280 | Pre-philately. Madrid

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|ABOUT|1854. PONTON DE LA OLIVA (MADRID) to TARANCON (CUENCA), sent from the Caserna del Presidio del Cerro de la Oliva, Patones. On the occasion of the construction of the Pontón de la Oliva dam, for the Canal de Isabel II, a large number of workers were displaced, among them, more than fifteen hundred prisoners, most of them from the Carlist Wars and for their accommodation, A building was built, part of which was used as a prison. Baeza TORRELAGUNA / CAST.LA.N. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE, ESPECIALLY FROM THIS UNUSUAL LOCATION.