Barcelona & Catalonia Cinderellas

One of the flagship store in Barcelona "Can Jorba" even once had a branch in Brussels in 1919. Families with children were on the roof was ready to have some fun and drink also a glass of condensed milk.
Then a cinderella of the founder and another of the anniversary of the foundation where there is a sketch of the building.

Not many people know that Can Jorba (in Catalan Jorba's House) store had also a Post Office branch with a postmark, which I'm not showing, as this is a cinderellas' thread.

Early 20th century: Pau Claris I Casademunt (Barcelona,1586-1641). Churchman and first president of the First Catalan Republic (1641).

Early 20th century, Lluis de Requesens I de Zúñiga (Barcelona, 1528 - Brussels, 1576). Catalan politician who commaded the allied fleet at the Lepanto battle (1571) and, was governor of Milan (1571-1573)and of the Low Countries (1573).

1916, Reus Esperanto Exhibition & Congress. 20 cinderellas unperforated blue sheet.

1950, Penya Catalunya de Barcelona (Barcelona's Catalonia Club). "stamps" to rise money for buying club's new premises. Face value in cent of pesseta (1/166 €).

September 25th, 1904 : cinderellas, to homage the "Unió Catalanista", one of the early Catalan Nationalist parties. There, you can see the rising sun with Catalan arms, a star (meaning Catalonia's independence), the Three branches tree (for the 3 Catalan speaking countries) and Montserrat Mountain (our Sacred mountain) and, in the bottom, a sickle (our national anthem is a song called "The harvesters") cutting Catalans' slavery chains.

Set of 10 tourist souvenir rouletted cinderellas printed in Barcelona in 1976. showing Catalan painters' works. The set retailed for 100 pta (0.60 €). About 25 € in today's money. Not cheap!

1899 Catalan nationalist cinderella asking for an economic agreement with Spain. The Catalan arms, sorrounded by the ones of the four Catalan provinces.

Issued around 1970, set of six cinderellas showing some views of Vilafranca del Penedès (39.000 hab. 60 km W of Barcelona). Printed in sheets of 20 asorted cinderellas.

1987, 67a Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Catalonia's Cycling Tour). Four unperforated cinderellas from a poster by Jordi Alumà (Barcelona, 1924).







Wishing all our SCF friends, a Merry Xmas and a wonderful 2014!

Moià (53 km N of Barcelona), August 15th 1954. A cinderellas sheet to commemorate the 50th anniversary, of the "Fruit tree Festival", organized by the opera singer Francesc Viñas I Dordal (Moià,1863 - Barcelona, 1933). The four cinderellas show aspectes of the artist's monument on his home town. Everything is written in the, then compulsory, Spanish language.





I wish all our SCF friends and family a Happy New Year 2014!

In late November Cursus published seals, three units dedicated to Pro-Local PCB (Barcelona's Catalonia Club) 1950. What does anyone know what sport or what activity did? Cursus may have some information more ...
Take this opportunity to wish everybody a good year 2014 about to commence and hopefully bring us everything we crave.

I'm sorry, Melic, I don't have any information about yhat "Penya Catalunya Barcelona". Knowing the time (Franco's dictatorship), perhaps it was just a cultural association, or something more political (Catalan nationalist?) under that cover.

A vignette about political weekly founded in Barcelona in 1928 called L'Opinió. He was in the first stage, an independent leftist political orientation. In a second stage, was subtitled "Journal Republican Left of Catalonia" but take a close political line soon broke relations. Finally disappeared in 1934.