Cover to Cairo, Egypt, from Batallón Disciplinario nº 4 with censor marks.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Valencia postmark dated on February 8, 1939. Censor number "8" on the text inside.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Valencia postmark dated on January 30, 1939. Censor number "8" on the text inside.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Valencia postmark dated on January 4, 1939. Text inside.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Valencia postmark dated on January 2, 1939. Censor number "4" on the text inside.
Postcard to Juan José Leirado Pajares in "2a Compalía, Depósito de Prisioneros nº1, Gandía (Valencia)", with censor mark "D. P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA". Unreadable postmark date, but text on the back dated on January 6, 1939.
Post card sent by a former prisoner of Casa de Reforma de Cehegin just after liberation and while still being in Cehegin, trying to go to Alicante.Certificates
Post card sent from the prison for women Casa de Reforma in Cehegín (Murcia) by the inmate Josefa Díaz Ciruelas to Pilar S. de Prats in Madrid. Franked with 25c Edifil 749 and Cehegín postmark with unreadable date, but text on the back dated on January 29, 1939.
Post card with mark "MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL / CAMPO DE TRABAJO / Nº 3 / * SIM *" used as franchise, to Barcelona. Sent by José Maria Agustí and text dated on January 21, 1939. It is not clear if the sender was a guard or a prisoner of the camp, as the card is circulated without stamp. Most probably a prisoner's mail would not have been admitted...
Post card from Casa de Reforma in Cehegín to Valencia Escuelas Pías prison, with censor mark of Cehegin labor camp in red reading "CASA DE REFORMA - CEHEGIN / *CENSURADA* / CONTESTE EN TARJETA POSTAL" and Cehegín postmark of January 6, 1939.
Post card to Juan Franco Ramos, in Alcalá de Henares labor camp Casa de Trabajo. Blue censor mark "CENSURADA". Postmark of January 21, 1939. The sender is Paquita Alarcón, from Madrid. Unlisted in Allepuz.
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 749 and Valencia postmark dated on March 7, 1939, sent to Mariano Ballester Navarro, in "C. de T. de San Miguel" in Orihuela, this is Campo de Trabajo (labor camp) in Orihuela, which was in San Miguel seminar in that city. Censor Mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA".
Cover from Benisanó castle, used as prison to host a detachment of San Miguel de los Reyes, to Valencia. Franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Valencia postmark of September 7, 1938, plus mark "C T J S / CENSURA", used in Benisanó castle. "C T" may stand for "Campo de Trabajo" (Labor Camp), while the "J S" letters remain undesciphered.
Cover to Valencia franked with 30c Edifil 687 and three 5c Edifil 745, with mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" used in San Miguel de los Reyes prison and its detachments. Unreadable postmark but text dated on January 28, 1939. The sender is a guard of a detachment. With content.
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 749 to Juan José Leirado Pajares in "2a Compalía, D[e]p[ósit]o de Prisioneros 1 Gandía", with clean censor mark "D. P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA". Unreadable postmark date, but text on the back dated on January 29, 1939. Censor number "451" also on the back. Unlisted by Allepuz (variety of 1685)
Cover from Los Escolapios prison to Madrid, franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Gandia postmark of February 1, 1939. Censor mark "D.P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA" on the back, plus sender's info: "E. de Benito, D.P. Nº 1, 4a Compañía". Sent by the prisoner Esteban de Benito to his wife Maria Rafart.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, franked with 45c Edifil 752. Valencia postmark dated on January 2, 1939 and San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". With content.
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 749 and unreadable postmark, sent to Mariano Ballester Navarro, in "C. de T. de San Miguel" in Orihuela, this is Campo de Trabajo (labor camp) in Orihuela, which was in San Miguel seminar in that city. Text on the back dated on the last days of the war, on March 21, 1939.
Lot of 13 covers sent to Celso Bueno y Bueno, prisoner in 4th Fortification Battalion of San Miguel de los Reyes of Valencia prison, deployed in Pla Vallesa and Paterna. All the covers, except the first one, with text inside and mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Most of them with stamps damaged or ripped off.
1938/1939. Lot of 5 covers to San Miguel de los Reyes prison’s 4º Batallón de Fortificaciones, to several locations
Cover with Destructor Huesca, destroyer ship letterhead, franchise and censor mark. Mute postmark with star. Sent by Miguel Moragues to his wartime penfriend Margarita Pascual in Llucmajor (Mallorca). Content dated on February 2, 1939.
Field postmark from tht front to Madrid, with mark "EJÉRCITO DE EXTREMADORA / DIRECCIÓN { SERVICIOS DE INTENDENCIA". Transit mark on the back "CORREO DE CAMPAÑA / C.G. / 13 MAR 1939 / EJÉRCITO DEL CENTRO".
1939, Gravenhage (The Netherlands) - Barcelona. Gravenhage meter of February 9, 1939 on cover to Barcelona with San Sebastián censor mark Heller S49.36.
1939 (February) Tarragona - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 81 with no postmarks, but text on the back dated in Tarragona on February 4, 1939.
1939 (January) Barcelona - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 81 with unreadable roller postmark, but text on the back dated in Barcelona on February 5, 1939. Zaragoza censor mark Heller Z8.9a.
1939 (january) Bilbao - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 82 with Bilbao postmark dated on January 12, 1939 and censor mark Heller B68.49.
1939 (march) Mérida (Badajoz) - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 81 with Mérida postmark dated on March 27, 1939, five days before the end of the war. Blurred censor mark Heller M51.2. Sent by "Alférez B. González, 2ª Brigada del Aire".
1939 (february) Gerona - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 81 written in Gerona, with unreadable roller postmark, and with Zaragoza censor mark Heller Z8.6a. Mark "BANCO DE ESPAÑA / OFICINA DE CANJE / GERONA". Text on the back written on February 7, 1939, three days after the city was occupied by the nationalists.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of Jan 12 1939 and blue Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.13. Arrival and transit backstamps.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of Jan 3 1939 and black Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Arrival and transit backstamps.
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.
Madrid postmark of January 12, 1939 to Orihuela Labor Camp, to the prisoner Ángel Munilla Padrós.
Barcelona postmark dated on March 2, 1939 and censor mark. Sent from Model prison, 3rd gallery, cell nr. 223. Written in French. Handwritten note "Escribir en español" (Write in Spanish).
Ufficio Postale Speciale post card, Barcelona, Monument a Colom, 1939
Bilbao registered postmark dated on February 3, 1939, censor mark Heller B68.29 and mark "Delegación Nacional Asistencia a Frentes y Hospitales". Redirected to Genova. Arrival backstamps.
Lisbon postmark dated on February 27, 1939 and Bilbao censor mark Heller B68.58. Salamanca transit backstamp.
Franchise mark 10 Regimiento Artillería and censor. Four "FRANCO" marks. Paris arrival backstamp dated on January 25, 1939.
Cover with unreadable green franchise mark dated on January 12, 1939 to the chief general of the Levant Army.
Letterhead "Artillería - Parque Divisionario núm. 3" and franchise mark dated on January 13, 193[9].
Ferrol censor mark Heller F6.7 and postmark dated on February 11, 1939.
Cover from Santervás de Campos to Valladolid with Villada censor Heller V51.2. Postmark dated on January 24, 1939.
Unreadable postmark except for the date, March 8, 1939. Sent to Alcázar de San Juan.
Censor mark Heoller RB3.17. No postmark, but text dated on January 19, 1939, just a week before Barcelona was occupied by Franco's army.
Registered air mail cover from Barcelona to Saint Claude, France, with censor mark and arrival postmark dated on January 21, 1939.
Postmark from Camp d'Adge of July 7, 1939 and senser's info on the top left corner: "Augusto Pascual, Campo nº 3, Barraca A.X. 3, Agde (Herault), and on the other corner "El destinatario paga el franqueo de la carta" (The addressee pays the franking of this letter). Barcelona censor mark Heller B20.13 and tax marks T and "Ptas. 1'40".
Post card from Patronato concentration camp in Bilbao, to Barcelona, circulated through franchise, with Bilbao postmark of April 25, 1939 and censor mark of the camp "CENSURA MILITAR / CAMPO DE CONCENTRACIÓN / PATRONATO - BILBAO". Addressed to a postman in Barcelona's Section 2. Allepuz 150. Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Post card from Celanova central prison to Gijón, with censor mark of the prison "CENSURA PRISIÓN CENTRAL / CELANOVA" and also Celanova censor. Unreadable date on the postmark, but text dated on October 19, 1939. Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Post card from Astorga Central Prison with blue mark of the prison and Astorga censor mark to Arbós del Penedès. Unreadable postmark but text on the back dated on December 12, 1939. Ex Gómez-Guillamón
Cover from Barcelona to Patronato concentration camp, Bilbao, 1939, circulated with handwritten franchise on top right corner of a postman in Barcelona's Section 2. Barcelona censor mark, postmark of March 13, 1939, and return to sender handwritten mark "D" in organge. Flap and bottom left corner of the cover missing. With content. Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Cover from Barcelona to Patronato concentration camp, Bilbao, 1939. Barcelona censor mark and stamp lacking on the front (possibly because it was not postmarked and reused by the prisoner).Bilbao arrival backstamp of March 30, 1939. The sender is a postman from Barcelona, Section 2. Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Post card from Santa Ana concentration camp to Barcelona, wiht León postmark dated on March 9, 1939, and censor mark of the camp. Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Cover from Valencia to Paris, France, with censor mark Heller RV2.4, and postmark dated on March 18, 1939. Paris arrival backstamp dated on April 1, 1939, the day the Spanish Civil War ended.
Express mail post card from Barcelona to Paris, with postmark dated on January 2, 1939 and censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Paris arrival backstamp. Unlisted by Allepuz (variety of 1754, different characters)
Air mail cover from Valencia to France, with postmark dated on March 24, 1939 and censor mark Heller RV2.4. Vernet-les-Bains arrival backstamp dated on March 31, 1939. Cover circulated during the last week of the Spanish Republic.
Air mail cover from Barcelona to France, with postmark dated on January 20, 1939 and censor mark Heller RB3.17. Toulouse transit and Vernet-les-Bains arrival backstamps. Cover circulated during the last week of Republican rule upon Barcelona, that felt on January 26, 1939.
