A number of other public organisations are working alongside the BNE to publicise the celebration of the Tercentenary. These include: Loterías del Estado, Correos, La Real Fábrica de Moneda y Timbre and ONCE. Each will develop a product that will be dedicated to the Tercentenary of the Biblioteca Nacional de España.
Loterías y Apuestas del Estado
29 December 2011
Loterías y Apuestas del Estado will issue a lottery ticket on 29 December featuring the image of the BNE and the Tercentenary slogan
ONCE lottery tickets
10 March 2012
The Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE) will be releasing lottery tickets featuring the Tercentenary image, logo and slogan -300 años de la BNE. Es tuya- [300 years of the BNE. It's Yours] for the draw on 10 March 2012.
Commemorative stamp
4 November 2011
On 4 November, Correos will launch a stamp dedicated to the Tercentenary of the Biblioteca Nacional de España featuring the facade of the building.
The characteristics of the stamp are as follows: it has a postage value of 0.80 euros, with a horizontal format measuring 40.9 x 28.8 millimetres. Three hundred thousand stamps will be printed, in offset.
Special coin
April 2012
The Real Casa de la Moneda will mint a special commemorative coin in silver.
Engraving and poem
The artist José Hernández, a renowned engraver, winner of the Premio Nacional de Bellas Artes and member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, has been commissioned to make a copperplate for printing the engravings that will mark the Tercentenary. In the same folder, the engraving will be accompanied by a poem by Joan Margarit, winner of the Premio Nacional de Poesía in 2008.
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