Nationalist
Nationalist Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Nationalist Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Astorga censor mark Heller A138.2 and postmark dated on May 4, 1938. Avilés arrival backstamp.
Mark "HOSPITAL PROVINCIAL DE NAVARRA / PAMPLONA" and Pamplona censor mark Heller P15.2. Jerez de la Frontera arrival backstamp dated on April 23, 1938.
Hernani postmark dated on March 10, 1938 and San Sebastián censor mark Heller S49.11b. Cruzada Contra el Frío label on the back.
Bilbao censor mark Heller B68.21, postmark dated on March 18, 1938 and Frentes y Hospitales label on the back. Redirected twice: to 19 Boulevard de Strasbourg and to 55 Rue d'Amsterdam. Transit backstamps.
Villafranca de los Barros censor mark Heller V59.1. Unreadable date on postmark, but text on the back dated in 1938.
Franchise mark "RGTO. INFANTERÍA CANARIAS Nº 39 / BATALLÓN EXPEDICIONARIO / 1ª COMPAÑÍA" and Palencia censor mark Heller P7.2c. No postmarks.
Barcelona censor mark Heller B20.6a. Redirected to La Puebla de Don Rodrigo. Barcelona local and Frentes y Hospitales label. Unreadable postmark.
Antequera postmark dated on January 5, 1937 and double censor: Antequera censor label Heller A104.1 on the back and Algeciras mark Heller A64.1 on the front. Gibraltar arrival backstamp. The consul of Mexico in Gibraltar offered an interlines postal service, communicating people from both zones, Republican and Nationalist.
Unreadable date on postmarks. Barbate censor mark Heller B17.2 and Antequera arrival backstamp.
Franchise mark "COMPAÑÍA MONTADA DE ZAPADORES / DIVISIÓN DE CABALLERÍA" and censor. No postmarks, but content dated on 1938.
Franchise mark "BATALLÓN DE ZAPADORES MINADORES Nº 2 - 14 COMPª DE ZAPADORES", censor and Campanario postmark dated on August 10, 1938.
Ronda postmark dated on April 4, 1938 and censor mark Heller R30.3. Ronda local and Castro del Río transit on the back. Returned to sender, and Ronda re-entry postmark dated on April 19, 1938.
Constantina postmark of March 15, 1938. On the back, Constantina censor Heller C120.3, patriotic mark "¡¡VIVA ESPAÑA!! / ¡¡VIVA EL EJÉRCITO!!", Sevilla local stamp and Chipiona arrival postmark.
Los Corrales postmark dated on March 12, 1938 and censor mark Heller C130.1. Printed label "Industria Militarizada".
Cover from Santervás de Campos to Valladolid with Villada censor Heller V51.2. Postmark dated on January 24, 1939.
Durango censor mark Heller D10.1, "FABRICA MILITARIZADA" mark and Frentes y Hospitales label on the back.
Mark "Servicio Nacional de Propaganda / Editora Nacional / Ministerio del Interior", Bilbao postmark dated on Octoer 25, 1938, and censor Heller B68.4.
Legorreta postmark with unreadable date, Villafranca de Oria censor Heller V61.1b and Vitoria arrival backstamp dated on October 7, 1938. Cruzada contra el Frío label on the back.
Mark "Ministerio de Handienda / Servicio Nacional de Deuda Pública y Clases Pasivas", censor mark Heller B92.8 and Burgos postmark dated on October 6, 1938.
Écija Military Command franchise mark dated on September 4, 1938, and censor Heller E1.4. Écija postmark of September 5, 1938 and San Sebastián arrival backstamp of September 8, 1938.
Registered postmark dated on August 30, 1938 and censor mark Heller P15.5. "Editorial García Enciso" mark.
Postmark dated on August 26, 1938. Content inside. Unlisted censor mark "CENSURA MILITAR / BENAVENTE" with a different format from those listed by Heller.
Sevilla censor and patriotic mark. Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on August 2, 1938.
Bilbao postmark dated on July 30, 1938 and censor mark Heller B68.22. Letterhead and mark of Compañía de los Ferrocarriles Vascongados.
Franchise mark "8º REGIMIENTO DE INFANTERÍA DE ARAGÓN - BATALLÓN DE AMETRALLADORAS" on cover to Cuesta de Cuco. Ribadavia transit backstamp dated on December 22, 1937.
Unlisted censor mark on the front CM, possibly belonging to Castalla, and Valencia censor mark Heller V10.14 on the back. Unreadable postmark dates.
Extremely rare usage of Republican censor mark "D.P. Nº 3 - GANDIA / CENSURA" from Escuelas Pías prison, used by the Francoist administration of the same prison in 1940, on postal stationery Edifil 83 to Valencia. Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on December 6, 1940.
Cover from Corps (Isere), France, to General Franco in Madrid. Postmark dated on April 4, 1941. Arrival backstamps both dated on April 26, 1941, one from Madrid and the other one reading "Jefatura del Estado / Servicios Postales". Rare.
Cover from Sevilla to Ferrol with local stamp and censor Heller S102.4b, 1937. Arrival backstamp.
Cover with franchise Batallón de Zapadores-Minadores 8a División, Mayoría, to Orense. Arrival backstamp. With content. 1937
Cover with franchise Comandancia Militar Villafranca del Ebro to Logroño. Zaragoza censor mark Heller Z8.5b and Logroño arrival backstamp of April 7, 1937
Cover with franchise mark Regimiento Infantería Simancas no 40, 2o Batallón 1a Compañia, from Oviedo to Coruña, Oviedo postmark of June 8, 1937 and censor mark Heller O29.5a
Sender from Regimiento de Infantería Galicia 19, 4º Batallón. Military franchise mark and Huesca censor Heller H14.2. Logroño arrival backstamp of October 10, 1937.
Post card from the UK to José María Francés, postmaster of Requeté in Zaragoza, with censor mark Heller Z8.4. Stamp with tab "Saving is Simple". Newcastle-on-Tyne postmark dated on July 31, 1938.
Cover from French patrol boat Austral wifh franchise mark "F.M. / Mission ESPAGNE / Patroullieur Austral" and mark "MARINE FRANÁISE - SERVICE A LA MER". Corlay arrival backstamp dated on November 26, 1938. Very rare.
Extremely rare usage of Republican censor mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" from San Miguel de los Reyes prison in Valencia, used by the Francoist administration of the same prison in 1944, on post card to Madrid franked with 20c Edifil 974 and Valencia postmark of July 6, 1944. Unlisted by Allepuz.
Post card to a foreign inmate in Miranda de Ebro concentration camp, 1943. Sent from Cestona to Fernand Teller.
Cover from Sevilla to Huelva franked with fiscal 45c Cheques Alemany 20, telegraphs 15c Edifli 70 and Sevilla local Allepuz 7, 1936. One stamp lacking. Sevilla censor mark Heller 102.4b and Huelva arrival on the back.
Cover franked with pair 15c Timbre Para Facturas Alemany 6 and Sevilla censor mark Heller S102.3c. Paradas postmark of Nov 21, 1938 and Sevilla arribal backstamp of Nov 22, 1938.
Cover with franchise of Worker's Battalion 17 "BATALLÓN DE TRABAJADORES Nº 17 / CORREOS / 28-10-38 / FRANQUICIA" and mark of the same battalion on top right corner to the inspector of concentration camps and prisoners of war in Burgos. Burgos censor mark. Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
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 to Madrid provincial prison, with Madrid's Correo Central postmark of December 15, 1942 and censor mark of the prison "PRISIÓN PROVINCIAL / MADRID / CENSURADA". Allepuz 423. Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Post card from Oviedo Provincial Prison to Madrid, with mark "PRISIÓN PROVINCIAL / DIRECCIÓN / OVIEDO". Oviedo postmark dated on March 12, 1941. Unlisted by Allepuz (variety of 440: bigger eagle and different characters on "Sr"). Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Post card from Oviedo Provincial Prison to Madrid, with mark "PRISIÓN PROVINCIAL / DIRECCIÓN / OVIEDO". Oviedo postmark dated on December 17, 1940. Unlisted by Allepuz (variety of 440: smaller eagle and bigger characters) Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Post card from Oviedo Provincial Prison to Madrid, with mark "PRISIÓN PROVINCIAL / DIRECCIÓN / OVIEDO". Oviedo postmark dated on Sept 28, 1940. Unlisted by Allepuz. 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 Yeserías prison in Madrid to the same city, with censor mark "PRISIÓN DE YESERÍAS / CENSURADA". Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on March 3, 1941. Ex Gómez-Guillamón.
Stationery post card Edifil 83 from Madrid's San Antón prison to the same city, with mark "PRISIÓN HABILITADA / DIRECCIÓN / SAN ANTÓN - MADRID". This prison was installed in the building of Pious School of San Antón. When this building was adapted to become a prison, the main entrance was blocked in Hortaleza street 65, and it was opened in Farmacia...
Cover with franchise mark "BATALLÓN DE TRABAJADORES Nº 108 / 2ª COMPAÑÍA" and censor mark to Irún. The sender is a guard of this worker's battalion in Zaragoza. 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.
Stampless cover from Illescas (Toledo) to Cördoba, with mark of Illescas Town Council for lack of stamps and postmark dated on November 24, 1936. On the back info of the sender: Lonrenzo Prats, Artillería Pesada Nº 1, 4a Batería Obuses 15,5, Columna Madrid, Carabanchel Alto. Córdoba arrival backstamp dated on November 30, 1936.
Registered cover with censor mark "Batallón de Trabajadores Nº 3 / Censura / Mando" to Alaejos (Valladolid), sent by the guard Andrés Hernández. Handstamp cancellation only with the date, Dec 5, 1938. Transit railway postmark Zamora-Medina with date Dec 6, 1938 and Alaejos registered mail arrival backstamps.
Cover from Miranda de Ebro concetration camp to Switzerland, sent by a Polish prisoner whose info is on the back of the cover: "Rte [Remite] Roman Oswald, Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), C. de Conc. [Campo de Concentración], Comp. [Compañia] Polacos, España".
Cover from Tarazona to Bordeaux with Zaragoza local Allepuz 5 and San Sebastián censor mark Heller S49.6, 1936. With content. Sent by the priest Jesús Andrés.
Two post cards from Saint Jean de Luz, France, to Madrid (Republican zone) and Pontevedra (Nationalist zone), sent by the same person to a mother and a daughter living in different zones, letting them to know about each other. The card addressed to Madrid has censor mark Heller RM1.1
Falset, unlisted censor mark on cover to Barcelona. Unreadable date on Falset postmark, but content dated on December 23, 1939. Mark CENSURA MILITAR / FALSET. Unpublished.
Cover from Elda (Alicante) to Madrid with mark "REGIMIENTO DE INFANTERIA DE ARGEL No 1 / CENSURA MILITAR" and Elda postmark dated on May 24, 1939.
