Private postage:
(which explains the Spanish private postage admirably)
from "ask phil"

Private postage: 1: nondenominated stamps with inscription "Postage Paid"
valid for postage within the Australia and sold by some hotels in Australia
for convenience of guests. 2: stamps issued by a government for use of
private individuals, usually for large mailings or for mail deemed to be of
great benefit to the public; Spain 1869 and 1881 for pamphlet to schools,
Portugal rifle club. 3: hotel stamps, Lundy stamps.



"Blair" wrote in message
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On Jun 4, 2:29 am, "rodney" wrote:
On further inspection, I see other Spanish stamps defined as "private"
Pedro
but I have no idea how the definition is
applied.http://cjoint.com/data/geizk7CUFU.htm

"Pedro"

Well, the Edifil Spanish catalog defines it literally as a "private
issue". I think that what they try to say is that it was intended for
use
only inside the Congress/Senate and not by the rest of citizens in the
postal offices. Not available to general public. Correct me if I'm
mistaken.

There are numerous similar issues.
They were approved and valid for postage in specific instances,
but not necessarily available to the general public for all postage
purposes.

Blair