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Colectalia is a philately and auction house specialized in the Spanish civil war (1936-1939).
This is the right place to start collecting this subject, to enhance your collection or to add value to it with extremely rare and hard to find pieces.
We have a wide fixed price sale list, and we organize auctions.
We also offer a Roman coin section, under the brand Colectalia Coins
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Oxid stains on the gum.
Generalitat de Catalunya, Consell de Sanitat de Guerra, 1937, n/v, GG2135, MH
Cover from the Front to Barcelona with mark "Republica Española 140 Brigada Mixta Zapadores" in violet. Stamp lacking. With content dated on November 21, 1938.
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Cover to Colonia de Niños, from Madrid to Alicante. Many children were moved from Madrid and other cities near the front to safer zones in the coast, where they were hosted in special colonies for children. Unreadable postmarks, but content inside dated on November 27, 1937. Very rare.
Unlisted variety: without the E in "España" and changed colour of the overprint (black),
Vinebre, INVERTED CENTER, simple characters in CORREUS and CÈNTIMS, rose & black Allepuz 11a, MNH The stamps of this issue were printed in sheets of 25. Only 5 stamps per sheet had simple characters in CORREUS and CÈNTIMS.
Bottom right corner stamp with inverted overprint. Allepuz only lists this variety on perforated blocks of 4 (nr. 125), but he does not record the same for imperforated. Very rare.
Prades, Impost de Guerra, 5c pale red, Allepuz 1, MH
Vertical crease near the left edge, but very attractive and rare label.
Marks "CORREOS - TARJETA POSTAL GRATUÍTA / CORRESPONDENCIA CON LAS COLUMNAS DE OPERACIONES" and "Elorio'ko Euzko Gudaretxia" (Home of the Basque Soldier of Elorrio).
International Brigades cover with Valencia meter dated on Dec 1937 to France, with the initials "F.M:" (Franchise Militaire) on top right corner and censor mark on the back Heller 5b.
Cover with Diezma postmark (Granada) with unreadable date to Barcelona. On the back, unlisted censor mark in Spanish, French and English: "CENSURADA / SED BREVES / SOYEZ CONCIS - BE BRIEF".
