Postal History
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Post card with mark "Censurado / Prision Gubernativa" used in the improvised prison of Segorbe, in the Seminar. Segorbe postmark with ureadable date, but text on the back dated on December 5, 1937. Sender's info on the back: "Julio González del Río, Nave 1ª, Calle Valencia nº 5, Segorbe (Castellón)" (C/ Valencia nº 5 was the address of the Seminar)....
Stationery post card Edifil 80n to San Miguel prison, which was Oriuela's labor camp, installed in the seminar of this city. Murcia postmark dated on June 6, 1938. Addressed to Francisco Ballester Navarro, andsent by Antonio Ballester.
Postal stationery Edifil 69 with rare mark "COMANDANTE BUQUE PRISIÓN / MAHÓN / DE / MAHÓN" very well stamped. Tarragona postmark dated on Februery 23, 1937, and text on the back of Feb 20.
Stationery post card Edifil 69 from Marqués de Chavarri prison ship, with mark of the steamer on the back used as censor, and on the Socorro Rojo Internacional label on the front. Málaga postmark of November 28, 1936.
Stationery post card Edifil 69 to Casa del Trabajo labor camp, in Alcalá de Henares. Censor mark of the camp on the front, "CENSURA". Addressed to Joaquín Juncosa Molins. Alcalá de Henares postmark of March 17, 1937 stamped upon arrival, as the text on the back is dated in Madrid, on March 4. This gives an idea of the delay of the correspondence addressed...
Stationery post card Edifil 69 to Asilo de San Rafael women's prison, in Madrid. Madrid postmark of March 25, 1937. Mark of the prison "Censurada" on the front. Addressed to Carmen Huerta Cebrián, in "Sala 5ª".
Stationery post card Edifil 75 Ff from a "cheka" in Estrada street, Madrid, to the same city. Madrid postmark of June 30, 1937 and text on the back dated on June 27. On the front, mark "SED BREVES EN LAS CONTESTACIONES".
Stetionery post card Edifil 69 from Ondarreta Prison, in San Sebastián, to the same city. Mark "PRISIÓN PROVINCIAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN, DIRECCIÓN". Postmark of August 28, 1936. Sent by the prisoner Alfonso Vignau Asuero to his wife.
Madrid postmark of January 12, 1939 to Orihuela Labor Camp, to the prisoner Ángel Munilla Padrós.
Cover from Madrid to Albatera Labor Camp, with Madrid's Apartados postmark of April 17, 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.
Post card with Perpignan posmark dated on April 10, 1937 and Valencia censor mark Heller RV2.4, to José Peña Ruiz, in Reformatorio de Adultos prison, Alicante. José Peña was a lieutenant serving in Wad-Ras regiment, sentenced to 30 years in prison for rebellion, on September 17, 1936 (see Archivo Histórico Nacional, Fiscalía del Tribunal Supremo,...
Stationery post card Edifil 69 to Carmen Huerta Cebrián, sentenced to six monthes for disaffection to the regime on March 5, 1937 (see Archivo Histórico Nacional, Tribunales Populares y Jurados de Urgencia y de Guardia de Madrid, signature FC-CAUSA_GENERAL,113,Exp.11).
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 685 to Valencia, sent by Julio González del Río, in the improvised prison of Segorbe, in the Seminar. The sender's info reads "Nave 1ª, Valencia nº 5, Segorbe (Castellón)". Handwritten censor mark "C" and Segobe postmark with unreadable date, but text on the back of December 2, 1937. Unlisted in Allepuz.
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 685 and Barcelona local Edifil 17. Mark “Máximo 30 Palabras / en la contestación”. Unlisted by Allepuz.
Post card from Casa de Reforma in Cehegín to Valencia Escuelas Pías prison, with censor mark of Cehegin labor camp in red reading "CASA DE REFORMA - CEHEGIN / *CENSURADA* / CONTESTE EN TARJETA POSTAL" and Cehegín postmark of January 6, 1939.
Post card from Casa de Reforma in Cehegín to Valencia prison, with censor mark of Cehegin labor camp in red reading "CASA DE REFORMA - CEHEGIN / *CENSURADA* / CONTESTE EN TARJETA POSTAL" and censor mark stamped upon arrival to Valencia prison reading "PRISION CELULAR DE VALENCIA / CENSURADA" in blue. Cehegín postmark of November 10, 1938.
Post card with mark "CENSURADO / PRISIÓN GUBERNATIVA" used in the improvised prison of Segorbe, in the Seminar. Segorbe postmark of april 5, 1938. Sender's info on the back: "Julio González del Río, Refugio nº 2, Calle Valencia nº 5, Segorbe" (C/ Valencia nº 5 was the address of the Seminar). Unlisted in Allepuz.
Addressed to Luis Conde Devesa, Reformatorio de Adultos, 1º dormitorio, Alicante. Madrid postmark of April 19, 1938.
Addressed to Luis Conde Devesa, Reformatorio de Adultos (Escuelas), Alicante. Madrid postmark of February 2, 1938.
Addressed to prisoner Luìs Conde Devesa, Reformatorio de Adultos, 1º Dormitorio. Madrid postmark of March 20, 1938
Alicante postmark of March 16, 1938. Sender's info on the back: "Luis Conde, Reformatorio de Adultos Alicante (1º Dormitorio)". Arrival backstamp. Unaccurate opening.
Sent by Luis Conde in Alicante's Reformatorio de Adultos prison. He notes "Talleres", (workshop). Partially unreadable postmark of January 1938.
The rarest SIM & Republican labor camps and prisons system related piece we have ever seen. Unlisted in Allepuz catalogue of post cards.
Post card to Juan Franco Ramos, in Alcalá de Henares labor camp Casa de Trabajo. Blue censor mark "CENSURADA". Postmark of January 21, 1939. The sender is Paquita Alarcón, from Madrid. Unlisted in Allepuz.
Cover from Los Escolapios prison to Figueres, franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Gandia postmark of October 20, 1938. Censor mark "D.P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA" on the back, plus sender's info: "Vicente Martí Castello, /Depósito de Prisioneros nº 3, 6ª Cñía / Gandía".
Cover from Cervera to Font Romeu, France, with Cervera postmark dated on Nov 14, 1938 and censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Sender's info on the back: "Remite José Clavero Casimiro / Batallón de Trabajadores / de Yngenieros Nº 5, 2ª Compañía / Cervera / (Lérida)". Arrival backstamp. One stamp missing.
Three stationery post cards sent by prisoner José Blasi Mora from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently Hospitalet de l'Infant). No references to the camp neither to any of the topics that can help to identify correspondence coming from them, as requesting packets to be sent through Pueblo Español, but all of them in the chronology the...
Stationery post card Edifil 77n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "Josep Blasi Mora / 2on Camp Treball / 1a Companyia / Base Turia / nº 3". Unreadable outcoming postmark and Santa Coloma de Farners arrival postmark dated on August...
Stationery post card Edifil 77n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "José Blasi Mora / Campo Trabajo nº 2 / 1a Compañía / Base Turia nº 3". No postmarks, but text on the back dated on July 8, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 77n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "Josep Blasi / 2on Camp T. [for Treball] / 1a Cia / Base Turia / nº 3". Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on July 6, 1938.
