MADRID, 12 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Correos has issued a commemorative stamp dedicated to the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB), which turns 100 on July 31, as announced this Wednesday at its presentation in Alcobendas (Madrid) by the presidents of Correos, Juan Manuel Serrano, and of the FEB, Jorge Garbajosa.
In this presentation ceremony, held at the FEB Museum in Madrid, Jorge Garbajosa and Juan Manuel Serrano have proceeded to the traditional postmark of honor.
The FEB was born on July 31, 1923 in Barcelona, originally under the name of the National Basketball Federation. Its first headquarters were located at number 26 Canuda Street, which was the gymnasium run by the first president, Fidel Bricall, until he moved permanently to Madrid in 1935. Since then it has had 11 presidents, from Bricall to Jorge Garbajosa.
In these 100 years, the national teams have won a total of 168 medals, including 21 in 3×3 format championships: 51 by senior teams and 117 in training championships. Of them, 83 in men’s categories, 84 in women’s and 1 in mixed, divided into 57 gold, 61 silver and 50 bronze.
Correos joins the centenary celebration by issuing a stamp, within the Ephemerides series, to honor all the people who have managed to promote basketball in Spain over these 100 years.
The stamp reproduces an image of the Spanish basketball team, which on May 4, 1935 achieved its first international success by proclaiming itself runner-up in Europe in Geneva (Switzerland). Next to it, the logo designed for this historic centenary based on the number 100 and on the evolution of the different logos in the history of the Spanish Federation, until it adapted to the contour of the heart of the current one. The use of the gold color also reflects the FEB’s winning and excellence vocation.
The stamp can be purchased at Post Offices, through Correos Market, by contacting the Philatelic Service by e-mail atcliente.filatelia@correos.com, or by calling 915 197 197.
With a postal value of 1.75 euros, a circulation of 126,000 stamps has been carried out to honor the FEB for this century of life.