Postal History
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
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.
Stationery postcard sent by a prisoner in Marqués de Chavarri prison ship in Málaga harbor, December 14, 1936, with mark of the prison ship.
Cover from Martín del Río to Terrassa, with cenor mark "Comisario delegado - Censura de Guerra / 132 Bda Mta / 528 Batallón"
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.
Cover from Falset to Vendrell, circulated without stamps as they were lacking in the post office, and mark "Certifico que en este día / no hay sellos de Correo" (I certify that in this day there are not postage stamps) and Falset Town Council mark reading "Consell Municipal Falset". Postmark dated on May 21, 1938.
Cover from Calanda, Teruel, to Mollet del Vallès, with mark "Grupo de transmisiones / y señales" used as censor, plus pencil note "Censura Guerra" and signature of the censor. Unreadable date on postmark, but content dated on September 11, 1937.
145 Brigada Mixta mark used as franchise on post card from Codo, Zaragoza, to Mollet del Vallès. Sender's info reads "145 Brigada Mixta, 4th Battallion, Gun Machine Company, Delegation in Alcañiz, Teruel". Text dated on October 23, 1937.
Cover from Martín del Río, Teruel, to Mollet del Vallès, with red censor mark "Brigada Mixta 146 / Control Correspondencia" and postmark dated on October 1937. With content.
145 Brigada Mixta post mark on stationery post card Edifil 80A, from the front to Mollet del Vallès. Text on the back dated on May 20, 1938.
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The post card bears two marks: «Censurada» in black ink and «Sed breves en las contestaciones» in red, both stamped upon arrival to General Porlier’s prison. Unlisted in Allepuz.
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The post card bears two marks: «Censurada» in black ink and «Sed breves en las contestaciones» in red, both stamped upon arrival to General Porlier’s prison. Unlisted in Allepuz.
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado, also held in Las Ventas prison, also in Madrid. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The stationery post card bears marks: «Censurada» in black ink. No stamp neither postmark, as the cover was probably delivered by the sender to the...
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado, also held in Las Ventas prison, also in Madrid. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The stationery post card bears two marks: «Censurada» in black ink and «Sed breves en las contestaciones» in red, both stamped upon arrival to General...
Milícies Antifeixistes de Catalunya field post card to Barcelona, with very rare mark used as franchise reading "División Francico Ascaso / Regimiento / Nº 1 / Durruti / 3º Batallón". No postmark, but text dated on June 13, 1937.
1938. Cover addressed to a prisoner in Labor Camp Number 4 of the S.I.M.
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". Sender's info on the back: "Remite Ciríaco Beascoechea / 2º Batallón Disciplinario / 4º Compañía / en armas / Base 8CC 71" Ex Ronald G. Shelley
Cover from Segovia to Madrid with local Allepux 12 and censor mark Heller S90.7
Cover from Orihuela labor camp to Murcia, franked with Edifil 683 & 687 and with censor mark of the camp (Heller RO7.1). Sender's info on the back: "Carlos Casal Rivas, Campo Trabajo, Orihuela". Orihuela postmark dated on July 26, 1938. With content.
Stationery post card Edifil 77n, from Valencia prison to Murcia. Sent by Carlos Casal Rivas, 4th Gallery, Cell 461, to Raimundo and Alberto Casal. No postmarks, but text on the back dated on May 19, 1938.
Cover from Valencia to Paris, France, with censor mark Heller RV2.4, and postmark dated on March 18, 1939. Paris arrival backstamp dated on April 1, 1939, the day the Spanish Civil War ended.
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado, also held in Las Ventas prison, also in Madrid. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The stationery post card bears two marks: «Censurada» in black ink and «Sed breves en las contestaciones» in red, both stamped upon arrival to General...
International Brigades cover to Czechoslovakia with postmark SCC 111 Heller 9 dated on October 25, 1937, and censor mark Heller 5b on the back.
Cover from Cordoba to Orense with censor mark Heller C122.3d, returned to sender.
Cover to Argentina with postmark dated on April 4, 1938, and Barcelona censor mark Heller Rb3.12a.
Cover with censor mark Heller RB3.11 and field post postmark (unreadable date), On the back, mark "55 DIVISIÓN 177 BRIGADA MIXTA / Comisario / Batallón 705" and Marseille arrival postmark of October 17, 1938.
Cover with letterhead «Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y a Alicante, material y tracción» to José Munilla, in San Vicente del Raspeig labor camp. Franked with 45c Edifil 744 and Sucursal Nº 9 Madrid postmark, dated on June 20, 1938. Handwritten note on top left corner «Rda el 4/7/938» (Received on July 4, 1938).
Cover to Orihiuela labor camp, franked with 40c Edifil 751 and 5c Edifil 745, and Madrid Sucursal Nº 9 postmark of August 15, 1938, to Ángel Munilla.
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 Barcelona to Pont Saint Esprit with mark 16 Batería D.C.A., field post postmark and censor mark Heller RB3.17 on the front and the back. Pont Saint Esprit arrival backstamp dated on December 12, 1938.
Express mail post card from Barcelona to Paris, with postmark dated on January 2, 1939 and censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Paris arrival backstamp. Unlisted by Allepuz (variety of 1754, different characters)
Cover with letterhead Socorro Rojo Internacional, Correspondencia del Combatiente from the front to Madrid, with postmark dated on June 26, 1937. Sent by the soldier Carlos Pascual, 28 Brigada, 2º Batallón, 4ª Compañía.
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".
Express mail cover franked with 25c Edifil 685 addressed to "Luis Roig Alós, Galería 3a, Celda 396, Cárcel Modelo, Ciudad", with Valencia postmark dated on June 23, 1937.
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.
Cover with 27 División 124 Brigada Mixta censor mark, to Barcelona. Text written in the inner side of the cover.
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
Air mail cover from Valencia to France, with postmark dated on March 24, 1939 and censor mark Heller RV2.4. Vernet-les-Bains arrival backstamp dated on March 31, 1939. Cover circulated during the last week of the Spanish Republic.
Air mail cover from Barcelona to France, with postmark dated on January 20, 1939 and censor mark Heller RB3.17. Toulouse transit and Vernet-les-Bains arrival backstamps. Cover circulated during the last week of Republican rule upon Barcelona, that felt on January 26, 1939.
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torino with postmark Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1939
Stationery post card Edifil 75, sent by Jesús García Galán, cmdor. (comedor) izqd. (izquierdo) to Buenaventura Galán Soria. No postmark, but text on the back dated on March 3, 1937. Censor mark Heller RM1.1
Cover from Benisanó castle, used as prison to host a detachment of San Miguel de los Reyes, to Valencia. Franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Valencia postmark of September 7, 1938, plus mark "C T J S / CENSURA", used in Benisanó castle. "C T" may stand for "Campo de Trabajo" (Labor Camp), while the "J S" letters remain undesciphered.
Cover to Valencia franked with 30c Edifil 687 and three 5c Edifil 745, with mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" used in San Miguel de los Reyes prison and its detachments. Unreadable postmark but text dated on January 28, 1939. The sender is a guard of a detachment. With content.
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 749 to Juan José Leirado Pajares in "2a Compalía, D[e]p[ósit]o de Prisioneros 1 Gandía", with clean censor mark "D. P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA". Unreadable postmark date, but text on the back dated on January 29, 1939. Censor number "451" also on the back. Unlisted by Allepuz (variety of 1685)
Cover from Los Escolapios prison to Madrid, franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Gandia postmark of February 1, 1939. Censor mark "D.P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA" on the back, plus sender's info: "E. de Benito, D.P. Nº 1, 4a Compañía". Sent by the prisoner Esteban de Benito to his wife Maria Rafart.
Cover from Los Escolapios prison to Madrid, franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Gandia postmark of November 14, 1938. Very clean censor mark "D.P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA" on the back, plus sender's info: "E. de Benito, D.P. Nº 1, 4a Compañía". Sent by the prisoner Esteban de Benito to his wife Maria Rafart. With content: letter sent by the prisoner and...
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 Paris to Saint-Emillion with Rue Bleue (Paris 83) postmark dated on June 9, 1938. This postmark was specially made to postmark the correspondence of the International Brigades sent through Paris from April 1937 to June 1938.
Philatelic cover with Denia local Allepuz 16. Postmark dated on February 27, 1937.
Philatelic cover with Denia local Allepuz 23. Postmark dated on February 27, 1937.
Cover from Pozoblanco to Alicante, with mark "BRIGADA MIXTA 52 * COMPAÑÍA DE INGENIEROS *" used as franchise. Alicante arrival backstamp dated on May 7, 1937.
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.
Mark "Columna Perea - Ingenieros nº 3 - 4a Compañía" on field post card to Valencia. No date. Allepuz 1669.
Air mail cover from the front to Czechoslovakia, with post mark "E. de C. B. Móvil" dated on May 12, 1938 Heller 85, and air mail mark Heller 92. Censor mark Heller 5b on the back plus two Prague arrival backstamps with date of May 15, 1938.
Postal stationery Edifil 79n from Alcira field hospital to Terrassa. The sender is "Lázaro Grau / Hospital Nº 2 / Cama 156, Sala 8 / Alcira". Alcira postmark of May 30, 1938.
Cover with 132 Brigada Mixta censor to Terrassa, reading "COMISARIO DELEGADO / 132 BDA MTA / * / 528 BATALLÓN / CENSURA DE GUERRA".
Postal stationery Edifil 78A sent from the SIM's Labor Camp Numbner 3.
Lot of 12 covers (6 with content) addressed to the prisoner Luis Roig, in Model Prison of Valencia. All with Valencia postmarks dated from April 18, 1937 and August 22, 1937.
Post card from Paris, France, to Roses, with Republican censor mark from Barcelona Heller RB3.13, 1938. Arrival backstamp.
Post card from Perpignan, France, to Barcelona, with Republican censor mark Heller RB3.12a, 1937
Post card from Le Bouliguen, France, to Barcelona, with Republican censor mark Heller RB3.11, 1936
Post card from Tarascon, France, to Llagostera, with Girona Nationalist censor mark Heller G16.4, 1939
Post card from Toulouse, France, to Barcelona, with Nationalist censor mark Heller RB20.13, 1940.
Post card from Châlons-sur-Marne, France, to Barcelona, with Republican censor mark Heller RB3.11, 1937
Cover to France with sender "Bernardo García Pérez (servicio sanitario) / Plaza Altozano nº 490 / Base postal militar nº 6/ España" and censor mark Heller 6 and E de C B Movil postmark dated on October 1, 1938 on the back. Unreadable postmark on the front.
Cover to a prisoner in Batallón Disciplinario de Trabajos nº 3, from Murcia to Albuñol (Granada)
Cover from Barcelona to France with postmark dated on February 20, 1939. The city was occuped by the Francoist army six days later, on February 26, 1939. One of the last pieces of Republican mail shipped from Barcelona. Cenosr mark Heller RB3.17 in green.
Cover from Belmonte de Tajo to France with Valencia censor mark Heller RV2.4 and arrival backstamp, 1937.
Air mail cover from Barcelona to France with censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Arrival backstamp.
Cover from San Sebastián to Córdoba with censor mark Heller S49.11b and arrival backstamp, 1938. With content.
Cover from Vitoria to Huelva with Cruzada Contra el Frío label Allepuz 34 and Vitoria censor mark Heller V107.5. Arrival backstamp.
