International Brigades, cover from the front to France with Valencia meter dated April 21, 1937 Heller Brig. 7 and special censor mark in red “VISADO / POR LA / CENSURA MILTAR” Heller Brig. 4. On the back, mark of the Servicio Central de Correos reading “S.C.C: / 21 ABR 1937 /111”stamped in Albacete
Cover with Huelva local, used in Bollullos del Condado & censor mark from Sevilla. Arrival backstamp.
Cover with Asturias local from Liaño to Zaragoza, arrival backstamp, 1937
Air mail cover with Mallorca local & Soller censor mark, to France. Transit and arrival backstamps.
Corpo Truppe Volontarie cover, Ufficio Postale Speciale 4 to Mantova with sender info, rare with this feature. Arrival backstamp, 1937.
Spain, Civil War, Corpo Truppe Volontarie, Ufficio Postale Speciale 5 with air mail label to Mantova. Arrival backstamp.
Spain, Civil War, Registered cover to Bordeaux with special Madrid censor mark for registered letters Heller Rep. RM1.2 and arrival backstamp.
Spain, Civil War, cover from Barcelona to France. The sender is B. Encina, 1ª Centuria, Cuartel de Intendencia, Barcelona. With censor mark Heller Rep. RB3.11.
Spain, Civil War, cover with Granada local to Caparacena, 1937.
Spain, Civil War, cover with Cadiz local and censor mark from Puerto de Santa Maria Heller Nac P108.2 to Copenhagen, 1937.
Spain, Civil War, cover with Sevilla local and censor tape Heller Nac. S102.5 to Berlin, via Lisbon, 1937. Lisbon transit mark on the back.
Cover with Huelva local and censor from Ferrol Heller Nac. F6.3, 1937. Ferrol arrival backstamp.
Cover with Sevilla local and censor Heller Nac. S102.18a to London, 1937.
Air Mail cover from Las Palmas to Eindhoven with locals, special air mail marks and censor from Las Palmas Heller Nac. P12.1a.
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.
Milicies Antifeixistes de Catalunya field post card from the Aragon front to Barcelona, with Azaila postmark dated 2 Jun 1937 and censor mark “Circunscripción Sur-Ebro / División Luis Jubert / Regimiento No 1 / Censura”. RRR. Allepuz 1758.
Milicies Antifeixistes de Catalunya field post card from the Aragon front to Barcelona, with “Valores Declarados” postmark from La Puebla de Hijar dated 20 Jun 1937 and round censor mark “Censura de Guerra / División Luis Jubert / 21 Jun 1937 / La Puebla de Híjar”. RRR. Allepuz 1758.
Field post cover from the front to Barcelona, franked with Edifil 681, 683 & 734 with Lerida (Lleida) postmark dated 2 Oct 1937. Censor mark on the back “140 Brigada Mixta – 32 División - Comisario de Guerra” and “Visado” (revised, censored) handwritten next to it. Back flap missing.
Philatelic and uncirculated cover with Edifil 817 and Epila local souvenir sheet Galvez 283, plus censor mark Heller E15.1. Postmark dated 15 Nov 1937.
Field post card of the Milicies Antifeixistes de Catalunya to Barcelona, with mark “Ejercito del Este / Mando / 27 Division” and Barbastro postmark dated 16 Dec 1937. Allepuz 1762.
Field post card from Sietamo (Huesca), in the Aragon Front, to Barcelona, 1937. Allepuz 1672.
Field post card from the front to Barcelona, with mark on the back “140 Brigada Mixta, 30 Division / Grupo Sanitario / Comisario de Guerra”. Allepuz 1670.
Cover from Companyia Metralladors, 863 Batalló in Valdepeñas to Barcelona, 1937, franked with Edifil 683 & 734. Barcelona arrival backstamp. With content.
Cover from Cuartel Libertad in Valdepeñas to Barcelona, 1937, franked with Edifil 737. The sender info says "216 Brigada, 863 Batallon, Compañía Ametralladoras, Cuartel Libertad". With content.
Cover from Cuartel Libertad to Barcelona franked with Edifil 737, and "Valdepeñas Estacion" postmark, 1937. The sender's info on the back reads "216 Brigada, 3er Batallón, 1a Compañía, Cuartel Libertad". With content.
Cover from the front to Barcelona with Edifil 863 & 734, with Lleida postmark dated 1 Oct 1937 and mark in rose "140 Brigada Mixta - 32 Division / Comisario de Guerra / Grupo Sanitario". With content.
Parlament de Catalunya (Barcelona) to Barcelona, cover franked with Edifil 683 & 734 and Pi de Llobregat local Allepuz 2s. Postmark dated 24 Nov 1937, and Barcelona arrival backstamp of 25 Nov 1937.
Registered mail cover from Barcelona to France with Ajut als Mutilats de Guerra 5c label, 12 May 1937, with arrival backstamp
Murcia to Caldwell, USA, advertising (on the back) cover franked with Edifil 683 & 734 and Valencia censor mark Heller RV2.4.
Cover from the front to Mollet del Vallès, with military censor mark, 1937
Cover from the front to Mollet del Vallès with military censor mark and Alcañiz postmark, 1937
Cover from the front to Mollet del Vallès with military censor mark and Alcañiz postmark, 1937
Algeciras to Seville, cover franked with Edifil 681 & 688 (Republicans) plus Cadiz local Allepuz 101. Censor mark Heller A64.4 «Censura Militar / Censurese a la Llegada». Postmark dated 22 Jan 1937.
Arcos de la Frontera to Seville, cover franked with Edifil 817 and Cadiz local Allepuz 141. Censor mark Heller A115.2.
International Brigades, air mail cover to Prague with censor Heller 5a and rare mute postmark formed by three concentrical circles. This is the first time we see such a postmark on an International Brigades cover. On the back, Paris transit of September 8, 1937 and Prague arrival marks dated on September 9, 1937.
Monforte de Lemos censor mark Heller M74.6 on cover to New York, USA. Rare.
Vigo censor mark Heller V43.A and V43.15 on the back, on registered cover from Valladolid to Talara, Peru. Several transit marks on the back. Very rare destination.
CTV, Cover to Mantova with Ufficio Postale Speciale 1 postmark dated February 28, 1937, with Italian tax stamp and marks. Mantova arrival backstamp. Central crease.
CTV, Cover addressed to a soldier in VIII Gruppo Artiglieria 100/17, II Divisione Fiamme Nere, with Santander censor and postmark dated on 6 Oct 1937. Covers addressed to CTV members are rare.
CTV, Cover to Pesaro with Italian franking and Uffiº Postale Speciale 4 postmark, dated on December 23, 1937, and mark "Comando Bandera Tempesta". Pesaro arrival backstamp
CTV, Air mail cover to Spoleto, with Italian franking and Uffiº Postale Speciale 5 postmark, dated on November 13, 1937.
CTV, Air mail cover to Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) with Uffiº Postale Speciale 6 postmark dated on October 30, 1937, and tax mark. Very rare destination. Central crease.
Cover from Palafrugell to France with censor mark and Segell Pro Infancia label on the back, not tied but belonging. Arrival backstamp.
Cover from Tolosa to San Sebastián with Tolosa censor Heller T31.1
Melilla, air mail cover to Valladolid with violet censor Heller M48.6 and local Allepuz 1
Cover from Pozoblanco to Santander, with Town Council's mark and strike "Certifico: Que no hay sellos. El encargado" (I certify that there are not stamps. The clerk). Postmark from Pozoblanco dated on Feb 13, 1937. Unlisted Pozoblanco censor mark and three Socorro Rojo Internacional, Ayuda Hospitales, Provincial de Córdoba Allepuz 10 on tbe back, tied...
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 2, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 1, Sezione A, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Milan with Ufficio Postale Speciale 1, Sezione A, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 7 and mark "R.R./POSTE/T.S.", 1937
Post card to Cannes with Valencia meter Heller 7 dated on March 24, 1937 and censor mark Heller 4. The post card is dated in Albacete on March 20, 1937
International Brigades, cover to Czechoslovakia with Valencia Meter Heller 7 dated on May 3, 1937, censor and mark Heller 4 and mark SCC111 Heller 9 on the back, dated on April 30, 1937
Cover from Cadiz to Sevilla through Registered mail, with patriotic overprint Edifil 27 and unlisted block of 4 of Cadiz locals, one stamp inverted.
Censor mark used by the International Brigades Heller 4 and post mark SCC 111 Heller 9, dated on April 15, 1937. The Valencia meter is dated on April 16, 1937. Cover to The Netherlands.
Sevilla interior mail cover, with fiscal and 50c local Allepuz 34. Censor mark Heller S102.14.
1937, Mar 13, cover from Lecera to Mataro with censor and arrival backstamp
Cover from Saint Etienne, France, to Bilbao, with was Nationalist zone, but missent to the Republican zone and there censored with Valencia mark Heller RV2.4 and returned to the sender with mark "Retour a / l'envoyeur". Very interesting example of disruption of the postal services due to the war.
Franchise mark "Ajuntament / de / Granollers / Departament de / Proveïments" and departure postmark.
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.
1937. Postal stationery from Madrid’s Model prison to the same city
1937. Postal stationery from Madrid’s Model prison to the same city
1937. Postal stationery from Ingenio Prison in Almería to Zurich
Cover with Zaragoza patriotic overprints, postmarked on Jul 18, 1937
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 667 and Murcia postmark dated on Nov. 12, 1937, from the provincial prison to the same city. Sent by Emilio Díez de Revenga y Rodríguez, lawyer and son of Murcia's mayor Emilio Díez de Revenga Vicente. Sent to his wife María Josefa Torres Fontes.
1937. Postal stationery from Ingenio Prison in Almería to Zurich.
International Brigades, cover to a brigadist, Perdo Puigdemont, "45 División, Plaza del Altozano Nº 12E - SRI Albacete". The code 12E was for the 12th Brigade General Staff. Pair of 30c with one bisected and Torredonjimeno postmark.
Uprated French stationery post card to Pontevedra with Bordeax postmark of May 27, 1937 and Nationalist censor mark Heller P66.3b blue.
French uprated stationery post card with postmark from Saint Jean de Luz dated on Sept 10, 1937 to Pontevedra, with Vigo censor marks Heller V43.17 and V43.4a.
Stationery post card Edifil 75 uprated with 10c Edifil 682 to the prisoner José Luis Estrada Segalerva, falangist, lawyer and poet imprisoned in General Porlier street prison of Madrid, 3rd Gallery. Postmark "Sucurcsal Nº 9 Madrid" from May 3, 1937 and censor mark of the prison "SED BREVES EN LAS CONTESTACIONES".
Cover from Vitoria to Huelva with Cruzada Contra el Frío label Allepuz 34 and Vitoria censor mark Heller V107.5. Arrival backstamp.
Air mail cover from Barcelona to France with censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Arrival backstamp.
Cover from Belmonte de Tajo to France with Valencia censor mark Heller RV2.4 and arrival backstamp, 1937.
Post card from Châlons-sur-Marne, France, to Barcelona, with Republican censor mark Heller RB3.11, 1937
Post card from Perpignan, France, to Barcelona, with Republican censor mark Heller RB3.12a, 1937
Lot of 12 covers (6 with content) addressed to the prisoner Luis Roig, in Model Prison of Valencia. All with Valencia postmarks dated from April 18, 1937 and August 22, 1937.
Cover from Pozoblanco to Alicante, with mark "BRIGADA MIXTA 52 * COMPAÑÍA DE INGENIEROS *" used as franchise. Alicante arrival backstamp dated on May 7, 1937.
Philatelic cover with Denia local Allepuz 23. Postmark dated on February 27, 1937.
Philatelic cover with Denia local Allepuz 16. Postmark dated on February 27, 1937.
Stationery post card Edifil 75, sent by Jesús García Galán, cmdor. (comedor) izqd. (izquierdo) to Buenaventura Galán Soria. No postmark, but text on the back dated on March 3, 1937. Censor mark Heller RM1.1
Registered cover with mark "Tabor Ifni - Sahara / Mando" to Villafranca de Duero, 1937. Monreal del Campo censor mark Heller M76.1 and transit railway postmark on the back.
Express mail cover franked with 25c Edifil 685 addressed to "Luis Roig Alós, Galería 3a, Celda 396, Cárcel Modelo, Ciudad", with Valencia postmark dated on June 23, 1937.
Cover with letterhead Socorro Rojo Internacional, Correspondencia del Combatiente from the front to Madrid, with postmark dated on June 26, 1937. Sent by the soldier Carlos Pascual, 28 Brigada, 2º Batallón, 4ª Compañía.
International Brigades cover to Czechoslovakia with postmark SCC 111 Heller 9 dated on October 25, 1937, and censor mark Heller 5b on the back.
Milícies Antifeixistes de Catalunya field post card to Barcelona, with very rare mark used as franchise reading "División Francico Ascaso / Regimiento / Nº 1 / Durruti / 3º Batallón". No postmark, but text dated on June 13, 1937.
Cover from Martín del Río, Teruel, to Mollet del Vallès, with red censor mark "Brigada Mixta 146 / Control Correspondencia" and postmark dated on October 1937. With content.
145 Brigada Mixta mark used as franchise on post card from Codo, Zaragoza, to Mollet del Vallès. Sender's info reads "145 Brigada Mixta, 4th Battallion, Gun Machine Company, Delegation in Alcañiz, Teruel". Text dated on October 23, 1937.
Cover from Calanda, Teruel, to Mollet del Vallès, with mark "Grupo de transmisiones / y señales" used as censor, plus pencil note "Censura Guerra" and signature of the censor. Unreadable date on postmark, but content dated on September 11, 1937.
Stationery post card Edifil 75 to the prisoner Joaquín Juncosa Molins, in Casa de Trabajo, Alcalá de Henares. No postmark, but text on the back dated in Madrid on January 2, 1937. Mark "CENSURADA" in blue and "BREVEDAD / EN LA CONTESTACIÓN".
Stationery post card Edifil 75 upgraded with two stamps 5c Edifil 681, from Valencia prison to Madrid, with Valencia postmark partially readable and text on the back dated on April 22, 1937. The sender is Luis Barrero, and he gives his sender info on the front: 4ª 472, wich is 4th Gallery, Cell 472.
Stationery post card Edifil 81 from Calatayud to Ariza with censor mark Heller C17.2, 1937
Cover from Málaga to Sevilla with patriotic overprint, local and censor, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, air mail cover with Ufficio Postale Speciale 4 postmark to Genova, 1937
Addressed to Antonio Pérez Simón, 31 División, 134 Brigada, Síetamo, Huesca. Barcelona unreadable postmark, but text dated on September 7, 1937. Allepuz 1760.
