Featured Lots
Featured Lots. Spanish Civil War local stamps, political labels and postal history.
Featured Lots. Spanish Civil War local stamps, political labels and postal history.
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.
One stamp with double characters on "Correus" and "Cèntims" and the other one with simple characters. Both with inverted center.
Very low serial number (15). Allepuz catalogue shows a sheet with serial number 41.
Very low serial number (8). Allepuz catalogue shows a sheet with serial number 9.
Vertical crease near the left edge, but very attractive and rare label.
Very unusual detainee's file of Servicio de Investigación Militar (SIM) Preventorio G
Very unusual detainee's file of Servicio de Investigación Militar (SIM) Preventorio G
Barcelona, CNT FAI, Comité Defensa de Sans, Pro-Dispensario 10c, Allepuz 34a, MH
SIM's detainee file from Preventorio G, with mark of this preventorio. This prison was in St. John's convent, in Barcelona's Saragossa street. The file corresponds to Salvador Bedós García-Ciaño, born in Sabadell, Unpublished, never seen before document, that had to be salvaged from the Preventorio G offices at the end of the war, rarely avoiding...
Stationery postcard from Murcia provincial prison to the same city, with Murcia postmark dated on May 7, 1937.
Cover with censor mark "Casa de Reforma - Cehegín / *Censurada* / Conteste en tarjeta postal" in red ink. Sent by the inmate Salvadora Campos, with her address on the back of the cover. Cehegin postmark with unreadable date.
Postcard to Valencia with franchise mark "COLUMNA PEREA / ingenieros Nº 3 - 4ª Compañía". Dated in Cachiporrilla Alta peak, on October 18, 1936.
Cover to Valencia with franchise mark "COLUMNA TORRES-BENEDITO / DIVISIÓN PITARCH / CORREOS". Sent to Nicolás Serra by Luis Peyró. Valencia arrival backstamp of December 20, 1936.
Sponsored by the Socialist Party and YPSL (Young People's Socialist League).
Cover to the military court of the army in Levant with Pro Cultura Aviación Allepuz 2154 on the back, Mark on the label "ARMA DE AVIACION / 11 ESCYADRA / GRUPO 2º / 4ª ESCUADRILLA". La Garganta (Ciudad Real) postmark od September 27, 1938. Sender's info: Capitán Herreros, casa Roja, Carcer (Valencia)".
Mark "Se autoriza curculación / por falta de franqueo" and signature. Also, Tàrrega town council mark "AJUNTAMENT DE TARREGA" and postmark dated on November 27, 1937. Barcelona arrival roller backstamp of the same day. With content.
Postcard with mark "PRISIÓN PREVENTIVA DE PARTIDO DE LAVIANA" used as censor, and Pola de Laviana (Oviedo) postmark dated on Jan. 27 [1937]. Despite the year is very difficulty visibible, the postage rate of 15 cts indicates that the postcard was sent before April 1, 1937, when rates were increased to 25 cts. Extremely rare.
Cover from Palma de Mallorca to Tangier, with censor mark and roller postmark of May 5, 1937. On the back, letterhead of the Italian warshi Quarto, "R. ESPL QVARTO" and Tetouan transit marks.
Cover from Azaila to Cruce de Gelsa, with mark "31ª DIVISIÓN / 134a / BRIGADA MIXTA / GRUPO DE SANIDAD / COMISARIADO". Azaila postmark of September 22, 1937 and two 30c stamps, one bisected. Sent to José Ruscalleda, Brigada Mixta 119, División 26, Teniente Médico del 4º Batallón.
Sent from Cruce de Gelsa to Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Censor mark "COLUMNA DURRUTI / FRENTE BUJARALOZ / CENSURA" and Bujaraloz (Zaragoza) postmark of Nov 24, 1937. Sant Feliu de Guíxols arrival backstamp of Nov 28, 1937. Sent by the Medical Lieutenant of the 4th Battalion, in 119 Brigada Mixta, 26 Division.
Cover with mark "AJUNTAMENT REPUBLICA / DE / LLOA" and handwritten note "Per no haber-hi segells de correus" (there are no postage stamps). Lloar postmark of June 24, 1938.
Sant Cugat del Vallès postmark of September 1937, Barcelona censor mark and local stamp from Pins del Vallès Allepuz 11.
Collection of Spanish separatist stamps, from Catalonia and Valencia. Many in blocks of four and mostly mint never hinged. 125 different types / colors. It is difficult to find this kind of stamps in blocks and in MNH condition. You can download high resolution pictures of each page of the album HERE.
Six different colors: violet, green, blue on white, blue on cream, red on cream, brown on cream.
Cover to the Red Cross with Barcelona postmark with unreadable date and rare censor marks Heller RB3.18 and RB3.19.
Cover with franchise mark "HOSPITAL MILITAR MONFORTE / FRANQUICIA POSTAL", to Santander. Monforte postmark of January 24, 1938 and censor mark Heller M74.7. On the back, mark "HOSPITAL MILITAR DE ESPAÑA / MONFORTE DE LEMOS". With content.
Cover from gunboat Cañonero Canalejas with frnachise mark dated on July 28, 1938 to Palma de Mallorca. With content.
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.
Cover from Iznalloz (Granada) to Antonio Jaimez Jiménez, Base 1a, C.C. Nº 1, E.M., Carteria Militar B. Postmark "ESTAFETA / CAMPAÑA / FRENTE DE GRANDA / CORREOS". Unlisted trilingual censor mark on tbe back, in Spanish, French and English: "CENSURADA / SED BREVES / SOYEZ CONCIS - BE BRIEF".
Imperforate bottom edge, united with the interpanel, making the stamp 50 mm high instead of 32 mm
