SPAIN War Stamps, Barcelona, Franchise

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WAR TAX STAMPS

1873 Arms of Spain, inscription 'IMPUESTO DE GUERRA'

  5 c black
  10 c blue

These stamps have perforation 14.

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c c c  
10 c * c  


This is a deceptive postal forgery of the 10 c value. In the genuine stamps, in the line below the 'CE' of 'CENT', the engraver left his initials. These are missing in the above forgery.


Postal forgeries of the 5 c value, it also exists imperforate.

 

1875 Arms of Spain, inscription 'IMPto DE GUERRA'

  5 c green
  10 c lilac

These stamps have perforation 14.

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c * c  
10 c * *  

 

1876 King Alfonso XII, inscription 'IMPUESTO DE GUERRA'

  5 c green
  10 c blue
  25 c black
  1 P grey
  5 P red

These stamps have perforation 14.

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c * c Error 5 c blue: RRR
10 c * c  
25 c *** ***  
1 P RR RR  
5 P RR RR  

The error 5 c blue has been forged by chemical means.

Postal forgery:

Postal forgery

In the above postal forgery, the 'S' and 'T' of 'IMPUESTO' are not joined (they should be in the genuine stamps. The ear is too large and the inscription below the neck reads 'NLIA' instead of 'JULIA'. This forgery has been described in 'The Postal Forgeries of the World' by H.G. Leslie Fletcher. If my information is correct, this forgery was used in Barcelona.

 

1877 King Alfonso XII, inscription 'IMPto DE GUERRA'

  15 c red
  50 c yellow

These stamps have perforation 14.

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
15 c ** c  
50 c R ***  

Postal forgery:


Postal forgery of the 15 c value

A postal forgery exists of the 15 c value. In the genuine stamps the 'S' and second 'E' of the word 'PESETA' are touching each other at the top. In this postal forgery, they don't.

 

1897 Value

Inscription 'IMPto DE GUERRA 1897 A 1898'
  5 c green
  10 c green
  15 c green
  20 c green

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c ** **  
10 c *** ***  
15 c RR RR  
20 c *** ***  

Other values are fiscal stamps; 30 c, 40 c, 50 c, 60 c, 70 c, 90 c (all in green), 1 P, 1.20 P, 1.50 P, 1.80 P, 2 P, 2.50 P, 3 P, 3.50 P, 4 P, 4.50 P, 5 P, 6 P, 7.50 P and 10 P (all in red).

Inscription 'IMPto DE GUERRA 1898-99'
  5 c black
  10 c black
  15 c black
  20 c black

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c c c  
10 c * *  
15 c *** **  
20 c * *  

Other values are fiscal stamps: 30 c, 40 c, 50 c, 60 c, 70 c, 90 c (all in black), 1 P, 1.20 P, 1.50 P, 1.80 P, 2 P, 2.50 P, 3 P, 3.50 P, 4 P, 4.50 P, 5 P, 6 P, 7.50 P, 10 P, 20 P, 30 P and 40 P (all in blue). Example:

 

1898 King Alfonso XIII, inscription '1898-99 RECARGO 5 Cs'

  5 c black

This stamp has perforation 14.

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c c c  

BARCELONA

An extra tax was obligatory from 1929 to 1945 in Barcelona.

1929 Inscription 'EXPOSICION INTERNACIONAL BARCELONA 1930'

Inscription '1929':
  5 c blue ('Serie 1a')
  5 c red and lilac ('Serie 2a')
  5 c brown and yellow ('Serie 3a')

Inscription '1930'
  5 c green (two shades, 'Serie 4a')
  5 c violet and lilac ('Serie 5a')
  5 c black and yellow ('Serie 6a')
Similar stamps with inscription '1930' and 'C.F.y.E.F' 
instead of 'Serie x' were issued in 1930 for a philatelic exhibtion (
'Congreso Filatelico y Exposicion'): 
  5 c violet and blue 
  5 c blue and lilac

 

1932 'AYUNTAMIENTO DE BARCELONA'

  5 c green (two shades 'SERIE 1a')
  5 c red and yellow ('SERIE 2a', 1933)
  5 c black and orange ('SERIE 3a', 1934)
  5 c brown and green ('SERIE 4a', 1935)

 

1936 'AYUNTAMIENTO DE BARCELONA'

  5 c green

Exists with red overprint 'Arriba Espana 26 enero 1939' (see image above).

Special stamps (Franchise)

1869 Letter in an ellipse, inscription 'CARTILLA POSTAL DE ESPANA'

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
- R RR  

 

1882 Book, inscription 'FRANQUICIA POSTAL'

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
- R RR  

Postal Stationery

1873 Number, with lion at the bottom

5 c blue

1873 Woman's head with cap

  5 c green

Other postal stationery exists, in similar designs as the postage stamps. I have listed them there.

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