SPAIN

SPAIN / ESPAÑA.

Issue EUROPA (C.E.P.T).
Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 02.05.1977.
Face value: 12 Spanish pesetas.
Printed by F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre), Madrid.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 8,000,000 copies.
Size: 45 x 33 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2399.
- Edifil No. 2414.
- Michel No. 2300.
- Scott No. 2042.
- StampWorld No. 2306.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2463.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2053.

Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido; Aragonese: Parque Nacional d’Ordesa y d’as Tres Serols) is situated in the Pyrenees, into the Huesca Province (Aragon). There has been a National Park in the Ordesa Valley since August 16, 1918. Its protected area was enlarged on July 13, 1982 to cover the whole region (including Monte Perdido), amounting to 156.08 km² (6,026.28 sq mi). Its altitude ranges between 700 m (2,296 ft) on the Bellos River and 3,348 m (7,375 ft) on the Monte Perdido. In 1977 it was declared a Biosphere Reserve, in 1988 a Special Protection Area for birds and in 1997 a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The basic morphology of the park is due to two orogenies, but mainly to the alpine folding and elevation of the Tertiary era, later shaped by glacial erosion during the Quaternary era, giving rise to a series of very defined glacial cirques and valleys, such as the Ordesa Valley (represented on the stamp) and the Pineta Valley.

ANDORRA

ANDORRA (Spanish Post).

Tourism.
Encamp Valley.
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 04.07.1972.
Face value: 1 Spanish peseta.
Printed by F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre), Madrid.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 350,000 copies.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 70.
- Edifil No. 73.
- Michel No. 72.
- Scott No. 63.
- StampWorld No. 70.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 68.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 65. 

The Encamp Valley (Catalan, Vall d'Encamp), also known as the East Valley (Catalan: Vall d'Orient) is located in the Andorran parish of Encamp, in the center of the country, northwest of its capital, Andorra la Vella. It is formed by the Valira d'Orient river and there are several towns, including Encamp (approximately 8,800 inhabitants) and Les Bons (1,180 inhabitants), at about 1,300 m (4,265 ft) above sea level. The road that leads to France through Pas de la Casa runs through it.

ANDORRA

 

ANDORRA (French Post).

Margineda Bridge over the Valira River.
Stamp issued on 24.02.1990.
Face value: 2.30 French francs.
Design: Ève Luquet (b. 1954).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 315,054 copies.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 406.
- Edifil No. 406.
- Michel No. 406.
- Scott No. 379.
- StampWorld No. 406.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 425.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 385.

The Margineda bridge (Catalan: Pont de la Margineda) is located in Santa Coloma, Andorra la Vella Parish. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra. It was built in the 14-15th century. The bridge spans a Gran Valira River. The archstones are pumice, to keep the structure light. The walls are made of granite.

ANDORRA

ANDORRA (French Post).

Llorts Mine.
Stamp issued on 23.04.1990.
Face value: 3.20 French francs.
Design and engraving: Claude Durrens (1921-2002).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 170,358 copies.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 411.
- Edifil No. 407.
- Michel No. 408.
- Scott No. 390.
- StampWorld No. 410.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 426.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 386.

This iron mine is located in the town of Llorts (179 inhabitants in 2017), located at an altitude of 1,430 m (4,690 ft), in the parish of Ordino. It was exploited from the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. The extracted mineral served to feed the forges and ironworks of Ordino and other parishes of Andorra. In addition to iron ore, pyrite was mined. In 2003 the mine was declared an archaeological zone and included in the cultural heritage of Andorra. The current small mine dates from the 19th century and can be visited.

ANDORRA

ANDORRA (French post).

Tourism.
Angonella Lakes.
Stamp issued on 28.06.1986.
Face value: 2.20 French francs.
Design: Sainson.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 633,989.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 371.
- Edifil No. 372.
- Michel No. 372.
- Scott No. 347.
- StampWorld No. 372.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 385.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 351.

The Angonella Lakes (Catalan: Estanys de l’Angonella) are a group of three small lakes in the Pyrenees located near the town of Llorts, to the northwest of the parish of Ordino, very close to the border with France. They are in a circus of glacial origin.

ANDORRA

 
ANDORRA (French post).

Airmail definitive stamps. Landscapes.
Incles Valley.
Last stamp in a set of 10, issued on 17.06.1961.
Face value: 5 French francs.
Design and engraving: Claude Durrens (1921-2002).
Printing: Recess.
Size: 41 x 27 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 177.
- Edifil No. 183.
- Michel No. 177.
- Scott No. C7.
- StampWorld No. 177.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 183.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 7.

The Incles Valley (Catalan: Vall d’Incles; French: Vallée d’Inclès) is located in the parish of Canillo, northeast of Andorra, near the border with France, at 2,748 m (9,016 ft) of altitude, in the Pyrenees mountain range. It is crossed by the river Incles, very close to its confluence of the Valira d'Orient. On the right bank is the village of Incles (375 inhabitants in 2017), visible in the stamp.

ANDORRA

ANDORRA (Spanish post).

EUROPA (C.E.P.T.) Issues.
Incles Valley (Vall d'Incles) and Mount Alt de Juclar.
Stamp issued on 06.05.1999.
Face value: 70 Spanish pesetas.
Printing: Photogravure.
Printed in the F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre), Madrid.
Print: 300,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Edifil No. 272.
- Michel No. 267.
- Scott No. 257.
- StampWorld No. 265.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 268.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 257.

Incles Valley (in Catalan, Vall d'Incles; in French, Vallée d'Incles; in Spanish, Valle de Incles) is located in the Andorran Pyrenees, in the parish of Canillo (northeast of the country), very close to the border with France. The river of the same name runs through it. It is a glacial valley open to the northeast, about 6 km (3.75 mi) long. At its head is the Alt de Juclar peak, 2,588 m (8,490 ft) high, visible in the background on the stamp.

SPAIN

SPAIN / ESPAÑA.

Tourism.
Bohí Valley (Vall de Boí), Catalonia.
First stamp in a set of 5, issued on 16.05.1966.
Face value: 10 cents of Spanish peseta.
Printed by F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre), Madrid.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 7,500,000 copies.
Size: 34 x 29 mm.

Catalogues
- Edifil No. 1726.
- Michel No. 1616.
- Scott No. 1353.
- StampWorld No. 1622.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1786.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1380.

The Bohí Valley (in Catalan, Vall de Boí; in Spanish, Valle de Bohí) is located in the Catalan comarca of Alta Robagorça, northeast of Catalonia. Its area is 219.5 km² (84.75 sq mi). The valley is especially known for its nine early Romanesque churches, making it the site of the densest concentration of Romanesque architecture in Europe, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on November 30, 2000. The valley too includes the highest ski resort in the Pyrenees, in Boí-Taüll, and is bordered to the northeast by the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park.

ANDORRA

ANDORRA (French post).

Sant Julià Gorges.
Fourth stamp in a set of 8, issued in 1938.
Face value: 1 French franc.
Engraving: Henry Cheffer (1880-1957).

Catalogues
- Edifil No. 39.
- StampWorld No. 40.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 39.

Sant Julià de Lòria is a town of about 10,000 inhabitants located in the south of Andorra, at an altitude of 908 m (2,979 ft), very close to the border with Spain, on the banks of the Valira River, which forms a gorge through which the international highway.