Product Description
SCWPM.P69c - TBB.B512c - Date: 1-7-1925
Grade: Unc - Prefix letter: F
Post-war issued by the Republican side (1936)
Obverse: Dark blue and green print; multicolor underprint; red serial number.
Portrait of King Philip II "The Prudent" of Spain (1527-1598), from the painting by Titian (Tiziano) in Augsburg. Vignette of the Monastery and Site of the Escorial,which is a historical residence of the King of Spain, in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, near Madrid.
Reverse: Dark blue and red print; red serial number.
Reproduction of the picture by the painter of historical themes L. Álvarez "La Silla de Felipe II", where the rock in the form of a chair is seen from where the King supervised the works of El Escorial.
Watermark: Felipe II
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson and Company
Size: 141 x 100 mm. - Material: paper
More info about: Philip II (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen Mary I in 1554 until her death in 1558. He was also Duke of Milan from 1540. From 1555, he was Lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands.
The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a complex that includes a royal palace, a basilica, a pantheon, a library, a school and a monastery. It is located in the Spanish town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, in the Community of Madrid, and was built in the 16th century between 1563 and 1584.
