Postal History
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
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Recycled cover with unpublished mark "179-B / C.C", belonging as per the sender's info to 179 Brigada de Carabineros.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 Rome with Ufficio Postale Speciale 7 and mark "R.R./POSTE/T.S.", 1937
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, cover to Reggio Emilia with Ufficio Postale Speciale 4 and arrival backstamp, 1938
Corpo Truppe Volontarie, cover to Pesaro with Ufficio Postale Speciale 5, 1938. Ala Littoria label and 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.
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
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 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.
Post card from Covadonga to Barcelona with railway postmark Ambulante Descendiente Santander-Oviedo from 25 Oct 1943, with a picture of Virgin of Sansó of before 18 july 1936. Unlisted by Allepuz.
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.
Cover from Peñaranda de Duero to Valladolid, with Aranda de Duero censor Heller A107.4 and transit backstamp
Cover from Vinuesa to Buenos Aires with Vinuesa censor mark Heller V105.1. Pontevedra transit and arrival backstamps.
