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Republican Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Republican Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Extremely rare mark "MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL / CAMPO DE TRABAJO / Nº 6 / * S.I.M. *" on franked cover to Barcelona.
Very unusual detainee's file of Servicio de Investigación Militar (SIM) Preventorio G
Very unusual detainee's file of Servicio de Investigación Militar (SIM) Preventorio G
SIM's detainee file from Preventorio G, with mark of this preventorio. This prison was in St. John's convent, in Barcelona's Saragossa street. The file corresponds to Salvador Bedós García-Ciaño, born in Sabadell, Unpublished, never seen before document, that had to be salvaged from the Preventorio G offices at the end of the war, rarely avoiding...
Stationery postcard from Murcia provincial prison to the same city, with Murcia postmark dated on May 7, 1937.
Cover with censor mark "Casa de Reforma - Cehegín / *Censurada* / Conteste en tarjeta postal" in red ink. Sent by the inmate Salvadora Campos, with her address on the back of the cover. Cehegin postmark with unreadable date.
Postcard to Valencia with franchise mark "COLUMNA PEREA / ingenieros Nº 3 - 4ª Compañía". Dated in Cachiporrilla Alta peak, on October 18, 1936.
Cover to Valencia with franchise mark "COLUMNA TORRES-BENEDITO / DIVISIÓN PITARCH / CORREOS". Sent to Nicolás Serra by Luis Peyró. Valencia arrival backstamp of December 20, 1936.
Mark "EJÉRCITO DEL ESTE / BATALLÓN Nº 27 - OBRAS DE FORTIFICACIÓN / 3ª Compañía" and censor. Stamp manyally cancelled with the note "19/06/38 - 21 División".
Mark "CORREO DE CAMPAÑA / (Auxiliar A) / ESTAFETA Nº 58" dated on November 24, 1937.
Cover to the military court of the army in Levant with Pro Cultura Aviación Allepuz 2154 on the back, Mark on the label "ARMA DE AVIACION / 11 ESCYADRA / GRUPO 2º / 4ª ESCUADRILLA". La Garganta (Ciudad Real) postmark od September 27, 1938. Sender's info: Capitán Herreros, casa Roja, Carcer (Valencia)".
Mark "Se autoriza curculación / por falta de franqueo" and signature. Also, Tàrrega town council mark "AJUNTAMENT DE TARREGA" and postmark dated on November 27, 1937. Barcelona arrival roller backstamp of the same day. With content.
Postcard with mark "PRISIÓN PREVENTIVA DE PARTIDO DE LAVIANA" used as censor, and Pola de Laviana (Oviedo) postmark dated on Jan. 27 [1937]. Despite the year is very difficulty visibible, the postage rate of 15 cts indicates that the postcard was sent before April 1, 1937, when rates were increased to 25 cts. Extremely rare.
Cover to Barcelona, with field post postmark with unreadable date, but content dated on July 20, 1938. On the back, mark "2º Grupo de Cañones del 7'62 - ARTILLERÍA - 11 BATERÍA"
Cover from Azaila to Cruce de Gelsa, with mark "31ª DIVISIÓN / 134a / BRIGADA MIXTA / GRUPO DE SANIDAD / COMISARIADO". Azaila postmark of September 22, 1937 and two 30c stamps, one bisected. Sent to José Ruscalleda, Brigada Mixta 119, División 26, Teniente Médico del 4º Batallón.
Sent from Cruce de Gelsa to Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Censor mark "COLUMNA DURRUTI / FRENTE BUJARALOZ / CENSURA" and Bujaraloz (Zaragoza) postmark of Nov 24, 1937. Sant Feliu de Guíxols arrival backstamp of Nov 28, 1937. Sent by the Medical Lieutenant of the 4th Battalion, in 119 Brigada Mixta, 26 Division.
Cover with mark "AJUNTAMENT REPUBLICA / DE / LLOA" and handwritten note "Per no haber-hi segells de correus" (there are no postage stamps). Lloar postmark of June 24, 1938.
Cover with bisected stamp from Siétamo (Huesca) to Vilafranca del Penedès, with mark 134 / BRIGADA MIXTA / Segundo Batallón / TREN DE COMBATE
Cover from Siétamo (Huesca) to Vilafranca del Penedès with mark 134 BRIGADA MIXTA / 2º BATALLON / CENSURA / COMISARIADO DE GUERRA
Sant Cugat del Vallès postmark of September 1937, Barcelona censor mark and local stamp from Pins del Vallès Allepuz 11.
Stationery post card Edifil 75, sent by Jesús García Galán, cmdor. (comedor) izqd. (izquierdo) to Buenaventura Galán Soria. Unreadable roller postmark,, but text on the back dated on March 19, 1937 (1936 instead of 1937 by mistake). Censor mark Heller RM1.1
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 8, 1937. Censor mark Heller RM1.1
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 10, 1937. Censor mark Heller RM1.1
Cover to Julio Rodríguez Eguidaru, to General Porlier prison in Madrid, 2nd Gallery. Mark "SED BREVES EN LAS CONTESTACIONES" and Madrid Apartados Particulares roller postmark of January 22, 1938. With content signed by Manuel Caloto.
Letter from "Vapor Marqués Chavarri" dated in Málaga on October 15, 1936, with mark of the prison ship used as censor.
Stationery postcard sent by a prisoner in Marqués de Chavarri prison ship in Málaga harbor, November 3, 1936, with mark of the prison ship.
Stationery postcard sent by a prisoner in Marqués de Chavarri prison ship in Málaga harbor, November 9, 1936, with mark of the prison ship.
Stationery postcard sent by a prisoner in Marqués de Chavarri prison ship in Málaga harbor, October 23, 1936, with mark of the prison ship.
Stationery postcard sent by a prisoner in Marqués de Chavarri prison ship in Málaga harbor, October 25, 1936, with mark of the prison ship.
Stationery postcard sent by a prisoner in Marqués de Chavarri prison ship in Málaga harbor, November 17, 1936, with mark of the prison ship.
Stationery post card Edifil 69 from Marqués de Chavarri prison ship, with mark of the steamer on the back used as censor, and Málaga postmark of November 3, 1936.
Cover to the prisoner José Manuel Álvarez Arenas, in Madrid's General Porlier prison. Madrid postmark of April 26, 1938, tax mark and censor "SED BREVES EN LAS CONTESTACIONES". Certificate Graus (nr. AT2/85-8, of Nov 28, 2011).
Cover to the Red Cross with Barcelona postmark with unreadable date and rare censor marks Heller RB3.18 and RB3.19.
Cover from Iznalloz (Granada) to Antonio Jaimez Jiménez, Base 1a, C.C. Nº 1, E.M., Carteria Militar B. Postmark "ESTAFETA / CAMPAÑA / FRENTE DE GRANDA / CORREOS". Unlisted trilingual censor mark on tbe back, in Spanish, French and English: "CENSURADA / SED BREVES / SOYEZ CONCIS - BE BRIEF".
Bucharest postmark of September 29, 1938, registered mail label and censor mark Heller RB3.12a.
Bucharest postmark of October 1, 1937, registered mail label and red censor mark Heller RB3.13.
Villeneuve l'Archeveque postmark of August 16, 1938, and green censor mark Heller RB3.11.
Paris, Avenue d'Italie postmark, dated on January 21, 1938, and blue censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Barcelona arrival backstamp of February 7, 1938.
Postmark Brive - La Gaillarde Gare, dated on July 27, 1938 and green censor mark Heller RB3.12a.
Cover with Prades postmark of July 8, 1936 and green Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.12a.
Cover with Prades postmark of November 11, 1937, and Barcelona blue censor mark Heller Rb3.12a
Cover with Prades postmark of October 20, 1937, and Barcelona blue censor mark Heller Rb3.12a
Field postmark from tht front to Madrid, with mark "EJÉRCITO DE EXTREMADORA / DIRECCIÓN { SERVICIOS DE INTENDENCIA". Transit mark on the back "CORREO DE CAMPAÑA / C.G. / 13 MAR 1939 / EJÉRCITO DEL CENTRO".
Torrecampo (Córdoba) - Barcelona.Stampless cover from 8º Cuerpo de Ejército, Batallón Disciplinario, 3ª Compañía to Barcelona. Mark for lack of stamps "CERTIFICO: Que no hay / sellos de correos en la loca- / lidad. / EL ALCALDE." Signed A. Toledo. Town council mark "CONSEJO MUNICIPAL / TORRECAMPO (Córdoba). Torrecampo postmark with unreadable date.
Segarra de Gaià (Santa Coloma de Farners) to the front, with mark "No hay sello / El Alcalde / J. Ninot" (There are not stamps / The Mayor / J. Ninot), with town council mark "CONSELL MUNICIPAL / SEGARRA DE GAIÀ" Santa Coloma de Farners postmark dated on June 22, 1938. Sent to Roberto Ferrando, Batallón Sanidad Militar, X Cuerpo de Ejército, Base 8º, C.C....
Paris postmark dated on October 18, 1936 and Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.13 green.
Cover with Diezma postmark (Granada) with unreadable date to Barcelona. On the back, unlisted censor mark in Spanish, French and English: "CENSURADA / SED BREVES / SOYEZ CONCIS - BE BRIEF".
Cover to Terrassa, with mark "ANULA[DA]" used as postmark and with two censors, military and civilian: "132 BRIGADA MIXTA / CENSURA MILITAR / 4º BATALLON (Nº 528)". Also, Valencia censor Heller RV2.4.
Mute postmark and mark on the back "EJÉRCITO POPULAR REPUBLICANO / 27ª DIVISIÓN / BRIGADA MIXTA / Nº 122 / MANDO"
Cover with 132 Brigada Mixta censor to Terrassa, reading "COMISARIO DELEGADO / 132 BDA MTA / * / 528 BATALLÓN / CENSURA DE GUERRA". Martín del Río (Teruel) postmark, 1938
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.
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.
Cover to Cairo, Egypt, from Batallón Disciplinario nº 4 with censor marks.
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
