Caja Postal de Ahorros
Caja Postal de Ahorros advertisements illustrated by Enrique Gil Guerra under the pen name "Nike"; the archive holds 3 pieces.
1909–1991
Founded by the law of 14 June 1909 and put into operation on 12 March 1916, the Caja Postal de Ahorros was the only nationwide savings bank in Spain, with branches in every post office in the country. Between 1916 and 1929 it attracted 40 % of all Spanish savings accounts, and in 1933 it had 1,337 open offices; its founding mission was to promote popular saving, with a maximum limit of 5,000 pesetas per ordinary passbook. During the first half of the 20th century it developed an active graphic presence —savings stamps, passbooks and printed material— in keeping with the major savings-promotion campaigns of the time. The institution disappeared in 1991 when it was merged with other public banks into the Argentaria corporation, a forerunner of BBVA.
Sources: Caja Postal de Ahorros — Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libreParafilatelia: La Caja Postal de Ahorros — Federación Española de Sociedades FilatélicasLa desaparecida Caja Postal de Ahorros — ATTAC España
