This Lighthouses issue is devoted to the following six Lighthouses: Calella (Barcelona), Chipiona (Cádiz), La Entallada (Fuerteventura); Cap de Sant Sebastiá (Girona), Castell de Ferro (Granada) and Faro Valencia .

The lighthouse of Calella is located on a hill 50 m above sea level. It was inaugurated in December 1859. It first worked with oil and later with petroleum. It was electrified in 1927. It is currently in service and has a light range covering 35 nautical miles.

The lighthouse of Chipiona became operational in 1867. It has a height of 62 m above the basement and consists of a conical tower. It initially worked with oil and then with petroleum. It was electrified in 1942. Its has a light range of about 80 miles.

The lighthouse of Punta La Entallada in Fuerteventura is a square tower 12 m high, on a one storey stone building. It came into service in December 1954. Its light is white and its range is of 21 miles.

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published April 29th, 2011

The XXII edition of the National Youth Philatelic Exhibition (Juvenia 2011) took place this year in the Pósito building in Santa Fe (Granada) from the 12 to 17 April.

Juvenia is held every two years and has become the most important event in youth stamp collecting. The program, as in previous editions, includes besides the exhibition, workshops, seminars and other activities to promote and encourage stamp collecting.

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published April 20th, 2011

Within the Cathedrals issue, a one stamp souvenir sheet is launched devoted to the Cathedral of Sigüenza. The stamp features the main sacristy whilst the souvenir sheet depicts a view of the main facade and the remaining cathedral compound.

The impressive building of the Cathedral can be seen as one approaches the town of Sigüenza. Depending on the position from which it is looked upon it can resemble a fortress when seen from its western façade with its two beautiful battlement towers protecting three 13th century Romanesque facades. The middle one is called the “Gospel” façade and serves as the main entrance to the temple and is crowned by a splendid rosette. The side of the cathedral facing the Plaza Mayor of Sigüenza features a slender tower next to which is attached another impressive rose window that provides light to the cruise. Beneath this rose window there is a neoclassic façade. This rosette together with the upper stained glass windows provides lighting to the inside of the church. The characteristic features of Gothic Cistercian are predominant both in the outside and in the church interior.

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published April 17th, 2011

One of the most frequent themes in history of art has to do with Christmas. This event features in early Christian art. However, it is in the Middle Ages when this hagiographic happening acquires greater focus and attention from artists. This iconography has served as stimulus and devotion with significant echo in general belief.

The birth of Jesus has gone beyond time and art expressions. Not surprisingly, the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles gave a double meaning to the profusion of biblical and hagiographic images of this stage in the life of Jesus thus promoting the great event of the coming of the Saviour amongst believers and recreating it in different forms of artistic inspiration whether it be (read more)

published November 23rd, 2010

On July 14th 2005, the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced the “Alliance of Civilizations” as an initiative aimed at promoting the commitment of the international community to bridge the gap between Islamic and Western societies. The project aims at involving society, both institutionally and civically, in the effort to build bridges to overcome prejudice, misperceptions and polarization that could threaten world peace.

The Alliance aims to avoid the problems arising from hostile positions that encourage violence and to try to boost cooperation to overcome these divisions. The events of recent years have high lightened the lack of mutual understanding between the Islamic and Western world and this climate has been exploited by extremists throughout the world. The “Alliance of Civilizations” appears as a coalition against such forces to reach a common ground (read more)

published November 8th, 2010

It has taken several months for the issue to finally be released but here it is now

The Spanish football team has won, for the first time in history, the World Football Cup and philately commemorates this event with a souvenir sheet depicting a snapshot of the winning team and the coveted trophy.

After a long month of competition, the 19th edition of the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 closed its doors on 11 July, with the triumph of the Spanish team against the Netherlands. Both teams played the final match at the Johannesburg Stadium where, in the second half of the extra-time, the Spanish team beat the Netherlands 1-0 and (read more)

published November 5th, 2010

With a title fit for a thriller movie “The Sacking of Afinsa”  a book will be on sale on the 28 of October that tries to clarify the Philatelic scandal and finally offer a credible story of the intervention of the philatelic companies Fórum Filatélico and Afinsa that before their unexpected closure by the Spanish authorities on the 9th May 2006  had dedicated themselves for more than 25 years to the philatelic business and philatelic investments in Spain.

The intervention took by surprise all the country with the presumed macro-scandal leaving without their savings almost half a million families. A little more that 1% of the entire population.

After almost five years; with a Government that after the intervention has not cared about the victims of the supposed swindle, with subsidized Organizations of Consumers who have manipulated the affected interests and wills of thousand of innocent victims, with mass media publishing their own theory of the swindle and with a loaded judicial process of irregularities and contradictory sentences,  finally the opportunity of at least finding out part of the truth of the intervention of Afinsa Bienes Tangibles, S.A. appears.

The book is without a doubt a great journalistic investigation carried out by its author, Mila Hernán, one of more  than 190,000 people affected by the intervention of Afinsa, that took place on the 9 of May of the 2006. It seems the truth is finally out there and that the whole intervention was a politically manipulated action!

published October 13th, 2010

Correos has confirmed the news that a new stamp will be issued during September/October 2010 to pay tribute the Spanish Team glorious win at the 2010 South Africa World Cup.

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published August 26th, 2010

The cathedral of Segovia began to be built in 1525 following the design of Juan Gil de Hontañon during the reign of Charles V to replace an earlier cathedral which had been destroyed in 1520 during the War of the Comunidades. It is of a late gothic style and in its construction were also involved Gil de Hontañon’s son Rodrigo, who designed the transept and the head and Juan de Gruas who built the cloister.

The plan and construction of this magnificent temple has the traditional three naves and chapels located between the buttresses, which are closed with wrought iron bars of great beauty and artistic value. In the transept there is a big dome and at the head there is a retrochoir and seven polygonal chapels. Its external appearance is of remarkable beauty and monumentality enhanced by the pinnacles, flying buttresses and magnificent (read more)

published July 13th, 2010

The XIX World Football FIFA Cup South Africa 2010 taking place from June 11 to July 11 will be held in ten different stadiums throughout South Africa and the final will be played in Johannesburg. 32 teams have qualified and will play in two classifying rounds.

The stamp depicts the official logo representing a football player over the map of the African continent in the colours of the South African flag.

published June 29th, 2010

On occasion of the celebration of FILATEM 2010 in the city of Avilés from the 19 to the 26 of June, Correos issues a stamp depicting the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre to be inaugurated in 2010 in this town in Asturias. Both the Spanish Central Government and the Principality of Asturias are involved in the project. It will be a cultural complex of international importance, attracting knowledge and artistic creations that will contribute to the economic and urban regeneration of the Estuary of Avilés, which is undergoing a complete industrial transformation.

This first project of Oscar Niemeyer in Spain will hold an auditorium with capacity for 1.000 spectators; a one-plan exhibition site; a viewing point over the estuary and the city; a multi-use building that will house a cinema, rehearsal areas and meeting and conference halls and an open square, where entertainment and cultural activities will be programmed on a continuous basis, which will form a point of union between the Niemeyer Centre and the city. (read more)

published June 17th, 2010