Specials
Specials
Specials
Cover with English and French letterhead "International Commission for the Assistance of Child Refugees in Spain" / "Commission Internationale d'Aide aux Enfants Réfugiés en Espagne". Paris postmark dated on March 24, 1939. Sent via Manhattan Sailing. Sent to Margaret L. Kenshner.
Cover from Boghar Camp to Boghari (the closest city to the camp, only a few hudred meters far away), in French Algeria. Boghari postmark of June 8, 1940, French franchise stamp for Spanish refugees. Very rare cover from a camp for Spanish Republican refugees in North Africa.
One stamp with double characters on "Correus" and "Cèntims" and the other one with simple characters. Both with inverted center.
Censor mark "CENSURA MILITAR / Campo de Concentración de / SAN JUAN" and Zaragoza postmark dated on Aug 21, 1939.
Francesc Macià rouletted souvenir sheet violet and black with no serial number. Unlisted variety. Allepuz catalogue lists two other colors of this souvenir sheet with no serial number: 17n (chestnut and black) and 22n (gray and black).
Includes the almost impossible to find 1p value (Allepuz 5) and 5c imperforated variety Allepuz 2s. Extraordinary set.
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.
Double perforation on the bottom margin of the stamp, with a separation of 1cm, below the legend of the souvenir sheet.
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.
One stamp with double characters on "Correus" and "Cèntims" and the other one with simple characters. Both with inverted center.
One stamp with double characters on "Correus" and "Cèntims" and the other one with simple characters. Both with inverted center.
Franchise mark "COMANDANCIA MILITAR DE VILLAFRANCA DE CÓRDOBA" and unlisted censor mark "CENSURA MILITAR / VILLAFRANCA". Extremely rare.
Cover from Guareña (Badajoz) to Paris, France, with unlisted censor mark "CENSURA MILITAR / GUAREÑA" in red. Paris arrival backstamp. Very rare.
Cover from Zaragoza to Bern, Switzerland, with censor mark Heller Z8.4. "Jalón Ángel / Zaragoza" letterhead on the back.
Antequera postmark dated on January 5, 1937 and double censor: Antequera censor label Heller A104.1 on the back and Algeciras mark Heller A64.1 on the front. Gibraltar arrival backstamp. The consul of Mexico in Gibraltar offered an interlines postal service, communicating people from both zones, Republican and Nationalist.
Postmark dated on August 26, 1938. Content inside. Unlisted censor mark "CENSURA MILITAR / BENAVENTE" with a different format from those listed by Heller.
Cover from Corps (Isere), France, to General Franco in Madrid. Postmark dated on April 4, 1941. Arrival backstamps both dated on April 26, 1941, one from Madrid and the other one reading "Jefatura del Estado / Servicios Postales". Rare.
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.
Pi de Llobregat, Francesc Macià violet souvenir sheet Allepuz 20a, imperforate, MNH (variety: tail under R in GELTRÚ), MNH
Pi de Llobregat, Francesc Macià chestnut souvenir sheet Allepuz 17a (variety: tail under R in GELTRÚ), rouletted, MNH
International Brigades, cover to Nancy, France, with Valencia meter Heller 7 and censor mark Heller 4, 1937
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.
Ayamonte, unlisted perf variety: triple vertical perf and no horizontal perf, no vertical perf on left margin of the left stamp, MNH
