980. A cinderella from a technical publisher.
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Post by cursus on Apr 21, 2024 12:35:28 GMT
Tarragona (100 km South of Barcelona), ca. 1925. Turistic cinderella advertising the "Hotel de París" and showing the Arc de Berà, a late Ist century Roman triomph arch on the Via Augusta (a Roman road going from the Pyrenees to Cadiz, Spain).
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Post by rod222 on Apr 22, 2024 20:36:26 GMT
Tarragona (100 km South of Barcelona), ca. 1925. Turistic cinderella advertising the "Hotel de París" and showing the Arc de Berà, a late Ist century Roman triomph arch on the Via Augusta (a Roman road going from the Pyrenees to Cadiz, Spain). Tarragona Currently reading the voyage of the Greek Phocaen PYTHEAS (c 240 B.C.) In his trip from Massalia (Marseilles) past Emporion (Ampurias) through the pillars of Heracles and North to my part of the world, the tin mines of Cornwall. "Leaving Emporion, Pytheas continued southwest along the Spanish Coast, passing the site of the great modern city of Barcelona, without encountering any signs of his countrymen. At Iberian Tarragona he might have found friendly reception." Beyond the Pillars of Hercules : Rhys Carpenter Page 155 |
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Apr 23, 2024 7:23:48 GMT
At Emporion (Empúries, for us) Pytheas would have had a friendly welcome as the comercial colony ("Emporion", stands for "market" in Greek) was founded by people from Massalia around 580 BC on the Northen Catalan coast. The Greeks, called our peninsula "Iberia". "Hispania" is a Roman/Latin name.
Now, Empúries is a nice archaelogical site, with a branch of the Catalonia Archaeology Museum , showing the findings of the Greek and (later ) Roman cities.
Cinderellas, issued by Barcelona's stamp traders guild in 1980.
As for Bàrcino (Barcelona) and Tàrraco (Tarragona), Pytheas would have found the Iberian settlements of Barkeno and Kasse. Tàrraco was founded by the Romans around 218 BC and Bàrcino much later (around 10 BC)
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Post by rod222 on Apr 23, 2024 8:55:21 GMT
At Emporion (Empúries, for us) Pytheas would have had a friendly welcome as the comercial colony ("Emporion", stands for "market" in Greek) was founded by people from Massalia around 580 BC on the Northen Catalan coast. The Greeks, called our peninsula "Iberia". "Hispania" is a Roman/Latin name. Now, Empúries is a nice archaelogical site, with a branch of the Catalonia Archaeology Museum , showing the findings of the Greek and (later ) Roman cities.
Cinderellas, issued by Barcelona's stamp traders guild in 1980.
As for Bàrcino (Barcelona) and Tàrraco (Tarragona), Pytheas would have found the Iberian settlements of Barkeno and Kasse. Tàrraco was founded by the Romans around 218 BC and Bàrcino much later (around 10 BC)
Fabulous! thank you. I was also taken by the "Ionian" Pytheas, as apparently he was from Phocaea, which is in the Gulf of Izmir (current Turkiye) I still get a bit mixed up with the Greeks and the Phoenicians, I am not up to speed with that history. I am also guessing Pytheas may have visited Narbo (Narbonne) due to the assumed size of his ship, and ship's company. |
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Post by cursus on Apr 23, 2024 9:05:24 GMT
Actually, Greeks from Phocaea in Asia Minor (now, Turkey) founded the colonies of Massalia (Marseilles) and Emporion (Empúries). An earlier Greek colony (Rhode) was founded on the Northen side of very same Roses' Bay, were Emporion is (on the West), by Greeks coming from the Aegean island of the same name (Rhodes). Thus, giving the name of "Roses" to the bay. |
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Post by cursus on Apr 23, 2024 9:08:24 GMT
Being today Saint George's Day. Patron of England, Greece, Serbia, Egypt, Georgia and (last, but not least) of Catalonia, I'm showing an early XXth century cinderella.
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Post by cursus on May 14, 2024 9:15:03 GMT
Early XXth century: Borrell I (also known as Guifré II) count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona (897-911). Although on the cinderella it says "segon comte" (second count), he was not. He was, true, the second count of the dinasty founded by his father Guifré I, that was to rule our country up to 1410.
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Post by rod222 on May 14, 2024 9:22:53 GMT
Early XXth century: Borrell I (also known as Guifré II) count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona (897-911). Although on the cinderella it says "segon comte" (second count), he was not. He was, true, the second count of the dinasty founded by his father Guifré I, that was to rule our country up to 1410. Hi, Do we know the significance, or interpretation, of the bird effigy on a rod? |
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Post by cursus on May 14, 2024 11:23:20 GMT
No idea about the meaning of the bird on the sceptre. As there aren't any images of people on these dark years, artists (mainly 100 years ago) tend to be quite "imaginative"
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Post by rod222 on May 15, 2024 1:44:02 GMT
No idea about the meaning of the bird on the sceptre. As there aren't any images of people on these dark years, artists (mainly 100 years ago) tend to be quite "imaginative" Well then, that immediately instigates a challenge !  We cannot let that curiosity remain dormant. Fortunately, you cut the "Gordian Knot" with your precise locution... "SCEPTRE" (Bravo!) The sceptre represents the sovereign's spiritual role, with the dove representing the Holy Ghost. Traditionally it has been known as 'the Rod of Equity and Mercy'. linkDove and sceptre (Unable to post image right now) Suggestion: Whilst the item is Spiritual, and not the preserve of any one country, the Borell 1 sceptre image, seems to predate any other reference I could find by hundreds of years. Edgar the Peaceful ( r. 959–975) was the first English king to be crowned with an actual crown, and a sceptre was also introduced for his coronation. I wonder when the globe was added ? early Christian era, there were civilisations still believing in a flat earth.  |
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Post by rod222 on May 15, 2024 7:21:14 GMT
Further consideration The Sceptre of Zeus and Hades link |
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Post by cursus on Jun 1, 2024 6:19:19 GMT
Barcelona, October 1987. Catalan Esperanto Congress. Tourists visiting different landmarks of our city
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Post by cursus on Jun 13, 2024 15:23:16 GMT
It's hard to say wether a bookshop label can be considered a cinderella. Anyway, I save them and store together with my cinderellas, as they're quite interesting and can be dated looking at the text. This one, is from the Blanquerna bookshop in Barcelona's Diagonal avenue. I date it on the 1970s, because of the the phone number (without the "93" prefix) and the postal district number ("8") instead of the post code (on this case it should be "08008")
The name "Blanquerna" comes from the XIIIth century book "Llibre de Blanquerna" written in Catalan by Raimon Llull (Majorca 1232 - Tunis, 1316) one of the first Philosophy/Theology books ever written on a "vulgar Language" (other than Latin).
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