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.
Foyer du Français Antifasciste, 10c black with printing variety, frame missing on the bottom, GG2203Evar, MH
CNT FAI, Ajudeu els hospitals de sang, 10c, GG1882, imperf proof on black proof of stamp Defensa de Madrid Edifil 757, RRR, MNG
Spanish Refugees in France, cover from Camp Saint Cyprien to Paris, 1939 Addressed to Bibiano Fernández Osorio Tafall, a Republican scientist who was General Commisar of the Armies during the Civil War and second secretary of the United Nations. After the war, he was responsible of SERE (Servicio de Evacuación de Republicanos Españoles).
Two Segell Pro Infància booklets with consecutive serial number, GG2283, MNH Both booklets are complete, with 20 stamps each, all in mint condition.
Cover from Bobadilla to Seville franked with block of Republican Edifil 657. Unlisted censor mark “Comandancia militar de” and “Censura” handwritten after it. Stamps cancellation being “Bobadilla” handwritten across the block. Very rare.
CTV, Cover to San Sebastian with mark "Raggruppamento Artiglieria del C.T.V. / Comando / IIIº / Gruppo Cannoni / 75/27" used as franchise, and censor mark. Rare.
CTV, Raggruppamento Carristi cover to Roma with Italian franking and Ufficio Postale Speciale 9 postmark, dated on May 11, 1939. Roma arrival backstamp. Badly cut top edge due to unaccurate opening, but rare.
CTV, Division Flechas Negras cover to Palermo, with Ufficio Postale Speciale 8, dated March 3, 1938, with Frecce Nere mark, and Italian tax mark and stamp. Palermo arrival backstamp and letterhead on the back "Agredir para Vencer / División de Asalto / Flechas Negras / Oficiales". Rare.
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 Lleida to Germany with mark Arma de Aviación, 2a Escuadrilla, 8G-27, and censors, 1939
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.
Registered mail cover from Burgos to Antequera with Burgos local overprint Edifil 83, rare on cover, 1936
Cover from Valladolid to Lugo, with mark «Aviacion Militar» on the front and the back. With content.
Cover from Leon military air field to Ahedo, with very rare franchise mark «Aerodromo de Leon, Franquicia Postal» and military censor mark «Censura Militar, Aerodromo de Leon».
Laviana to Salas (Asturias), cover with mark Grupo Regulares Larache Nº 1, 1a Compañia, 8º Tabor. Laviana postmark and unlisted Laviana censor mark very faded, but exceptional.
International Brigades, air mail cover to Prague with green censor mark Heller 5b on the back. Prague arrival strike on the front, dated on February 18, 1938.
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.
International Brigades cover with Barcelona meter Heller Brig. 8 dated on June 27, 1938 and field post mark Heller Brig. 85 “Correo de Campaña / B.I. / E. De C. B. Movil” dated on June 25, 1938. Censor mark on the back Heller Brig. 5b and arrival postmark from Pas de Calais. Very rare.
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.
Spain, Civil War, cover to Palafolls with franchise mark reading “Artilleria – Agrupacion de Baterias de Costa – Barcelona – 8ª Bateria” and Malgrat postmark dated 6 August 1938.
El Baluarte, Fed. Siderometalurgica de España, 1.30p on 1p, 1938. Allepuz 966 and 967 similar, but different types and values. Very rare.
Spain, Civil War, letter from CRIM 19 with Gerona Comandancia Militar franchise mark to Forgars de Tordera. Franchise and Gernona postmark dated July 6, 1938. It is a folded sheet with the address written on the back, about the enlistment of a soldier, RRR.
Spain, Civil War, cover to Palafolls with “CRIM Nº 15 COMISARIO” and “Centro de Reclutamiento, Instrucción y Movilización nº 15 MANDO” franchise marks. Postmark from Tarrasa, August 6, 1938. RRR.
Republican Army booklet Prensa Militar y Periódicos Murales, August 1938, Ministerio de Defensa Nacional, Comisariado General del Ejercito de Tierra, Subsecretaria de Propaganda, 24 pages. Introduction by B. F. Osorio Tafall, General Comissar of the Army. Instructions for the military press and "wall newspapers".
Spain, Civil War, Cazalla local, 5c with open accent on E & perf variety, Allepuz unlisted, MNH.
Epila, four Souvenir Sheet blue & carmine colour proofs united in uncut block of four. Allepuz 21, RRR.
Spain, Civil War, Epila, four Souvenir Sheet green & carmine colour proofs united in uncut block of four. Allepuz 14, RRR.
Epila souvenir sheet colour proof, red & brown, uncentered stamps; displaced to the right and the left, RRR.
Spain, Civil War Republican Local, Montcada i Reixac 5c complete sheet, Allepuz 24, rare in this shape, used. One stamp withour serial number on the back.
International Brigades air mail and registered cover from Alicante to Czechoslovaquia. On the front there is not any special mark belonging to the International Brigades, and even the postmark is the regular mark from Alicante, dated July 28, 1938.
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
