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25c – Don Fadrique de Toledo – (21 November 1537 – 11 December 1583), was a commander in the Spanish army during the Eighty Years’ War. 70c – Padre Jode de Anchieta (19 March 1534 – 9 June 1597) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of …
Anniversaries of the Franco’s uprising and of the end of the Civil war were the regular topics of Spanish Franco-period stamps. This set, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the end of the Civil War was especially pompous – showing all achievements which the rergime wanted to show to its people and to the outside …
In 1956 in Hungary happened a popular uprising against the current government, installed by Soviet forces. The uprising lasted 12 days and left thousands of people killed and wounded. Almost a quoter million of Hungarians fled into the exile. USSR invasion and occupation of Hungary left to an international condemnation. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, …
Unexpected help from Franco’s Spain to Hungarian Uprising Read More »
The usual propaganda stamps from the Franco’s era – annual Christmas stamp emphasizing tranditional catholic values. This time dedicated to the El Greco’s painting “The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint John“. El Greco (1541-1614) produced this painting at about the year 1600. Original is held at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. IOt’s …
Spain. 1955. Christmas. El Greco. “The Holy Family” Read More »