Correos has issued a stamp dedicated to Villanueva de los Infantes as part of the “Charming Towns” series, through which the company showcases Spain’s geographical heritage and highlights the richness and diversity of its most unique towns.

With a print run of 65,000 copies, this stamp features an image of Villanueva de los Infantes and is part of a set of four self-adhesive stamps plus a vignette from the “Charming Towns,” which are designed to resemble strips of old postcards in an accordion-fold format, with the reverse side also printed to look like a postcard. The other three stamps issued in the same series are dedicated to Alcúdia (Balearic Islands), Puebla de Sanabria (Zamora), and Zahara de los Atunes (Cádiz).

Furthermore, Miguel de Cervantes had ties to the town, and according to a group of scholars from the Complutense University of Madrid, he set Villanueva de los Infantes as the starting point for Don Quixote, who “began to walk through the ancient and well-known Campo de Montiel, and it was true that he was walking through it.”

To mark this issue, Correos has also released a First-Day Cover dedicated to the town, which includes the stamp and its corresponding postmark.

These items can be purchased at Correos post offices, through Correos Market, by contacting the Philatelic Service via email at atcliente.filatelia@correos.com, or by calling 915 197 197.

Technical specifications:

Charming Towns 2026

· Issue date: May 28, 2026

· Printing process: Offset + accordion-fold

· Material: Phosphorescent self-adhesive

· Stamp size: 57.6 x 40.9 mm (horizontal)

· Block sheet size: 80 x 316 mm (vertical)

· Sheet configuration: Block sheet with 4 self-adhesive stamps + vignette

· Postal value of each stamp: Rate A

· Print run: 65,000 sheet blocks