Postal History
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
1937 Cañonero Calvo Sotelo ship - Villanueva de las Minas (Sevilla).Franchise mark of the ship "CAÑONERO CALVO SOTELO / COMANDANCIA" and censor mark "CAÑONERO - CALVO SOTELO / CENSURA". Cádiz postmark dated on November 20, 1937. Arrival backstamp.
Cover from Manuel Costa, Plana Mayor, XIII Batallón Disciplinario de Combate, Base Turia nº 1, C.C nº 13 to Eduardo Costa, 10º Grupo de Cañones 109, 27 Batería, Base Turia nº 2. Unreadable postmark.
2nd Disciplinary Battalion - Figueres (Girona). Cover from 2º Batallón Disciplinario to the front, franked with 45c Edifil 752, with censor mark of the Battalion used as postmark, reading " CENSURA / del 2º Bon. Dicplº del / EJÉRCITO DEL ESTE".
Mark "SED BREVES EN LAS CONTESTACIONES" and Madrid roller postmark dated on January 21, 1937. Addressed to José Cháves Fernández, Galeria 3a, Sala 3a, General Porlier 54. With content.
Cover from Madrid to Albatera Labor Camp, with Madrid roller postmark of January, 1938, to the prisoner Alfonso Calsina Borndons, sentenced to 5 years in labor camps by sentence of April 1, 1937 (see Archivo Histórico Nacional, Tribunales Populares y Jurados de Urgencia y de Guardia de Madrid, signature FC-CAUSA_GENERAL,352,Exp.39). With content.
Cover with Valencia postmark of April 12, 1937 to the Model Prison, in the same city. Addressed to the prisoner Luis Roig.
1941, Mainz (Germany) - Barcelona. Mainz meter of February 2, 1941 on cover to Barcelona with censor mark Heller B20.22.
1939, Leipzig (Germany) - Barcelona. Leipzig meter of April 12, 1939 on cover to Barcelona with San Sebastián censor mark Heller S49.25b.
1939, Gravenhage (The Netherlands) - Barcelona. Gravenhage meter of February 9, 1939 on cover to Barcelona with San Sebastián censor mark Heller S49.36.
1938, Basel (Switzerland) - San Sebastián. Basel meter and postmark of November 25, 1938 on cover to San Sebastián with Irún censor mark Heller I11.3.
1939, Milano (Italy) - Barcelona. Milan meter of July 19, 1939 on cover to Barcelona with censor mark Heller B20.6b.
1939, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) - Barcelona. Amsterdam meter of June 9, 1936 on cover to Barcelona with censor mark Heller B20.7.
1939, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) - Barcelona. Amsterdam meter of June 9, 1936 on cover to Barcelona with censor mark Heller B20.7.
1939, Aubertvilliers (France) - Barcelona. Aubervilliers meter of June 15, 1939 on cover to Barcelona with censor mark Heller B20.6b.
1939, Nyon (Switzerland) - Barcelona. Nyon meter dated on June 26, 1939 on cover to Barcelona with censor mark Heller B20.6b.
1939, Nyon (Switzerland) - Barcelona. Nyon meter dated on July 26, 1939 on cover to Barcelona with censor mark Heller B20.6b.
1936 (October), Zurich (Switzerland) - Barcelona.Zurich meter of October 26, 1936 on cover to Barcelona, with censor mark Heller RB3.15.
1937, New York (USA) - Barcelona (censor). New York meter dated on April 1, 1937 on cover with Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.15.
1937, New York (USA) - Barcelona (censor). New York meter dated on June 30, 1937 on cover with Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.15.
1938, New York (USA) - Barcelona (censor). New York meter dated on July 1, 1938 on cover with green Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.13.
1937, Paris (France) - Barcelona. Postcard wutn Paris meter dated on June 29, 1937 to Barcelona, and censor mark Heller RB3.15.
1938 (December) Cáceres to Bilbao. Postcard with Cáceres postmark dated on December 6, 1938 and censor mark Heller C11.1
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.
Cover to Cairo, Egypt, from Batallón Disciplinario nº 4 with censor marks.
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.
1936 (november) Madrid - Santander. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Santander censor mark "FRENTE POPULAR DE IZQUIERDAS / COMISIÓN DE COMUNICACIONES / CENSURADO / SANTANDER" Heller RS9.1. Censor letter "U" Heller RS9.3b (extremely rare). Stamp lacking and unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on November 27, 1936.
1936 (deceember) Madrid - Santander. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Santander censor mark "FRENTE POPULAR DE IZQUIERDAS / COMISIÓN DE COMUNICACIONES / CENSURADO / SANTANDER" Heller RS9.1, black. Unlisted censor letter "E", similar to Heller RS9.3b (Heller RS9.3b is extremely rare). Stamp lacking and unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on...
1936 (deceember) Madrid - Santander. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Santander censor mark "FRENTE POPULAR DE IZQUIERDAS / COMISIÓN DE COMUNICACIONES / CENSURADO / SANTANDER" Heller RS9.1, black. Unlisted censor letter "L", similar to Heller RS9.3b (Heller RS9.3b is extremely rare). Stamp lacking and unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on...
1936 (deceember) Madrid - Santander. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Santander censor mark "FRENTE POPULAR DE IZQUIERDAS / COMISIÓN DE COMUNICACIONES / CENSURADO / SANTANDER" Heller RS9.1, black. Unlisted censor number "4", similar to Heller RS9.4b (Heller RS9.4b is extremely rare). Stamp lacking and unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on...
1936 (september) Santander - Madrid. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Santander censor mark "FRENTE POPULAR DE IZQUIERDAS / COMISIÓN DE COMUNICACIONES / CENSURADO / SANTANDER" Heller RS9.1 and postmark dated on September 18, 1936.
1936 (august) Santander - Madrid. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Santander censor mark "FRENTE POPULAR DE IZQUIERDAS / COMISIÓN DE COMUNICACIONES / CENSURADO / SANTANDER" Heller RS9.1 and postmark with unreadable date, but text on the back dated on August 22, 1936. Center fold mark.
1936 (september) Santander - Madrid. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Santander censor mark "FRENTE POPULAR DE IZQUIERDAS / COMISIÓN DE COMUNICACIONES / CENSURADO / SANTANDER" Heller RS9.1 and postmark dated on September 15, 1936.
1937 (march) Madrid - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 75. Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated in Madrid on March 2, 1937. Center fold mark.
1937 (january) Madrid - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Madrid postmark "ESTAFETA SUCURSAL Nº 7" daten on January 3, 1937.
1937 (january) Madrid - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 69. One stamp lacking and unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated in Madrid on January 16, 1937.
1936 (december) Madrid - Vidiago (Asturias).Starionery postcard Edifil 69 with Madrid postmark "ESTAFETA SUCURSAL Nº 7" dated on December 31, 1926.
1936 (september) Vidiago (Asturias) - Madrid. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Vidiago postmark of September 17, 1936
Marks "CORREOS - TARJETA POSTAL GRATUÍTA / CORRESPONDENCIA CON LAS COLUMNAS DE OPERACIONES" and "Elorio'ko Euzko Gudaretxia" (Home of the Basque Soldier of Elorrio).
Cover to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Barcelona with field post postmark and International Brigades censor mark Heller 5a on the back, plus censor number "54".
Valencia meter of July 13, 1937 and censor mark Heller 4. Also SCC 111 (Heller 9) and SCC 222 (Heller 10) marks both dated on July 16, 1937.
1936 (september) Llanes (Asturias) - Madrid. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Llanes postmark dated on September 25, 1936. Text on the back written in Vidiago on the same day.
1936 (september) Vidiago (Asturias) - Madrid. Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Vidiago postmark, unreadable date. Text on the back dated on September 5, 1936. Central folding mark.
1936 (december) Madrid - Vidiago (Asturias). Stationery postcard Edifil 69 with Madrid postmark "Estafeta Sucursal Nº 1" dated on December 24, 1936.
1936 (october) Madrid - Vidiago (Asturias). Madrid air mail postmark dated on October 15, 1936. One stamp lacking.
Cover to Reformatorio de Adultos prison, franked with a 30c stamp and one bisected plus Red Cross label Allepuz 2241. Albatera pòstmark with unreadable date, but Alicante roller arrival bacstamp of April 21, 1937
Postcard to Juan José Leirado Pajares in "2a Compalía, D[e]p[ósi]to de Prisioneros nº 1 Gandía", with clean censor mark "D. P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA". Madrid roller postmark of September 30, 1938.
Postcard from Batallón Disciplinario, 2ª Compañía, Base 1ª, C.C. nº 1 with field post posmmark of June 28, 1938, to Alhama de Salmerón.
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.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and censor number "8" on the text inside. Valencia postmark with unreadable date, but text dated on December 11, 1938.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and censor number "8". Valencia postmark dated onDecember 7, 1938, Text inside.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and Valencia postmark dated on December 7, 1938, Text inside with line cancelled by the censorship.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and censor number "9" on the cover and on the text inside. Valencia postmark dated on November 5, 1938,
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and Valencia postmark with unreadable date, but text inside dated on October 30, 1938.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and Valencia roller postmark dated on October 9, 1938, Very clear marks. Text inside.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and Valencia postmark with unreadable date, but text inside dated on September 29, 1938.
Madrid roller postmark dated on October 6 1938 and unlisted censor mark "CENSURADA" measuring 7.5x0.6 cm
Cover with letterhead "Pelayos / Semanario Infantil" with franchise mark "COMISARIA de la JUNTA CARLISTA de GUERRA de GUIPUZCOA / FRANQUICIA" and San Sebastián censor mark Heller S49.6
Cover from Ulldecona to José Minari, in Regimiento Artiglieria P.C. del C.T.V., III Gruppo Cannoni 65 1,7, Comando 1ª Batteria, Posta Speciale 500. Ulldecona postmark of July 11, 1938 and censor mark Heller U4.1. Sent by Pilar Fabregat.
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.
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 December 30, 1938.
Postcard to Juan José Leirado Pajares in "2a Compañía, 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 October 31, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 76 to María Cruz Abaigar in the prison camp of Alacuas. Censor mark of the camp "CENSURADA" and unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated November 30, 1937.
Sent by the artist Eduard Fiol i Marquès, designer of Girona's local banknotes of 0.25p & 0.50p.
Sent by the artist Eduard Fiol i Marquès, designer of Girona's local banknotes of 0.25p & 0.50p.
Sent by the artist Eduard Fiol i Marquès, designer of Girona's local banknotes of 0.25p & 0.50p.
Sent by the artist Eduard Fiol i Marquès, designer of Girona's local banknotes of 0.25p & 0.50p.
Sent by the artist Eduard Fiol i Marquès, designer of Girona's local banknotes of 0.25p & 0.50p.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of Aug 8, 1939 and Madrid censor mark Heller M2.2. Arrival backstamp.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of July 15, 1939 and Madrid censor mark Heller M2.2. Arrival backstamp.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of June 17, 1939. On the back Madrid censor mark Heller M2.2. Arrival postmark of Aug. 21, 1939.
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.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of Nov 11 1938 and blue Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Arrival and transit backstamps.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of Oct 6 1938 and green Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Arrival backstamp.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of Sept. 9 1938 and green Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Arrival and transit backstamps.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark dated on Aug. 22, 1938 and Madrid censor mark Heller RM1.1. Arrival backstamp.
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark of Jul 19, 1938 and Madrid censor mark Heller RM1.1. On the back, transit and arrival marks and unlisted censor mark reading "CENSURA".
Paris Rue St. Denis postmark dated on Dec. 12, 1937 and Madrid censor mark Heller RM1.1. Transit and arrival backstamps.
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 685 and Barcelona local Edifil 17. Barcelona roller postmark of April 2, 1938. Sender’s info on the fback: “Dirección: Julio González del Río, Palacio Misiones (Exposición), Barcelona”. Valencia arrival roller backstamp dated on April 5, 1938.
