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Republican Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Republican Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Cover with franchise mark "ARTILLERIA / DEFENSA DE COSTAS / BATERIA DE 7'5 / ESTARTIT" and Estartit postmark. Red Cross label on the back tied by the same franchise mark.
Three stationery post cards sent by prisoner José Blasi Mora from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently Hospitalet de l'Infant). No references to the camp neither to any of the topics that can help to identify correspondence coming from them, as requesting packets to be sent through Pueblo Español, but all of them in the chronology the...
Stationery post card Edifil 77n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "Josep Blasi Mora / 2on Camp Treball / 1a Companyia / Base Turia / nº 3". Unreadable outcoming postmark and Santa Coloma de Farners arrival postmark dated on August...
Stationery post card Edifil 77n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "José Blasi Mora / Campo Trabajo nº 2 / 1a Compañía / Base Turia nº 3". No postmarks, but text on the back dated on July 8, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 77n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "Josep Blasi / 2on Camp T. [for Treball] / 1a Cia / Base Turia / nº 3". Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on July 6, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 77n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "Josep Blasi Mora / Camp Treball 2 / 1a Cia". No postmarks, but text on the back dated on July 2, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 79n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "José Blasi Mora / Campo nº 2 / 1a Cia / Hospitalet Mar". No postmarks, but text on the back dated on June 21, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 79n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "J. Blasi Mora / 2a Cia / 2º C.T. [for Campo de Trabajo] / Hospitalet M. [for Mar]". Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on June 17, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 77n from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, with sender's info "Josep Blasi Mora / C.T. [for Camp de Treballa] nº 2 / 1a comp,. / 3a secc. / 4t polotó / 1a Escuadra". No postmarks, but text on the back dated on May 22, 1938.
Post card from Labor Camp number 2 in Hospitalet de Mar under SIM administration, Servicio de Información Militar, (currently, Hospitalet de l'Infant), with sender's info "Josep Blasi Mora / Camp Treball nº 2 / 1a Companyia / Hospitalet de Mar (Tarragona)".
Postal stationery Edifil 69 with rare mark "COMANDANTE BUQUE PRISIÓN / MAHÓN / DE / MAHÓN" very well stamped. Tarragona postmark dated on Februery 16, 1937, and text on the back of the same date.
Stationery post card Edifil 79 sent from Girona's judicial preventory in Portal Nou street to Barcelona. Girona postmark dated on February 2, 1938 and text on the back dated the day before. Sender info on left margin: "Ferran Blasi Mora / Portal Nou, 1 / Girona".
Stationery post card Edifil 80n, from Montjuïc Castle prison in Barcelona to the same city. Barely visible postmark dated on June 1, 1938, and text on the back dated on May 28, 1938.
Registered cover from Madrid to Albatera labor camp, with postmark dated on July 8, 1938. Arrival backstamp and mark "Censurada". With content.
Mark "Se autoriza circulación por falta de FRANQUEO" (Circulation authorized for lack of stamps) and Tàrrega town council mark. Also postmark dated on January 26, 1938.
Mark on the front and the back "FRENTE POPULAR / COMITÉ DE CHINCHÓN" Heller RCH2.1 and Chinchón postmark dated on Feb. 17, 1937, on cover to Alicante.
Stationery post card Edifil 79 with mark "CASTILLO DE MONTJUIC / PRISIONES MILITARES". Sent by a prisoner in the castle, known as "Preventorio A". He mentions cell nr. 187. Unreadable postmark, but text dated on July 19, 1938.
Postal stationery to Valencia, sent by Julio González del Río, in Palacio de las Misiones (Exposición), Barcelona. Postmark of May 16, 1938.
Post card to Casa del Trabajo in Alcalá de Henares, to inmate Joaquín Juncosa Molins. Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on December 9, 1936. Mark of the camp "Sed breves en la contestación". Allepuz 1662.
Post card to Joaquín Juncosa Molins, in Casa del Trabajo labor camp of Alcalá de Henares. Postmark dated on December 10, 1936, stamped upon arrival. On the back, mark "Sed breves en la contestación". Allepuz 1668.
Post card sent to a prisoner in Casa del Trabajo labor camp in Alcalá de Henares by his wife, in Madrid's prison Asilo San Rafael. The addressee is Joaquín Juncosa Molins. Disguised by the postmark, sender info can be read: "Remite: Andrea Chabeau, Asilo San Rafael (Cárcel Mujeres), Madrid (3)" On the sender's info there is also a censor mark "CENSURA"....
Cover with unlisted mark "179-B / C.C." corresponding as per the sender's info to the 179 Brigada de Carabineros, on cover to Les Franqueses. Very rare.
Cover with unreadable green franchise mark dated on January 12, 1939 to the chief general of the Levant Army.
Letterhead "Artillería - Parque Divisionario núm. 3" and franchise mark dated on January 13, 193[9].
Gratallops postmark dated on July 13, 1936, five days before the beginning of the civil war. Manuscript franchise, as the sender is the postman, Ramon Guiu.
Sent to SECE (Sociedad Española de Construcciones Eléctricas). Unreadable date on postmark. Military censor mark "ESTAFETA Nº / CENSURA MILITAR".
Franchise mark "DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE SEGURIDAD - SECRETARÍA GENERAL" on cover to Roquetes. Returned to sender with Roquetes arrival backstamp dated on December 8, 1937, and Barcelona re-entry of December 9, 1937.
Alella postmark dated on December 9, 1937, Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.12a and Carcassonne arrival backstamp.
Ciudad Real postmark dated on November 2, 1937, Valencia censor mark Heller RV2.4, and Paris transit backstamp.
Bilbao postmark dated on October 10, 1936, stamped upon arrival. Unlisted in Allepuz (variety of 1656: different type of A).
Valencia postmark dated on October 9, 1936, censor mark Heller RV2.1b and Orleans arrival backstamp.
Barcelona censor mark Heller RB3.12a, Madrid air mail postmark dated on October 11, 1938 and Landes transit mark. Lacks one half ot the 2p stamp due to unaccurate opening.
Post card from Casa de Reforma in Cehegín to Valencia, with censor mark of Cehegin labor camp in violet reading "CASA DE REFORMA - CEHEGIN / *CENSURADA* / CONTESTE EN TARJETA POSTAL". Unreadable date on the postmark but text on the back dated on February 19, 1938. Unlisted by Allepuz.
Stationery post card Edifil 69 to the prisoner Joaquín Juncosa Molins, in Casa de Trabajo, Alcalá de Henares. Postmark of March 9, 1937. Mark on the front "CENSURADA"
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 749 and Valencia postmark dated on March 7, 1939, sent to Mariano Ballester Navarro, in "C. de T. de San Miguel" in Orihuela, this is Campo de Trabajo (labor camp) in Orihuela, which was in San Miguel seminar in that city. Censor Mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA".
Mark "ESTAFETA DE CAMPAÑA / Nº 85 / CORREOS. No postmarks, but text on the back dated on November 4, 1937. Allepuz 1672.
Valencia postmark dated on September 15, 1938, censor mark Heller RV2.1b and Siemens letterhead.
Field post postmark CC Nº 2 D2 dated on December 16, 1938 and censor mark on the back "CENSURA / BASE 1ª".
Field post postmark dated on December 1, 1938. Censor and arrival postmark on the back. Flap missing.
Cabra postmark dated on October 10, 1938, mark "BAJA EN APARTADOS" (No longer holds that P.O. Box) and Barcelona arrival backstamp.
Field post postmark CC Nº 4A1 dated on September 22, 1938, sent from 35 Brigada, 139 Batallón, 4a Compañía.
Sent to 98 Brigada, Compañía Ingenieros, 14 División. Valencia postmark dated on August 4, 1938.
Sent to 98 Brigada, Compañía Ingenieros, 14 División. Valencia postmark dated on July 22, 1938.
Sent to 98 Brigada, Compañía de Ingenieros, 14 División. Valencia postmark dated on July 3, 1938.
Postmark dated on January 15, 1938. Valencia censor mark Heller RV2.4. Hotel Victoria letterhead on the back.
Sent by Antonio Reyes López, Grupo Sanitario, Mengíbar (Jaén), with mark "GRUPO MIXTO DE SANIDAD MILITAR - IX CUERPO DE EJÉRCITO".
Sent by José Pérez Cascales, 221 Brigada Mixta, 884 Batallón, 12 Compañía, Base 9, CC Nº 23 (Almería).
Sent by Fernando Gómez, P.M. [Plana Mayor], Grupo Artillería, 23 División, CC no 2, Base 5a.
No postmarks. Sent by Domingo Seguer, 103 Brigada Mixta, Compañia de Zapadores, Base 3a, CC nº 8, 38 División.
Sender: Teniente Salvador Oller, 208 Brigada, Compañía Transmisiones, Base Turia 1CC 20, E53, Ejército de Levante, Barcelona.
Censor mark Heoller RB3.17. No postmark, but text dated on January 19, 1939, just a week before Barcelona was occupied by Franco's army.
Stationery post card Edifil 69 to the prisoner Joaquín Juncosa Molins, in Casa de Trabajo, Alcalá de Henares. Postmark of December 14, 1936. Mark on the back "Sed breves en la / contestación".
Extremely rare usage of Republican censor mark "D.P. Nº 3 - GANDIA / CENSURA" from Escuelas Pías prison, used by the Francoist administration of the same prison in 1940, on postal stationery Edifil 83 to Valencia. Unreadable postmark, but text on the back dated on December 6, 1940.
Registered cover from Madrid to Reformatorio de Adultos prison in Alicante, with postmark dated on April 1, 1938, plus special mark for registered mail serial number "Estafeta Sucursal / Nº 1 / Madrid / Certificado Nº". Addressed to the prisoner Luis Conde Devesa.
Cover from Reformatorio de Adultos prison in Alicante to Madrid, with postmark dated on February 4, 1938.
Cover to Paris, France, with Valencia roller postmark dated on January 24, 1938. On the back censor mark Heller 5a and field post postmark E. de C. B. Movil Heller 85 dated on January 25, 1938
Cover to Colonia de Niños, from Madrid to Alicante. Many children were moved from Madrid and other cities near the front to safer zones in the coast, where they were hosted in special colonies for children. Unreadable postmarks, but content inside dated on November 27, 1937. Very rare.
Stationery post card Edifil 78 from the front to Barcelona, 1938. Sent from 27 División, 123 Brigada Mixta, Batall+on 492, Primera Compañía
Post card from the front to Barcelona with mark 2o Grupo de Cañones del 7'62, 1938. Unlisted by Allepuz.
International Brigades, cover to Nancy, France, with Valencia meter Heller 7 and censor mark Heller 4, 1937
