Postal History
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Unlisted Valencia prison censor mark reading "Prisión Celular / Valencia / Censura". Unlisted in Allepuz.
Unlisted Valencia prison censor mark reading "Prisión Celular de Valencia / Censurada".
Censor mark used by the International Brigades Heller 4 and post mark SCC 111 Heller 9, dated on April 15, 1937. The Valencia meter is dated on April 16, 1937. Cover to The Netherlands.
Sender from 52 Brigada, 208 Batallón, 3a Compañía, 19 División, Base 4a.
Field post mark CC No 3 A 2, sender from Sanidad de la 77 Brigada, Base 1a, CC No 3.
Cover from Cadiz to Sevilla through Registered mail, with patriotic overprint Edifil 27 and unlisted block of 4 of Cadiz locals, one stamp inverted.
Recycled cover with unpublished mark "179-B / C.C", belonging as per the sender's info to 179 Brigada de Carabineros. Franked only with Beneficency stamps from the series Pedagogos. With content. Very rare.
Postal Stationery Edifil 79 with mark "Correos /145 Brigada Mixta / Estafeta de Campaña", from the front to Mollet.
Milícies Antifeixistes de Catalunya post card with Division Francisco Ascaso, 3r Regimiento Rojo y Negro franchise to Mollet, 1937.
International Brigades, cover to Czechoslovakia with Valencia Meter Heller 7 dated on May 3, 1937, censor and mark Heller 4 and mark SCC111 Heller 9 on the back, dated on April 30, 1937
Post card to Cannes with Valencia meter Heller 7 dated on March 24, 1937 and censor mark Heller 4. The post card is dated in Albacete on March 20, 1937
Cover sent by the brigadist Fritz Denters to his mother in Holland, G.W. Denters-Stallmann, with Barcelona meter dated on July 21, 1938 Heller 8, and censor Heller 5a on the back. The second cover was sent by the same brigadist to his mother in Holand again, circulated with French meter from Rue Bleue, Paris. Cover to The Netherlands
Lot of a cover sent by a Czech brigadist interned in the French camp for Spanish refugees of Gurs to Prague. And another cover sent from Spain by the same brigadist and to the same addressee on July 18, 1938, with censor and postmark of the International Brigades.
Corpo Truppe Volontarie,cover to Reggio Emilia with Ufficio Postale Speciale 9 and arrival backstamp, 1938
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Milan with Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1938
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 7 and mark "R.R./POSTE/T.S.", 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 8, 1938. A bit worn.
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, cover to Milan with Ufficio Postale Speciale 11, 1938. Arrival backstamp.
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, cover to Reggio Emilia with Ufficio Postale Speciale 4 and arrival backstamp, 1938
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Torre del Greco with Ufficio Postale Speciale 5, 1938
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Milan with Ufficio Postale Speciale 1, Sezione A, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 1, Sezione A, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 3, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, post card to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 2, 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, cover to Pesaro with Ufficio Postale Speciale 5, 1938. Ala Littoria label and arrival backstamp.
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, cover to Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 2, 1939. Arrival backstamp.
Cover from Pozoblanco to Santander, with Town Council's mark and strike "Certifico: Que no hay sellos. El encargado" (I certify that there are not stamps. The clerk). Postmark from Pozoblanco dated on Feb 13, 1937. Unlisted Pozoblanco censor mark and three Socorro Rojo Internacional, Ayuda Hospitales, Provincial de Córdoba Allepuz 10 on tbe back, tied...
Postal stationery Edifil 78 with mark "Correo de Campaña, 5 C C, Turia 3" to Beniganim. Arrival backstamp.
Cover from Cornudella de Montsant (Tarragona) to Madrid, with postmark dated on August 5, 1938 and marks "Certifico que no hay sellos en venta, 5 Agos. 1938" and "Consell Municipal / Cornudella de Montsant". Arrival backstamp. Flap missing.
International Brigades censor mark Heller 5b on field post card with stamp cancelled by handwritten lines and sender from the 140 Brigada Mixta, 44 Division. By the end of the war and after the International Brigades were dissolved, their censor marks were still used by the Republican Army in Catalonia, between December 1938 and January 1939.
Mark Ejército del Este, División 32, Brigada 137, Sanidad, on field post cover to Barcelona
Cover from Villasobrosa to Pontevedra with Coruña local Allepuz 5 and transit mark from Puenteáreas
Franchise and censor marks of 12 Regimiento Ligero, 5a Batería, on cover to Gijón
Regimiento de Infantería de Burgos nº 31 franchise and censor marks on cover to Pravia
Regimiento de Infantería Vitoria franchise and censor marks on cover to Orduña
Franchise and censor marks of 2a Compañía Mixta, División 102, on cover to Sevilla
Franchise and censor mark of 2a Compañía Mixta, División 102, on cover to Sevilla, with Antequera local on the back
Franchise mark of Vitoria military hosptial, Clinica Samaniego, and Vitoria censor mark Heller V107.3 on cover to Avilés
Cover to the Avilés military hospital with label Frentes y Hospitales and Bilbao censor mark Heller B68.35
Zaragoza censor mark Heller Z8.6b and letterhead of the XIXth Centenary of the Pilar Virgin on cover to Vigo
San Sebastián censor mark Heller S49.34 on cover to Vigo, Cruzada Contra el Frío label on the back
Vigo censor mark Heller V43.5 on interior mail cover with Industrias Heras letterhead
Postal stationery Edifil 70 with postmark from 145 Brigada Mixta, from the front to Mollet
Receipt of the Servicio de envío de paquetes al frente of the 44th Division commissariat. Dated on July 28, 1938, with mark "Donativo Ptas 2, Cts 1". Rare.
Melilla, air mail cover to Valladolid with violet censor Heller M48.6 and local Allepuz 1
Melilla, air mail cover to Salamanca with censor Heller M48.6 blue and local stamp Allepuz 24 on the back. Arrival backstamp.
International Brigades, cover from Brno, Czechoslovakia with postmark dated on 15 IX 1938 to the soldier Jiri Vejrosta, "SRI 6120, Barcelona", redirected to the hospital of the International Brigades in Denia by adding "Herido, Denia" with pencil and "Plazo Altozano, Denia".
Field post mark from Bujaraloz to Barcelona with censor mark "Columna Durruti / Frente Bujaraloz / Censura"in red, Apollaro nr 91 (Histoire Postale de la guerre civile d'Espagne) and Heller page 33 (La historia y el servicio postal de las Brigadas Internacionales). Dated on 31 Aug 1937. Very rare.
Cover from the front to Les Franqueses (Barcelona) sent by a soldier in 179 Brigada Carabineros, with rare postmark "175-B / C. C." that should be read as "175 Brigada, Correo de Campaña". With content dated on 15 Aug 1938. Very rare.
Field post card to a soldier in Compañía Divisionaria de Transimsiones, 30 División, Base 8, C.C. nº 11 B. Base 8 is the codename for the mobile post office corresponding to Priego. Censor mark on the back. Allepuz 1672.
Field post card with franchise of 145 Brigada Mixta and double censor mark, both different, from the front to Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona). Dated on 11 Nov 1938. Alllepuz 1679.
Cover from the front to the International Red Cross in Valencia, with field post postmark in blue green dated on 10 Jul 1938.
Postal stationery Edifil 77, with legend "El Gobierno necesita fortalecer la economía nacional. Tú puedes contribuir a ello de manera directa, ingresando tus economías en la Caja Postal de Ahorros", from Tarragona to Batallón de Vía y Obras de Ferrocarril nº 2. Dated on 27 Jul 1938.
Cover from the front to Barcelona, from 26 División, Compañía Divisionaria de Transimisiones, with field post postmark dated on 11 Oct 1938
Post card from Barcelona to the fornt (with local surcharge) to a soldier in 72 División, dated on 31 May 1938
Post card between two soldiers, from Grupo de Transmisiones of XXII Cuerpo de Ejército to 30 División, Compañía Divisionaria de Transmisiones. Dated on 4 Sept 1938. Split on bottom edge.
Unused cover with letterhead Sindicat de Treballadors i de Banca, Borsa i Estalvi de Mataró i Comarca / UGT.
Cover from Irún to Eindhoven, Holland, with censor Heller I11.5. Cover to The Netherlands.
Cover from Loyola to Bologna, Italia, with Azpeita censor Heller A152.1. Arrival backstamp
Cover from Pasajes to Tolosa with Pasajes censor Heller P21.1 and label Cruzada Contra el Frío on the back and arrival backstamp
Registered cover from Bilbao to Eindhoven, Holland, with censor Heller B68.60 and arrival backstamp. Cover to The Netherlands.
Registered cover from Palma de Mallorca to Paris, with censor Heller P9.12 and arrival backstamp
Registered cover from Madrid to New York wich censor Heller M3.16, transit and arrival backstamps
Cover from Peñaranda de Duero to Valladolid, with Aranda de Duero censor Heller A107.4 and transit backstamp
