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"Orfanato" in Spanish translates as "Orphanage", so these are probably originally Charity "stamps" of some sort. Waterlow were prolific printers of Spanish stamps ( and Cinderellas ) in the 20s and 30s, and given the presence of an airship on the stamps I would definitely judge this as pre WW2.
The Guinea overprint is similar to that o/p on the Barcelona Exhibition stamps of Spain and "may" (unlikely) be genuine, but the "Habitalado" , which I think is intended to validate these for postage is in my opinion likely to be 100% bogus, and produced during the Spanish Civil War - when all sorts of dubious items were produced - mainly to raise funds for one "cause" or the other. However they appear to be quite professionally done.
You really need to seek the advice of a real Spain specialist - possibly one of the specialist societies can help.
Interesting nevertheless.
Malcolm
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I have not been able to identify these 5 Spanish Stamps that have a Guinea overprint on them. Does anyone know anything about them ? Thanks, Steve
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re: Spanish Stamps
"Orfanato" in Spanish translates as "Orphanage", so these are probably originally Charity "stamps" of some sort. Waterlow were prolific printers of Spanish stamps ( and Cinderellas ) in the 20s and 30s, and given the presence of an airship on the stamps I would definitely judge this as pre WW2.
The Guinea overprint is similar to that o/p on the Barcelona Exhibition stamps of Spain and "may" (unlikely) be genuine, but the "Habitalado" , which I think is intended to validate these for postage is in my opinion likely to be 100% bogus, and produced during the Spanish Civil War - when all sorts of dubious items were produced - mainly to raise funds for one "cause" or the other. However they appear to be quite professionally done.
You really need to seek the advice of a real Spain specialist - possibly one of the specialist societies can help.
Interesting nevertheless.
Malcolm
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