Republican Labor Camps & Prisons
Postal History of the Labor Camps of the SIM (Military Information Service) and Republican Prisons.
All lots under this category are sold with a Certificate of Authenticity
Postal History of the Labor Camps of the SIM (Military Information Service) and Republican Prisons.
All lots under this category are sold with a Certificate of Authenticity
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 The file corresponds to Salvador Bedós García-Ciaño, born in Sabadell, Unpublished, never seen before document, that had to be salvaged from the Preventorio G offices at the end of the war, rarely avoiding...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 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.
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).
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.
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.
Cover to Cairo, Egypt, from Batallón Disciplinario nº 4 with censor marks.
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.
