Thursday, June 19, 2014

Spain new issue 18.6.2014

General Bodies of State Administration are to be honored with a new Spanish stamp

General Bodies of State Administration are to be honored with a new Spanish stamp

18.06.2014

Under the generic title General Bodies of State Administration, two stamps are being issued, dedicated respectively to the Body of Civil and Port Engineers and the Body of Agricultural Engineers.

In the reign of Isabel II, when Manuel Alonso Martínez was Minister of Public Works, the Body of Agricultural Engineers came into being following the royal decree of 1855, which established the Central School for Agriculture on the La Flamenca estate, belonging to the Royal Estate of Aranjuez (Madrid). A royal decree in 1876 introduced a new admissions system and the institution was renamed the College of Agricultural Engineering, at the same time as the School of Agricultural Technicians was created.

Over the years, different fields of study and agricultural training specialities have been established, and research is now considered to be one of the activities at the School of Agricultural Engineering.

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