EPELSA / MOBBA ISSUES 1992/1997
SILUETAS DE HOMBRES. 2ª SERIE BÁSICA /
MEN FIGURES. 2nd. DEFINITIVE SET
Date of issue :
July 8, 1993
Size :
47 x 27 mm.
Paper :
Thermal self adhesive - drawing 2 colours
Imprint :
Thermal on black
Design :
FNMT
Printer :
FNMT. Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre
Printing :
140.000.000 of labels

Second ATM of thermal type, not yet incorporated the lateral undulations, round central cut and great part of the safety measures that characterize the issues from 1995.

There are important design and tonality differences in the support papers for this issue, with backgrounds from the light yellow up to the orange colour.

This model especially is know because it was used as a support for two printing prototypes of MOBBA machines with 5 digits in the face value. Both machines were in service in 1994 and only for a short time.
 

MOBBA prototype
Machine 0000
From 4.3 to 8.4, 1994
MOBBA prototype
Machine 2001
From 1.8 to 23.9, 1994

 
MOBBA prototype - Machine 0000
Complete set with the 5 postal basic rates in 1994 and the machine receipt (06.04.94)
MOBBA prototype - Machine 2001
Complete set with the 5 postal basic rates in 1994 and the machine receipt (18.8.94)

Together with next issue - Model 3 (Letter), both issues have the most important conservation and printing degradation problems, because the thermal type paper used in their manufacture and especially the surface treatment of the adhesive labels ; You can see the two sets showed, printed with identical franking balances but on papers with different surface treatment (see the different yellow tonality of the two papers used).
 


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