COVER N.20 - Spain
Postmark: Sant Cugat del Valles - 02JUL2021
Posted on the  2nd July; received on the 12th July.
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Cover  #20 arrived from our next door neighbours, Spain, from the capital city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Barcelona, with postcard # 9 inside. Gràcies Carina & Maria.

Barcelona is a place of wonder and many are the sights worth visiting, but of course Gaudi's masterpiece, the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, ranks as n. 1 in the list of jaw dropping artistic, architectural, museological, historical and musical offers. The only problem is having the time (and of course, the necessary ...resources...) to  establish a visit programme. Gaudi alone is enough for a couple of days, at least, but then there's Miró, Tapies, Dali (Figueres is just a hop away)  not to mention  Lichtenstein; Botero ... and all have street works that can be admired foo free... 

and then there's music at the magnificent Palau de la Música Catalana, but even if you do not have the time, music is always around, because Catalan has got to be one of the most musical idioms there is (at least to my ears).

Trust me... you'll like it!

The A2 tariff  (standard letter within Spain from 20 to 50 g) auto-adhesive stamp was issued on 23MAY2018 and celebrates the La Celestina Festival, a theatre festival held each year in August at Puebla de Montalban, Toledo, Castilla la Mancha, named after the major (and sole) literary work of its most illustrious son, Fernando de Rojas, a Spanish writer of the 16th century, 

The 0,70€ stamp, also of the auto-adhesive type, was issued on 26FEB2021 as part of a 2 stamp set (0,70€ and 1,5€) featuring the winners of the VII stamp design contest - Disello,

The Disello contest is promoted annualy by Correos España, the first edition having taken place in 2014.

The machine applied  postmark tells us that the letter was mailed at Sant Cugat del Vallès, a municipality 20 km to the North of Barcelona. The vignette reads "Postal Express, Siempre a tiempo" (Postal Express, always on time).