PHILATELY OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Propaganda of the Postage Stamp

While by no means unique to the Spanish Alzamiento (Uprising, or Spanish Civil War), the use of postage stamps as propaganda and messengers for political and international purposes is, in this instance, exemplary and dramatic. This discussion of the Stamps of Spain during the period of Civil War features a few of the highlightes of the era, and concludes with the extension of the imagary of the war into the Cold War, of which The Spanish Civil War was arguably the first battle. A Brief History General Franco The Defense of Madrid International Involvements The Cold War