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Date of
issue: 31 of May of 2002 Procedure of impression: Hollow engraving Role: "Estucado", gummed, Phosphorescent Serrated: 13 ¾ Format of the seal: 40,9 x 28,8 mm. (horizontal) Postal value: 0,50 euro Effects in sheet: 50 Thrown: 1.200.000 |
Between myth and legend,
reality and fiction, the popular character of La
Dolores appears depicted in this
stamp. The story of La Dolores
is based upon an anonymous folksong which tells of the
adventures of an honest and charitable young woman who
works at a inn in the town of Calatayud. She is seduced
by a barber called Melchor and wooed both by a rich
merchant and by a vain sergeant named Rojas. Lázaro the
seminarist and nephew of the inn owner, also falls in
love with her. The story ends with the death of Melchor
when he is stabbed by Lázaro. In this story, fiction
and reality mix since La Dolores
did really exist. She was called María Dolores Peinador
Narvión and was born in Calatayud (Zaragoza) on the 13th
May 1819 in a distinguished family. When her mother died,
she inherited a considerable fortune which her father
administered for her. Her wretched life began after her
wedding in 1839. She indulged in many lawsuits with her
father because of her mother’s inheritance and lived
a disordered married life which lead her to poverty and
gave rise to the popular folksong. Dolores Peinador died
in August in 1894 and was buried in the graveyard of La
Almudena. The research work which
has enabled us to get to know the history of this
wretched woman has been carried out by Antonio Sánchez
Portero. In her home town, Calatayud, the Inn of La
Dolores, before known as Inn of San Anton still exists,
and in the Museum of La Dolores are gathered the
reminiscences of the life of Dolores Peinador who has now
become a legend. |
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DOLORES