Spain query.

Just confirmining,
the control numbers on the early Spanish
are sheet numbers right?
If I say have A535,348 on the back of a stamp,
that means all of the stamps on that sheet
have the same number?

"Control" suggests an accounting procedure?

On Mar 29, 1:09 am, "Rod" wrote:
Just confirmining,
the control numbers on the early Spanish
are sheet numbers right?
If I say have A535,348 on the back of a stamp,
that means all of the stamps on that sheet
have the same number?

"Control" suggests an accounting procedure?


It was more of a Security feature as security
at the Spanish printer was notoriously lax.

Hence the postal authorities could check
stamp stocks at any of the licensed kiosks
that sold stamps to make sure that they
were legitimate and not stolen from the printers.

The numbers were applied to vertical strips of
ten stamps at one time, so that you can find
vertical pairs with doubled control numbers
on BOTH stamps and horizontal pairs with
doubled control numbers on one stamp and
a single control number on the other stamp.

Blair

On Mar 29, 1:09 am, "Rod" wrote:
Just confirmining,
the control numbers on the early Spanish
are sheet numbers right?
If I say have A535,348 on the back of a stamp,
that means all of the stamps on that sheet
have the same number?

Yes. The same number oin stamps of the same sheet.

Blair

Thanks Blair,
very knowledgeable
I had washed two 1930's issues from piece (not joined)
both with the exactly same number.


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On Mar 29, 1:09 am, "Rod" wrote:
Just confirmining,
the control numbers on the early Spanish
are sheet numbers right?
If I say have A535,348 on the back of a stamp,
that means all of the stamps on that sheet
have the same number?

Yes. The same number oin stamps of the same sheet.

Blair