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Republican Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Republican Postal History of the Spanish Civil War
Cover from French patrol boat Austral wifh franchise mark "F.M. / Mission ESPAGNE / Patroullieur Austral" and mark "MARINE FRANÁISE - SERVICE A LA MER". Corlay arrival backstamp dated on November 26, 1938. Very rare.
Registered air mail cover from Barcelona to Saint Claude, France, with censor mark and arrival postmark dated on January 21, 1939.
Extremely rare usage of Republican censor mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" from San Miguel de los Reyes prison in Valencia, used by the Francoist administration of the same prison in 1944, on post card to Madrid franked with 20c Edifil 974 and Valencia postmark of July 6, 1944. Unlisted by Allepuz.
Post card franked with 10c Edifi 682 and 15c Edifil 683 from Murcia provincial prison to the same city, with Murcia postmark with unreadable date, but text on the back dated on April 18, 1937. Unlisted in Allepuz.
Stationery post card Edifil 78n sent from Labor Camp nr. 2 to Barcelona. The sender info is as follows: "Campo de Trabajo Nº 2 / 1 Cía 1a Sección / Base Turia 3".
Stationery post card Edifil 76 from Madrid to Reformatorio de Adultos prison in Alicante, with Madrid postmark "CTA Sucursal Nº 8" dated on September 11, 1937. Addressed to the prisoner José Peña Ruiz.
Postal stationery Edifil 69 uprated with 10c Edifil 682 with Madrid postmark "Sucursal Nº 9" dated on May 19, 1937. To José Luis Estrada Segalerva in Porlier prison, 3rd gallery. José Luis Estrada was sentenced to three years to forced labor for disaffection to the regime, by a sentence of February 20, 1937 issued by Madrid's Jurado de Urgencia Nr. 3.
Cover with marks "Grupo de Transmisiones y Señales / Estación destacada en" from Azuara to Piera. No postmark, but text inside dated on May 12, 1937.
Cover from Martín del Río, Teruel, to Mollet del Vallès, with red censor mark "Brigada Mixta 146 / Control Correspondencia" and postmark dated on September 1, 1937. With content.
Field post cover from the front to Barcelona. Postmark reading “Correos, 145 Brigada, Estafeta de Campaña” and censor mark. No date, but content dated on December 11 1938.
Field post cover from the front to Mollet del Valles, franked with Edifil 752 and postmark “Correos / 145 Brigada ”. With content dated on June 11, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 75 to the prisoner Joaquín Juncosa Molins, in Casa de Trabajo, Alcalá de Henares. Postmark of February 26, 1937.. Mark "CENSURADA" in blue and "LA CONTESTACIÓN / BREVE".
Addressed to Antonio Pérez Simón, 31 División, 134 Brigada, Síetamo, Huesca. Barcelona unreadable postmark, but text dated on September 7, 1937. Allepuz 1760.
Barcelona censor mark "Comité de Milicias Antifascistas / Departamento de Investigación / Intervención de Correspondencia / Barcelona" Heller RB3.1 on the front and the back, and Perpignan arrival backstamp.
Postmark from Camp d'Adge of July 7, 1939 and senser's info on the top left corner: "Augusto Pascual, Campo nº 3, Barraca A.X. 3, Agde (Herault), and on the other corner "El destinatario paga el franqueo de la carta" (The addressee pays the franking of this letter). Barcelona censor mark Heller B20.13 and tax marks T and "Ptas. 1'40".
Stationery post card Edifil 77A to Reformatorio de Adultos prison, Alicante, addressed to José Munilla Padrós, in 4th Dormitory. Possibly not circulated by the mail but hand delivered instead, as the text says "remiten emocionados los del 4º Dormitorio" (emotioned senders from the 4th Dormitory).
Stationery post card Edifil 75 upgraded with two stamps 5c Edifil 681, from Valencia prison to Madrid, with Valencia postmark partially readable and text on the back dated on April 22, 1937. The sender is Luis Barrero, and he gives his sender info on the front: 4ª 472, wich is 4th Gallery, Cell 472.
Cover to Luis Huelin Gorria, in San Miguel de los Reyes prison in Valencia, but redirected to Gandía, where it was stamped with censor mark belonging to Prisión Nueva de Santa Clara, as the prisoner was moved to this new prison. The mark, in carmine and very faded, reads "Prisión Nueva de Santa Clara / CENSURADA".
Post card from Casa de Reforma in Cehegín to Valencia prison, with censor mark of Cehegin labor camp in red reading "CASA DE REFORMA - CEHEGIN / *CENSURADA* / CONTESTE EN TARJETA POSTAL" clearly stamped. Unreadable date on the postmark but text on the back dated on November 14, 1938.
Stationery post card Edifil 75 to the prisoner Joaquín Juncosa Molins, in Casa de Trabajo, Alcalá de Henares. No postmark, but text on the back dated in Madrid on January 2, 1937. Mark "CENSURADA" in blue and "BREVEDAD / EN LA CONTESTACIÓN".
Post card from Casa de Trabajo in Alcalá de Henares to Madrid, sent by a prisoner and franked with 25c Edifil 658. Alcalá de Henares postmark of April 9, 1938 and carmine censor mark "CENSURADA" on the front and "LA CONTESTACIÓN EN / TARJETA POSTAL" on the back, both belonging to this labor camp.
Stationery post card Edifil 79A from General Porlier prison to Madrid. The sender is Juan Franco Ramos, 3rd Gallery, 1st Room. Mark "SED BREVES EN LAS CONTESTACIONES". Unreadable postmark but text on the back dated on June 15, 1938.
Cover franked with 30c Edifil 687 and 15c Edifil 747 to Luis Huelín Gorria, in San Miguel de los Reyes prison in Valencia. Censor mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Sender's info on the back: Carmen Valdés, Atocha 113. Unreadable postmark, but Edifil 747 was issued in 1938, so the cover must have been circulated in 1938 or 1939.
Stationery postcard sent by a prisoner in Marqués de Chavarri prison ship in Málaga harbor, December 14, 1936, with mark of the prison ship.
Cover from Martín del Río to Terrassa, with cenor mark "Comisario delegado - Censura de Guerra / 132 Bda Mta / 528 Batallón"
Cover from Falset to Vendrell, circulated without stamps as they were lacking in the post office, and mark "Certifico que en este día / no hay sellos de Correo" (I certify that in this day there are not postage stamps) and Falset Town Council mark reading "Consell Municipal Falset". Postmark dated on May 21, 1938.
Cover from Calanda, Teruel, to Mollet del Vallès, with mark "Grupo de transmisiones / y señales" used as censor, plus pencil note "Censura Guerra" and signature of the censor. Unreadable date on postmark, but content dated on September 11, 1937.
145 Brigada Mixta mark used as franchise on post card from Codo, Zaragoza, to Mollet del Vallès. Sender's info reads "145 Brigada Mixta, 4th Battallion, Gun Machine Company, Delegation in Alcañiz, Teruel". Text dated on October 23, 1937.
Cover from Martín del Río, Teruel, to Mollet del Vallès, with red censor mark "Brigada Mixta 146 / Control Correspondencia" and postmark dated on October 1937. With content.
145 Brigada Mixta post mark on stationery post card Edifil 80A, from the front to Mollet del Vallès. Text on the back dated on May 20, 1938.
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The post card bears two marks: «Censurada» in black ink and «Sed breves en las contestaciones» in red, both stamped upon arrival to General Porlier’s prison. Unlisted in Allepuz.
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The post card bears two marks: «Censurada» in black ink and «Sed breves en las contestaciones» in red, both stamped upon arrival to General Porlier’s prison. Unlisted in Allepuz.
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado, also held in Las Ventas prison, also in Madrid. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The stationery post card bears marks: «Censurada» in black ink. No stamp neither postmark, as the cover was probably delivered by the sender to the...
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado, also held in Las Ventas prison, also in Madrid. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The stationery post card bears two marks: «Censurada» in black ink and «Sed breves en las contestaciones» in red, both stamped upon arrival to General...
Milícies Antifeixistes de Catalunya field post card to Barcelona, with very rare mark used as franchise reading "División Francico Ascaso / Regimiento / Nº 1 / Durruti / 3º Batallón". No postmark, but text dated on June 13, 1937.
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". Sender's info on the back: "Remite Ciríaco Beascoechea / 2º Batallón Disciplinario / 4º Compañía / en armas / Base 8CC 71" Ex Ronald G. Shelley
Cover from Orihuela labor camp to Murcia, franked with Edifil 683 & 687 and with censor mark of the camp (Heller RO7.1). Sender's info on the back: "Carlos Casal Rivas, Campo Trabajo, Orihuela". Orihuela postmark dated on July 26, 1938. With content.
Stationery post card Edifil 77n, from Valencia prison to Murcia. Sent by Carlos Casal Rivas, 4th Gallery, Cell 461, to Raimundo and Alberto Casal. No postmarks, but text on the back dated on May 19, 1938.
Cover from Valencia to Paris, France, with censor mark Heller RV2.4, and postmark dated on March 18, 1939. Paris arrival backstamp dated on April 1, 1939, the day the Spanish Civil War ended.
Sent to Luis Cavarino by his wife Aurora Murado, also held in Las Ventas prison, also in Madrid. The prison in Madrid’s General Porlier street was officialy named «Prisión Provisional de Hombres Nº 3». The stationery post card bears two marks: «Censurada» in black ink and «Sed breves en las contestaciones» in red, both stamped upon arrival to General...
International Brigades cover to Czechoslovakia with postmark SCC 111 Heller 9 dated on October 25, 1937, and censor mark Heller 5b on the back.
Cover to Argentina with postmark dated on April 4, 1938, and Barcelona censor mark Heller Rb3.12a.
Cover with censor mark Heller RB3.11 and field post postmark (unreadable date), On the back, mark "55 DIVISIÓN 177 BRIGADA MIXTA / Comisario / Batallón 705" and Marseille arrival postmark of October 17, 1938.
Cover with letterhead «Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y a Alicante, material y tracción» to José Munilla, in San Vicente del Raspeig labor camp. Franked with 45c Edifil 744 and Sucursal Nº 9 Madrid postmark, dated on June 20, 1938. Handwritten note on top left corner «Rda el 4/7/938» (Received on July 4, 1938).
Cover to Orihiuela labor camp, franked with 40c Edifil 751 and 5c Edifil 745, and Madrid Sucursal Nº 9 postmark of August 15, 1938, to Ángel Munilla.
Cover from Barcelona to Pont Saint Esprit with mark 16 Batería D.C.A., field post postmark and censor mark Heller RB3.17 on the front and the back. Pont Saint Esprit arrival backstamp dated on December 12, 1938.
Express mail post card from Barcelona to Paris, with postmark dated on January 2, 1939 and censor mark Heller RB3.12a. Paris arrival backstamp. Unlisted by Allepuz (variety of 1754, different characters)
Cover with letterhead Socorro Rojo Internacional, Correspondencia del Combatiente from the front to Madrid, with postmark dated on June 26, 1937. Sent by the soldier Carlos Pascual, 28 Brigada, 2º Batallón, 4ª Compañía.
Express mail cover franked with 25c Edifil 685 addressed to "Luis Roig Alós, Galería 3a, Celda 396, Cárcel Modelo, Ciudad", with Valencia postmark dated on June 23, 1937.
Cover with 27 División 124 Brigada Mixta censor mark, to Barcelona. Text written in the inner side of the cover.
Two post cards from Saint Jean de Luz, France, to Madrid (Republican zone) and Pontevedra (Nationalist zone), sent by the same person to a mother and a daughter living in different zones, letting them to know about each other. The card addressed to Madrid has censor mark Heller RM1.1
Air mail cover from Valencia to France, with postmark dated on March 24, 1939 and censor mark Heller RV2.4. Vernet-les-Bains arrival backstamp dated on March 31, 1939. Cover circulated during the last week of the Spanish Republic.
Air mail cover from Barcelona to France, with postmark dated on January 20, 1939 and censor mark Heller RB3.17. Toulouse transit and Vernet-les-Bains arrival backstamps. Cover circulated during the last week of Republican rule upon Barcelona, that felt on January 26, 1939.
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 3, 1937. Censor mark Heller RM1.1
Cover from Benisanó castle, used as prison to host a detachment of San Miguel de los Reyes, to Valencia. Franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Valencia postmark of September 7, 1938, plus mark "C T J S / CENSURA", used in Benisanó castle. "C T" may stand for "Campo de Trabajo" (Labor Camp), while the "J S" letters remain undesciphered.
Cover to Valencia franked with 30c Edifil 687 and three 5c Edifil 745, with mark "D.P. Nº 1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" used in San Miguel de los Reyes prison and its detachments. Unreadable postmark but text dated on January 28, 1939. The sender is a guard of a detachment. With content.
Post card franked with 25c Edifil 749 to Juan José Leirado Pajares in "2a Compalía, D[e]p[ósit]o de Prisioneros 1 Gandía", with clean censor mark "D. P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA". Unreadable postmark date, but text on the back dated on January 29, 1939. Censor number "451" also on the back. Unlisted by Allepuz (variety of 1685)
Cover from Los Escolapios prison to Madrid, franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Gandia postmark of February 1, 1939. Censor mark "D.P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA" on the back, plus sender's info: "E. de Benito, D.P. Nº 1, 4a Compañía". Sent by the prisoner Esteban de Benito to his wife Maria Rafart.
Cover from Los Escolapios prison to Madrid, franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Gandia postmark of November 14, 1938. Very clean censor mark "D.P. Nº 3 GANDIA / CENSURA" on the back, plus sender's info: "E. de Benito, D.P. Nº 1, 4a Compañía". Sent by the prisoner Esteban de Benito to his wife Maria Rafart. With content: letter sent by the prisoner and...
Cover from Paris to Saint-Emillion with Rue Bleue (Paris 83) postmark dated on June 9, 1938. This postmark was specially made to postmark the correspondence of the International Brigades sent through Paris from April 1937 to June 1938.
Cover from Pozoblanco to Alicante, with mark "BRIGADA MIXTA 52 * COMPAÑÍA DE INGENIEROS *" used as franchise. Alicante arrival backstamp dated on May 7, 1937.
Mark "Columna Perea - Ingenieros nº 3 - 4a Compañía" on field post card to Valencia. No date. Allepuz 1669.
Air mail cover from the front to Czechoslovakia, with post mark "E. de C. B. Móvil" dated on May 12, 1938 Heller 85, and air mail mark Heller 92. Censor mark Heller 5b on the back plus two Prague arrival backstamps with date of May 15, 1938.
Postal stationery Edifil 79n from Alcira field hospital to Terrassa. The sender is "Lázaro Grau / Hospital Nº 2 / Cama 156, Sala 8 / Alcira". Alcira postmark of May 30, 1938.
Cover with 132 Brigada Mixta censor to Terrassa, reading "COMISARIO DELEGADO / 132 BDA MTA / * / 528 BATALLÓN / CENSURA DE GUERRA".
Lot of 12 covers (6 with content) addressed to the prisoner Luis Roig, in Model Prison of Valencia. All with Valencia postmarks dated from April 18, 1937 and August 22, 1937.
Post card from Paris, France, to Roses, with Republican censor mark from Barcelona Heller RB3.13, 1938. Arrival backstamp.
Post card from Perpignan, France, to Barcelona, with Republican censor mark Heller RB3.12a, 1937
Post card from Le Bouliguen, France, to Barcelona, with Republican censor mark Heller RB3.11, 1936
Post card from Châlons-sur-Marne, France, to Barcelona, with Republican censor mark Heller RB3.11, 1937
Cover to France with sender "Bernardo García Pérez (servicio sanitario) / Plaza Altozano nº 490 / Base postal militar nº 6/ España" and censor mark Heller 6 and E de C B Movil postmark dated on October 1, 1938 on the back. Unreadable postmark on the front.
Cover to a prisoner in Batallón Disciplinario de Trabajos nº 3, from Murcia to Albuñol (Granada)
Cover from Barcelona to France with postmark dated on February 20, 1939. The city was occuped by the Francoist army six days later, on February 26, 1939. One of the last pieces of Republican mail shipped from Barcelona. Cenosr mark Heller RB3.17 in green.
Cover from Belmonte de Tajo to France with Valencia censor mark Heller RV2.4 and arrival backstamp, 1937.
Lot of seven post cards sent by a soldier from Baza to Valencia an Loriguilla during the last monthes of the war, from January to March, 1939.
Stationery post card Edifil 75 uprated with 10c Edifil 682 to the prisoner José Luis Estrada Segalerva, falangist, lawyer and poet imprisoned in General Porlier street prison of Madrid, 3rd Gallery. Postmark "Sucurcsal Nº 9 Madrid" from May 3, 1937 and censor mark of the prison "SED BREVES EN LAS CONTESTACIONES".
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, franked with 45c Edifil 752. Valencia postmark dated on January 2, 1939 and San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". With content.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, franked with 5c Edifil 745, 15c Edifil 747 and 25c Edifil 749. Unreadable postmark and San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Info of the sender written on the inner part of the flap. With content.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Valencia postmark dated on 18 November 1938. San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and censor number "1" on the back. Info of the sender written on the inner part of the flap. With content.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, franked with 45c Edifil 744 and Valencia postmark dated on November 1938. San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA" and censor number "7". Info of the sender written on the inner part of the flap. With content.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, franked with 45c Edifil 742 and Valencia postmark dated on Oct 31, 1938. San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Info of the sender written on the inner part of the flap. With content.
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, franked with 30c Edifil 687 and Valencia postmark dated on Oct 31, 1938. No stamp lacking, as the postmark is printed on the shadow of what ressembles the place where another stamp was stuck. San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Info of the sender written on the inner...
Cover from San Miguel de los Reyes prison to Valencia, franked with 30c Edifil 687 and Valencia postmark dated on Oct 31, 1938. No stamp lacking, as the postmark is printed on the shadow of what ressembles the place where another stamp was stuck. San Miguel de los Reyes censor mark "D.P. Nº1 - VALENCIA / CENSURA". Info of the sender written on the inner...
Cover with censored letter from 6th Fortification Battalion, 1st Company, of San Miguel de los Reyes prison, sent to Valencia, franked with 45c Edifil 752 and Valencia censor mark Heller RV2.4 on the front and the back.
Callús unlisted censor mark, not published by Heller, "Comité d'Enllaç Antifeixista de la Comarca Manresa-Berga" on cover from Callús to Los Angeles, USA. Callús postmark dated on August 1936 and another censor mark from Barcelona Heller RB3.11. Very rare.
Post card Tranvías de Barcelona Sociedad Anónima, Sección de Propaganda, issued for the 1929 International Exhibition, addressed to Joaquín Llorens in 100 Brigada, 1r Batallón, 1a Compañía, Tura 3, C.C. Nº 5. Text dated on September 13, 1938. This soldier was in the 12 International Brigade until August 1938. Rare.
Stationery post card Edifil 77n to Joaquín Llorens, a Spaniard in the 12th International Brigade. Addressed to 12 brigada, 2º Batallón, E.M. (Estado Mayor), 5º Cuerpo de Ejército, 4º Equipo Móvil. Censor Heller 5a on the front and field post postmark E. de C. Nº 2 Heller 50 on the back. Rare.
Stationery post card Edifil 77n to Joaquín Llorens, a Spaniard in the 12th International Brigade. Addressed to Plaza Altozano 321, Barcelona. On the back, censor Heller 5a and field post postmark E. de C. B. Móvil of Jul 12, 1938 Heller 50. Rare.
Uprated with 10c stamp, and La Cava - Tortosa railway postmark dated on June 11, 1938. Barcelona arrival backstamp of June 13, 1938
