WORLD´S PHILATELY- Granada´92

The second issue that the Spanish Postal Administration has dedicated to Granada inside the 500th Anniversary series ( the first went to Santa Fe, since it was the starting point of Columbus´travels by land, backed by Ferninand and Isabella, before fitting out the ships that would carry him to the Indies ) is comprised of one block sheet with two stamps and a complementary picture showing the main part of the monument to Columbus in the city of Darro.This block sheet is a commemorative gesture on the occasion of the World´s Philately Exhibity Fair on the Discoverer´s passage through Granada and the crowning of his adventure in Guanahaní.

The motifs of the two stamps are exact replicas (except for their rates) of the stamps issued on September 29, 1930, dedicated to Columbus´ feat.They are philately´s now permanent symbol of the flagship flanked by the caravels, and the stamp depicting Columbus´ arrival in the New World.One is from the burin of Sánchez Toda, a master in the art of stamp engraving and an old acquaintace of philatelists; the other gives hobbyists a chance to research these mysteries which are an important part of the gestation of a stamp.Both were printed in London.

The Spanish Postal Service Propitiated the grant of this important philatelic show to our country and its placement in Granada, since Granada is a universal city whose limits stretch beyond the horizon to the west to all parts of America, whose roots lie in Granada, and to the east, to all the cultures Granada received, absorbed and still preserves in red stone and singing fountains, as a universal treasure.