Description: This vintage 2 PTS (pesetas) fundraising label represents a specialized category of Spanish local charity issues. The central design is printed in a deep carmine-rose monochrome hue, depicting a highly detailed religious carving modeled after the historic gothic high altarpiece found within La Seo (The Cathedral of the Saviour) in Zaragoza, Spain. The vignette highlights a central holy figure standing with outstretched hands inside an arched alcove, looking down upon a gathering of figures. Framing the left border is a vertical panel of intricate, green-inked floral scrollwork patterns. The lower section features a small horizontal panel depicting two kneeling angels in profile flanking the explicit Spanish inscription "SIN VALOR POSTAL" (No Postal Value) and the bold title "PRO-SEMINARIO ZARAGOZA". Fine text along the lower edge credits the artistic reference to the "Seo Frag. Iz. Altar" (Left Fragment of the Seo Altar) on the left, and production to the printing firm Rieusset, S.A. on the right.
Circa: May 1945 (released as a limited, region-specific charity seal that was actively distributed and collected during May of that year).
Condition: Used - Hinged
Notes:
As explicitly printed via the "Sin valor postal" warning, these pieces are classified by philatelists as Cinderella stamps. They were organized under the guidance of local church authorities, specifically Reverend Father Sancho, to raise reconstruction and operational funds for the Zaragoza Diocesan Seminary.
During the post-Spanish Civil War era under Franco's government, it was a common regional practice to affix charity seals to mail alongside standard national postage stamps. While they did not pay for delivery, the public purchased them as compulsory or voluntary charitable contributions for local civic and religious causes.