Medicine through Philately, Spanish TB Seals, 2010 ed

Medicine through Philately, Spanish TB Seals, 2010 ed. by Professor Manuel Casal. Published 2010 by Andalusian Scientific Society, Cordoba, Spain. Softcover, 152 pages in full color.

An original classification system is used, and the seals are arranged chronologically by type. Included is the history of the double barred cross and double crescent as a symbol in the fight against TB, as well as the current status of TB in the world, and in Spain. Professor Casal is the director of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cordoba.

A 49-page general overview of the Spanish National Tuberculosis Foundation (PNA with its Spanish initials) and the seals it issued is followed by 100-page catalogue of color illustrations. The first section of the catalogue, "Images of Spanish TB Seals and Booklets of TB Seals," begins with seals first issued in Valencia in 1899 (no postal value) - featuring a portrait of Dr. Moliner and sold to aid tuberculosis patients at his Porta Coeli Sanatorium - and concludes with the final national issue released in 1980-81. This is followed by two short sections: "Images of Postcards, Envelopes and Documents with Spanish TB Seals" (beginning with a 1906 cover from Chipiona, featuring 10-cent Chipiona portrait of Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain whose husband King Alfonso XIII's father had died of tuberculosis in 1885) and "Images of Posters and Publications Relating to Spanish TB Seals" (primarily from the 1930s). A useful shorthand guide to Spanish TB seals. American Philatelist June 2011

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