POSTCARD N.37 -  Spain

Postcard sent on ?; received on the 6th October
Postcard image: Cala d'Hort - Ibiza
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Ibiza, the hippie Island of the 70's (last century, that is...) the island of  everlasting partying and boozing, niched in the warm waters of the Mediterranean with its sisters Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera, forming the Balearic Archipelago, was the place Marta, my younger daughter chose to go on a short stay with some friends. She knew daddy would love a postcard with a stamp so here it is... Thanks Martolas, dad loved it!

The Balearic islands are known for their nice beaches and judging from the one in the picture, it is easy to understand why, even though the water is too warm for my taste. I remember one year in Mallorca, it was so hot and humid that before going to bed i'd go to the beach for a cooling swim, but the water was in the high 20º C, so it was only scant relief....

Marta used a B Tariff self adhesive stamp from the 2017 "12 months, 12 stamps" series, issued on 01SEP2017, most adequately dedicated to the Illes Ballears, in Catalan or  Islas Baleares, in Spanish, the two official languages spoken in the Archipelago.

The background photo on the stamp is of a beach as expected while the IB letters identifying the archipelago are partially made out of iconic elements such as the Ibiza wall lizzard, Podarcis pityusensis, native to Ibiza and Formentera and the delicious Ensaimada, a pastry that is offered with a choice of fillings, the most common, I believe, being cream.

Unfortunately the cancellation mark is totally illegible, so there is not much to say about it...