Description: This definitive postage stamp from Spain (España) pays tribute to Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, one of the most prominent dramatists of the Spanish Golden Age. The central vignette features an elegant three-quarter portrait of the author wearing a classical, heavily pleated white ruff collar (golilla) characteristic of seventeenth-century court fashion. Rendered in a deep bluish-violet ink, the design incorporates the face value denomination of 20 Céntimos in the upper-right quadrant, displaying the numeral "20" positioned cleanly above the abbreviation "CTS.". Centered broadly along the lower margin, the country name "ESPAÑA" sits directly stacked over the functional postal designation "CORREOS". The bottom margin neatly labels the subject as "RUIZ DE ALARCÓN" on the left, balanced on the right by the tiny acronym of the state security printer, "F.N.M.T.".
Circa: 1950s
Condition: Used - Hinged
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