Barcelona & Catalonia Cinderellas

Barcelona, 1933, a cinderella by I.G. Vidiella: "Read l'Opinió". There, you can see a worker and a white-collar (with hat), reading the newspaper. From the Album Catalunya.

What a wonderful design ! It never ceases to amaze me what we see on Cinderella material.

Superb. When I see items like this I feel fully justified in my decision to give up on postage stamps.

Londonbus1

Thank you very much, Mike. I'm glad you like it. This is the poster from which the stamp was copied.

1987 Barcelona Esperanto Congress, one of the many cinderella sets issued for this event. This one, shows:

1.- Sagrada Familia Bassilic, as it was in 1987, quite different from today's.
2.- Barcelona Royal Palace 1359 Great Hall
3.- Casa Milà (known as "la Pedrera"), one of Gaudi's chief works.
4.- Barcelona Archeological Museum, showing the Empúries Asklepios statue, now on the Empúries Museum.

Today, at Barcelona's Plaça Reial (Royal Square)I ran into this booklet:





The booklet of the Antituberculose stamps, cinderellas and ephemera exhibition, held in Barcelona om October/November 1957.
Inside there's a treasure of information of this subject, and also a cinderella block, showing the five cinderellas issued for this exhibition and giving the names of the authors.





In fact, this block is just the central part of a much larger sheet. So large that I have to show it in 2 images:







On the corners you can see the original, 1907, cinderella; the portrait of Francesc Moragas(father of Catalonia and Balearic Islands Savings Bank), a picture of a Barcelona Anti-tuberculose Hospital and the Torrebonica Anti-tuberculose Sanatorium. On the central cinderella, it can be seen the Savings Bank Main Office (in 1957). The margins, show the arms of the Bank, as well as those of Lleida, Barcelona, Tarragona, Girona and Balearic Islands. The sheet was printed at Barcelona's Casamajó printing works.

On the back of the booklet there's the image of a kid looking at the 1907 cinderella with the background of chlidren playing and of the Sagrada Familia church, as it was in 1957; a symbol of the city of Barcelona.







The exhibition has held at the "Virreina Palace" on Barcelona's world known, Rambles. It also had a postmark on the anti-tuberculose subject.

As I was born in Barcelona a litle more than a year later than this exhibition, I can't help but recognizing myself in this child and his landscape. So, forgive me for the long text!

1987 Barcelona Esperanto Congress, one of the many cinderella sets issued for this event. This one, shows three churches on the Barcelona's Gothic District:

1.- Santa Maria del Mar church (XIV c.)
2.- Santa Àgata church, Catalan kings' Palace chappel (XIV c.)
3.- Cathedral cloisters (XIV-XV c.)
4.- Cathedral façade (XIX-XX c.)

Simply beautiful items.
The last 3 posts had me jumping up and down at my stamp table !

The TB sheet is just amazing. Thanks for showing us your find Cursus.

Londonbus1

Thank you very much Mike. The April 1987 Esperanto issue is quite big, with about 10 cinderella series and mini-sheets. I'm showing another one:

1.- Barcelona's old town seashore, with the C. Columbus monument, the middle age shipyards (XIV to XVII c.)and the Montjuïc mountain on the background.
2.- Catalan kings' gothic palace (XI to XVI c.), with the "King Martí's Tower".
3.- "Spanish Vilage" a turistic attraction, built for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition.
4.- Palau de la Generalitat (Catalan Governement Palace)(XV to XVII c.),

That's a really nice series.
I searched yesterday but didn't find any.
Are they scarce ? Expensive ?

Did the Machins arrive yet ?

Hi Mike. The 1987 Esperanto cinderellas, are neither rare, not too expenssive. I, actually, got them from an English e-bay dealer, for a good price.
The TB cinderella sheet, is another question: it's hard to find, and not cheap at all, unless you're very lucky and run into someone who doesn't know what she/he has.

I've just got the Machins today. Thank you very much. This afternoon, I'm sending an e-mail to you.

Barcelona, October 1987, Catalalonia Esperanto Congress. Barclona's landmarks:

1.- Romanic, XII c., church of Sant Pau del Camp (Saint Paul on the Fields)
2.- Santa Creu Hospital yard, XV to XVII c.
3.- Palau de la Virreïna (Viceroy's wife Palace), 1780, This was the 1958-1991 location of Barcelona's Postal Museum.
4.- Citadel's monumental fountain, 1888. Built by Josep Fontseré with the cooperation of a young Antoni Gaudí.

1929 Barcelona's photographic views:

1987 Barcelona Esperanto Congress, Barcelona's landmarks.

This month, 33 years ago, the foundation of "The call for solidarity for the defense of the Language" also known as "The Call." The activity lasted until 1993. You can highlight among others the campaign against LOAPA (a law unifying education) and the "Freedom for Catalonia". I removed three vignettes from a sheet published in 1987 that I think are not well known

Very interesting these cinderellas from the "Crida". Modern Catalan nationalist cinderellas is a field, still to be studied.

By the way, we've now, more than 36.000 readings. Hard to figure for such an specific subject!