COVER N. 621 - SPAIN 

Postmark: 04.08.2025

Posted on the 4th August; Received on the 6th August 2025

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Something of a paradox.... Spain is Portugal's closest foreign country (in fact we have no other land border with anyone...) and yet I don't get that many mail from there, if I except the postcard that I always remember to send to my own self, whenever I cross the border for a short visit to the land of nuestros hermanos. 

So it is always a great pleasure to receive a letter or a postcard from any of Spain's beautiful regions, cities, places..

The more so when the envelope is graced with a nice stamp and an impeccably handwritten address that as always makes me blush in shame and envy, for I can't help but compare it to my horrific scribbles.

Muchíssimas Gracias, Eva, me gustó mucho tu carta.

Inside the envelope, I found no.2 of Eva's Zine dedicated to all things mail, as is her fine blog Mail Adventures, which I  visit frequently. 

This time, the pivotal question that accompanies the reader as he/she navigates through the pages of the miniature publication is "Why do people send mail?" the sort of query that I too find myself wondering about, often, although I confess i see it more from the negative proposition side, i.e., "Why don't people send mail?..."

And I do think that everyone of us can be an infection vector... all it takes is a piece of paper, and envelope, or a postcard and a stamp....

Just like Eva did...

The stamp Eva used is part of the 2025 issue (2 x 1,85 €) dated of 27MAR2025, of the series dedicated to Spanish Museums that was started in 2014. 

The museum highlighted in the stamp is the Museo Canario, located in Las Palmas de Grand Canaria (Canary Islands), dedicated  to the pre-colonial history of the Archipelago. Although established in 1880, the museum would be relocated to its current location (the former residence of one of its founders - Dr. Gregorio Chil y Naranjo) in 1930.

Further to a photo of the interior of the museum, the stamp also carries a photo of one of the artefacts on display there, this being a cult image of the Guanches people, the Guanches being the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands, before the colonisation by the Spanish in 17th century.

The mechanical postmark is unfortunately illegible.