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Post by david on Jan 2, 2022 19:06:48 GMT
This is the only stamp i have for this country/region. Hopefully more posts will follow soon.
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de61
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Post by de61 on Apr 9, 2022 12:26:13 GMT
Spanish Morocco issued a lot of colorful and interesting frame-and picture type stamps during its existence. The two souvenir sheets shown, Scott #173a & #174a issued in 1937, commemorate the first year of the Spanish Civil War. Both have black control numbers printed on the back, which is typical for many stamps of Spanish Morocco. The use of a six-pointed star on the sheets is intriguing. It does not, however, represent a Star of David, but signifies a Makhzen, which was the term used to describe the joint control of the government by the Spanish High Commissioner and the Sultan's representatives. The six-pointed star is the symbol of the Khaliph, who acted as the Sultan's supreme deputy within the protectorate. Spanish Morocco was a protectorate of Spain from 1912 to 1956, when it was incorporated into the independent country of Morocco, thus ending the Spanish and French colonial rule of the country. The Spanish Civil War actually began in Spanish Morocco when the Spanish Army of Africa, under the command of Francisco Franco, rebelled against the Spanish Republican government.
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Post by de61 on Apr 9, 2022 12:32:51 GMT
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Post by gstamps on Apr 10, 2022 14:41:21 GMT
I only have a few stamps and not in good condition. Scott 1, 15, 54 and 55
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