Postal History
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Spain, Civil War, Republican Field Post Cover, 145 Brigada Mixta franchise mark used as postmark. Sent by the soldier Jaume Vallcorba, from 44 Division, 145 Brigada Mixta, 3r Batallon, from the front to his wife Francesca Sabé in Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona). With content. Letter dated on June 3, 1938.
Republican field post card with censor & postmark from the 145 Brigada Mixta in blue, reading “CORREOS / 145 BRIGADA / ESTAFETA DE CAMPAÑA”. Sent by the soldier Jaume Vallcorba to his wife Francesca Sabé in Mollet del Vallès, and dated September 18, 1938. Allepuz 1753.
Spain, Civil War, cover from Granada to Barcelona franked with Edifil 881 for air mail and Edifil 879 for express mail and Republican political label Consell de Sanitat de Guerra 5c Domenech 1246. Special railway postmark “”TREN POSTAL 4 / ?? NOV 39 / MADRID-VALENCIA”. This is a fake cover, as Tren Postal nr 4 started its service in 1972.
Spain, Civil War, Nationalist cover with Sevilla local Galvez 676 and censor mark Heller Nac. S102.24a. On the back, Santiago arrival postmark.
Spanish Republican Refugees in France, cover from Bracares camp to Paris with franchise stamp.
Spain, Civil War, cover from Liria to the front with faded censor mark. Postmark dated on June 2, 1938. Addressed to the soldier Salvador Mañes Ferrandis, 42 Brigada Mixta, Base 1º, CC Nº 2, Batallon 168 bis, 2ª Compañia, 3ª Seccion.
Cover from Liria to the Republican front, with no postmark. On the back, military censor mark “CENSURA / IV CUERPO” in violet.
Cover with Huelva local, used in Bollullos del Condado & censor mark from Sevilla. Arrival backstamp.
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, Milicies Antifeixistes de Catalunya with Brigada Mixta 133 Sanidad franchise.
Spain, Civil War, Registered cover to Bordeaux with special Madrid censor mark for registered letters Heller Rep. RM1.2 and arrival backstamp.
Republican air mail cover from Madrid to Paris with censor Heller Rep. RM1.1, 1938
Spain, Civil War, post card from Malaga to Estepona, redirected to Malaga again, with local Allepuz 1 and censor mark Heller Nac. M10.7.
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 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.
Cover from Cordoba to Bordeaux with 15c fiscal stamps pair and censor Heller Nac. C122.3b (rare). Cordoba 5c local stamp Allepuz 18 on the back Arrival backstamp.
Cover to Marseille with Zaragoza, 5º Cuerpo de Ejercito censor mark Heller Nac. Z8.4, 1938.
Post card to Malgrat with Frentes y Hospitales 10c label & censor mark unlisted by Heller, 1939.
Cover from Sevilla to Palma with Sevilla local Allepuz 9 & censor Heller Nac. S102.24a.
