Iberia, Lugo, & Zaragoza - Are They Considered Cinderellas??

Hi,
In a recent auction win I found an envelope of "Spain" stamps, with quite a few from Iberia, Zaragoza, and three from Lugo (civil war stamps).

May I assume that these were not recognized postage stamps and spaces for them will not be found in a Scotts album?

I'm fairly certain this is the case for Iberia, but until just the other day I didn't know about Zaragoza or Lugo.

Thank you!

I can't answer, but some of the CINDY guys were fly in here an illuminate our curiosity

See here for more on Zaragoza

https://goscf.com/t/19565&SearchTerms=zaragoza

As far as Zaragoza stamps are concerned, this is taken from a Linn's Stamp News reference:




More here at this previous thread:

https://goscf.com/t/19565

More on Iberia stamps (charity labels) here:

https://goscf.com/t/9999

Hi,
Thanks for the input. Looks like I'll just sort these and put away with other cinderellas. From what I can tell, they really have very little value.

Thanks again!

The rule I apply is that if stamps were issued and used as valid postage then they are stamps and not cinderellas.

Terry

I certainly can't argue that, although my benchmark is that if it isn't recognized in the Scotts Internationals, then it gets tucked away in a glassine. I just have no desire to collect cinderellas or other non general postage stamps.

I have a few of those; also some with Tangier overprints. I'm not really into "Cindys," but they are kept in the back of the Spanish section of my Scott Intl.

Same with some other countries. For me at least, I think they add another dimension to collecting.

The Iberian peninsula is the peninsula that has Spain and Portugal on it. I don't know what stamps you have, but I believe there have been times where "Iberia" on a stamp meant Spain. I don't know if this helps or confuses...

"Iberia" was the name Greeks gave to the Iberian peninsula, coming from the river "Iberus" (today's "Ebro", in Spanish or "Ebre", in Catalan). Incidentally, in the Basque language (spoken since pre-Roman times) the word "Eiber", means just "river".

Romans called the peninsula "Hispania", coming from the phoenician "Spharad" or "Land of rabbits", as these rodents were very common in our peninsula.

On the Iberian peninsula there are currently 4 stamp issuing entities: Andorra (French & Spanish P.O.), Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain.

But "Iberia" is also the name of the main Spanish airways company, that was issuing the charity labels that we're talking about. These labels can be widely found for nearly nothing...