Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2020 13:59:35 GMT -5
Sobres prefranqueados Correspondencia Epistolar Escolar “Don Quijote”
In 1998, Correos of Spain issued two sheets of 12 stamps depicting scenes from the two parts of Don Quijote. Each stamp depicted a scene from a chapter of the novels.
The stamps were issued as part of a campaign to stimulate letter writing by schoolchildren. Together with the sheets, Correos issued pre-franked envelopes (sobres). Each had one of the stamps from the sheets imprinted and an enlarged scene on the right-hand side of the face of the envelope. The envelopes were issued in four packs of 6 envelopes. The packs also included writing paper. At the top of the sheet appear the two images of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza that also appear on the two sheets of stamps.
The envelopes prepaid inland postage for standard letters.
The scenes were drawn by “Mingote,” a famous Spanish cartoonist. Ángel Antonio Mingote Barrachina, 1st Marquis of Daroca, drew daily cartoons for the Spanish daily newspaper ABC from 1953 until he died in 2012.
In 1998, Correos of Spain issued two sheets of 12 stamps depicting scenes from the two parts of Don Quijote. Each stamp depicted a scene from a chapter of the novels.
The stamps were issued as part of a campaign to stimulate letter writing by schoolchildren. Together with the sheets, Correos issued pre-franked envelopes (sobres). Each had one of the stamps from the sheets imprinted and an enlarged scene on the right-hand side of the face of the envelope. The envelopes were issued in four packs of 6 envelopes. The packs also included writing paper. At the top of the sheet appear the two images of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza that also appear on the two sheets of stamps.
The envelopes prepaid inland postage for standard letters.
The scenes were drawn by “Mingote,” a famous Spanish cartoonist. Ángel Antonio Mingote Barrachina, 1st Marquis of Daroca, drew daily cartoons for the Spanish daily newspaper ABC from 1953 until he died in 2012.
