Forty years after the first one, the carnival on Tenerife is being honoured with a second stamp. This means that the world’s second-largest carnival will soon be the talk of the whole of Spain.
Spain’s State Secretaries for Transport, Sustainable Mobility and Finance have announced two stamps: one in honour of the sculptor Roberto Michel and one entitled „Fiestas populares 2025. Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife“.
Both postage stamps are printed by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre – Real Casa de la Moneda. Here are the details and the issue date:
This is the stamp commemorating the Tenerife Carnival
The Carnival stamp in Spain is part of the ‚Fiestas populares‘ (popular festivals) series. Like the second commemorative stamp announced, it will be issued on 31 January 2025. Collectors should then head to their local post offices promptly to get hold of one of these collector’s stamps.
The special stamp commemorating the Tenerife Carnival is a self-adhesive stamp. The reason it is being issued is down to the festival’s status: this year marks the 45th consecutive year that the Tenerife Carnival has been designated a ‚Fiesta of International Tourist Interest‘.
The new stamp will measure 35 by 24.5 millimetres. The print run has been limited to two million and the face value will be 1.85 euros. The stamp will be produced using the offset printing process and will be phosphorescent.
Special stamp for the Tenerife Carnival
The stamp features the Santa Cruz logo. The image shows the 2024 Carnival Queen, Corina Mrazek González. She won the competition for the title of Queen thanks, amongst other things, to her dress ‚El Mundo‘, designed by Santi Castro.
Corina is thus the first Carnival Queen to feature on the second stamp, dedicated to the festival. In 1984, a Carnival stamp had been issued in the same category. It had a face value of 16 pesetas, equivalent to just under ten euro cents. Five million copies were printed at the time. They depicted a Carnival mask and the Plaza de España in the capital, Santa Cruz. The square at the foot of the capital remains the hub of the carnival on Tenerife to this day.
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