| SPAIN.
Thermal ATM issues 1998 |
T16
(24) |
COMICS.
MORTADELO
Y FILEMON /
Comics.
Clever & Smart |
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Date
of issue :
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November 1998 |
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47 x 27 mm.
- Format type 2 |
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Paper
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Thermal phosphorescent
self adhesive |
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Imprint
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Thermal on
black |
| Imprint
varieties : |
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6 with
original face value in Ptas. |
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Values
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1
to 999999 PTS / 0,01 €
to 99,99 € |
| Design
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Francisco Ibañez
Talavera and
FNMT |
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Printer
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FNMT.
Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre |
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Printing
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49.337.300
labels |
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One of the most well known and
beloved couples of Spanish strip cartoon, Mortadelo y Filemon
(Clever & Smart) were created in 1958 by the
cartoonist and scriptwriter
Francisco Ibañez Talavera. Their
adventures were published in the
Pulgarcito (Tom Thumb) and Gran Pulgarcito
(Great Tom Thumb) magazines and soon they were a great success.
The two characters worked
at the spying agency named TIA, with Filemon (Smart)
as the boss and
Mortadelo (Clever) as an absentminded employee
who was specialist in disguising as many different and resourceful characters.
His nice adventures made him always end being pursued by his boss or some
desperate customer.
Information
: Informativo 4/98 Servicio Filatelico
Edifil
3531 / Yvert 3105 /
Michel
3371 |
Their
author, Ibáñez, was born in Barcelona in 1936
and he created some well known characters like "Doña Ursula",
"La familia Trapisonda", "El Botones Sacarino" and "Rompetechos",
amongst others. |
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| The
label issue dedicated to the Comics is linked with a philatelic
issue on 26th february, 1998, with the same motif and similar design. |
If
you want to know more about the autor and his comics, visit the official
website :
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(
click over the image ) |
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