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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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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, post card to Switzerland only with mark SCC 111 dated on May 3, 1937 (Heller Birg. 9) used as franchise, as there are no stamps on the card. Rare circumstance and rare destination, as Swiss citizens fighting for foreign countries could loose their nationality.
Frentes y Hospitales, 100 x 101mm, Allepuz 19, RRR, MH
Cover with English and French letterhead "International Commission for the Assistance of Child Refugees in Spain" / "Commission Internationale d'Aide aux Enfants Réfugiés en Espagne". Paris postmark dated on March 24, 1939. Sent via Manhattan Sailing. Sent to Margaret L. Kenshner.
Larache, Junta de Servicios Municipales, 15c, unlisted, MNH
Double Spanish and British censor.
Madrid roller postmark dated on October 6 1938 and unlisted censor mark "CENSURADA" measuring 7.5x0.6 cm
Foyer du Français Antifasciste, 10c black with printing variety, frame missing on the bottom, GG2203Evar, MH
Sevilla, overprint AUXILIOS A NECESITADOS 10c, Allepuz 22, R, MNG
1938 Cañonero Calvo Sotelo ship - Villanueva de las Minas (Sevilla).Franchise mark of the ship "CAÑONERO CALVO SOTELO / COMANDANCIA" and censor mark "CAÑONERO - CALVO SOTELO / CENSURA". Arrival backstamp.of March 14, 1938.
