Postal History

1939. ORTHEZ (FRANCE) to ALCALA DE HENARES (possibly sent from the Gurs Camp, when it was not yet established as a Refugee Camp). Priced in transit for lack of postage. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 blue cts from France, surcharge "F". GURS to PAU. CAMP DE GURS / BASSES PYRENEES postmark, arrival back. MAGNIFICENT.
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1939. 90 cts blue France, with F. GURS surcharge to PARIS (slightly toned and back flap missing). Postmark CAMP DE GURS / BASSES PYRENEES. MAGNIFICENT.
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1939. 90 cts blue from France, surcharge F. SEPTFONDS to PARIS. Postmark CAMP DE SEPTFONDS / T. ET 6. (Camp created for Spanish refugees, it was also called Camp de Judes, since it was used during World War II as a concentration camp for Jews). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts blue with surcharge "F" and 5 cts lilac, two stamps, both from France. LE VERNET a PARIS (the Vernet camp began to welcome refugees and soldiers, but became a disciplinary camp by interning extremist Spanish Republicans and Brigade members). On the front it marks CAMP DU VERNET / (ARIEGE) / LE VAGUEMESTRE. BEAUTIFUL AND RARE.
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1939. 90 blue cts from France. ALBERT VILLE to BOULOGNE, forwarded to LESPIGNAN (written by a Spaniard mobilized to help the French troops in the 9th CTE, in which he complains about the treatment given by the French). POSTE AUX-ARMEES postmark, dated 8-27-39, almost a month after the start of World War II. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. Blue 90 cts from France with "F" surcharge. SUIPPES to PARIS, sent by a Spaniard from the GTE (Spanish Workers Groups) of the 31 compagnie del Camp de Ripont. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. Blue 90 cts from France with "F" surcharge. BRIANÇONNET to PARIS, sent by a Spaniard from the 20th Company of Spanish Workers of the Briançonnet Camp. On the front it marks 141 REGIMENT D´INFANTERIE / LE CONMANDANT DU DETACHEMENT, in purple. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. Blue 90 cts from France with "F" surcharge. MONFERRAN-SAVES to SAUMUR, sent by a Spaniard interned in the Monferran-Saves camp. This field was auxiliary to that of Vernet. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE, VERY FEW KNOWN.
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(★)(1939ca). Illustrated Post Card (unused) of the Argeles Sur Mer Refugee Camp (bread trucks destined for refugees). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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(★)(1939ca). Illustrated Postcard (unused) of the Argeles Sur Mer Refugee Camp (refugees queuing). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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(1939ca). 90 cts blue from France with "F" surcharge and 10 cts blue. BRAM to PARIS, sent by a Spaniard interned in the Bram camp. Postmark BRAM / AUDE and on the front mark CAMP DE REFUGIES ESPAGNOLS / DE / BRAM / LE VAGUEMESTRE, in violet and RETOUR ENVOYEUR / ANNULE, on the back arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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1939. Blue 90 cts from France with "F" surcharge. LANGOGNE to PARIS, sent by a Spanish refugee. Two camps operated in Lozere, one at Le Malzieu, as a reception center for foreigners, and the Camp de Rieveros, opened in January 1939 for Spaniards. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 5 cts, 20 cts, 1 f, two stamps, all from France. SEPTFONDS to TAMPA (USA), sent by a Spanish refugee from the Septfonds Camp. Postmark CAMP DE SEPTFONDS / T. ET. G. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE, ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED STATES.
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1939. 90 cts blue from France, two stamps with surcharge F. LE BARCARES to PARIS. CAMP LE BARCARES / PYR.ORLES postmark, arrival back. MAGNIFICENT.
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1939. Blue 90 cts from France with "F" surcharge. SAINT LAURENT DE LA SALANQUE to PARIS, sent by a Spanish refugee integrated into a regiment of engineers, probably organized for the structuring of the Campo de Barcares. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. Blue 90 cts from France with "F" surcharge. LE PONT NEUF (EMBRUN) to MARSEILLE, sent by a Spaniard from the 87th Compagnie des Travailleurs (CTE). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. France stamp of 90 cts blue with "F" surcharge. BRIANCONNET to PUGET THENIERS. The Brianconnet Camp lacked a special mark, so it was mentioned in a handwritten form "Refugiés espagnols (Camp de Brianconnet)", on the back arrival. MAGNIFICENT.
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1939. AGDE to BARCELONA, sent from the Agde Refugee Camp by a Spaniard interned there. Date stamp CAMP D'AGDE / HERAULT, postage mark PTAS 1.40 and MILITARY CENSORSHIP / VALENCIA, most likely the correspondence arrived via Valencia, both in violet and on the back "arrival". MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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1939. 90 cts blue from France, overhead F. ARGELES SUR MER to PARIS. Postmark CAMP ARGELES SUR MER / PYR.ORLES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, overprint F. GURS to NANTES. Postmark CAMP DE GURS / BASSES PYRENEES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, surcharge F. LE BARCARES to PARIS. Postmark CAMP DE LE BARCARES / PYR.ORLES, arrival on the reverse. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. LE BARCARES (FRANCE) to GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), sent by a Spaniard interned in the Le Barcares Internment Camp. Valued due to lack of postage. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts from France, surcharge F. LE BARCARES to PARIS. Postmark CAMP LE BARCARES / PYR.ORLES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, F overprint (toned). SAINT CYPRIEN to PARIS. Postmark CAMP.ST.CYPRIEN PLAGE / PYR.ORLES. BEAUTIFUL AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, overprint F. SEPTFONDS to SETE (erosion on the front). This camp, also known as Judes Camp, was built to relieve pressure on other camps, and many internees were sent from it to the GTE "Groupes des Travailleurs Etrangers" (Groups of Foreign Workers). BEAUTIFUL AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue (most likely reused). SEPTFONDS to SAINT MAMET. Postmark CAMP DE SEPTFONDS / TETG NICE AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, overprint F (variety with dot). SEPTFONDS to ANGOULEME, sent from the Septfonds Internment Camp to the Alliers Camp, where eight hundred Spanish refugees were interned. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE, CIRCULATED BETWEEN DIFFERENT INTERNMENT CAMPS.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, surcharge F. SEPTFONDS to PARIS (return flap missing). Postmark CAMP DE SEPTFONDS / TETG MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cents blue, three stamps and 30 cents pink from France. BRAM to REUS (TARRAGONA), sent by a Spaniard interned at Camp Bram. Postmark BRAM / AUDE and MILITARY CENSORSHIP mark. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 40 cts violet, two stamps. SAINT VICENT DE CASTELLET (BARCELONA) to PARTHENAY (FRANCE), addressed to the Parthenay Refugee Center. On the front it marks CENTER DES REFUGIES / DE PARTHENAY / DEUX SEVRES, in purple. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, overprint F. PAMIERS to SETE, sent by a Spanish soldier (Lieutenant Vicente Sánchez, from the 117th Mixed Brigade) interned in the Vernet d'Ariege Internment Camp. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. MACON to PERPIGNAN, sent by a Spanish refugee interned, most likely temporarily, at the Lambert Barracks in Macon. On the front are marked PREFECTURE DES PIRENEES ORIENTALES and SERVICE REFUGIES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue overprint F. BEYNAT to GURS, sent from the Beynat provisional camp to an Italian interned in the Gurs camp. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE, CIRCULATED BETWEEN DIFFERENT CAMPS.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, overprint F. LABENNE to PARIS, sent by a Spanish refugee interned in a temporary accommodation center in Labenne. On the front is marked COMMUNE DE LABENNE / SERVICE / DES / REFUGIES / (LANDES), on the back, arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue overprint F. MAGNAC LA LAVAL to PARIS, sent by a Spanish refugee interned in the Magnac Camp in Laval, located in an old abandoned barracks in the town where nearly 2,700 Spanish refugees were taken in, some of whom were later redistributed to other towns and cities in the Haute-Vienne department. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, overprint F. OLORON to GURS, most likely sent by a Spanish refugee in Oloron and addressed to the Special Police Commissariat of the Gurs Camp. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 90 cts French blue overprint, F. PAVIE to GURS, sent from the "Lacavant de Pavie" Camp, which, according to the information consulted, was a center for housing Spanish refugee children, and addressed to a Spaniard interned in the Gurs Camp. Arrival date on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE, CIRCULATED BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT REFUGEE CAMPS.
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1939. 90 cts French blue overprint F. LES AYDES to GURS, sent by a Spanish refugee from the Verrerie Temporary Accommodation Center in Les Aydes (Orleans), a former glass factory converted into a reception center and addressed to the Camp. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE ORIGIN, ESPECIALLY RARE ADDRESSED TO ANOTHER REFUGEE CAMP.
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1939. 90 cts French blue. ARECHE-BEAUFORT to BOULOGNE, sent by a Spaniard from the 40th Spanish Workers' Company. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1939. 70 cts lilac envelope. French Postal Stationery from PERPIGNAN to BARCELONA, with supplementary postage of 5 cts and 50 cts from France, sent by a Spanish refugee who wants to return to Spain. MAGNIFICENT.
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1939. 90 cts French blue, overprint F. CHAUMONT to ARROMANCHES, sent by a Spanish refugee interned in Temporary Accommodation in Chaumont and addressed to "Camp Bacances" in Arromanches. MAGNIFICENT.
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1939. 70 cts pink lilac envelope. French Postal Stationery from Agde to Barcelona, ​​with supplementary postage of 25 cts green and 30 cts red, sent by a Spaniard interned in the Agde Concentration Camp. Postmark CAMP DE AGDE / HERAULT. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE USE OF POSTAL STATIONERY IN A SPANISH REFUGEE CAMP.
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844(2), 817. 1939. 30 cts red, two stamps and 10 cts green. ESPIERBA (HUESCA) to NANTES (FRANCE). Postmark POSTAL MONEY ORDER / HUESCA / AINSA and on the front marked MILITARY CENSORSHIP / AINSA, in violet and on the back arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE, NOT REVIEWED.
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857. 1939. 30 cts pink, 40 cts violet, and 10 cts green. Certificate from CALDAS DE REYES (PONTEVEDRA) to MONTEVIDEO (URUGUAY). On the front, it is marked MILITARY CENSORSHIP / CALDAS DE REYES in blue-violet, and on the back, "arrival." MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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857, 870. 1939. 30 cts pink and 40 cts gray green. MADRID to PARTHENAY (FRANCE). Addressed to Parthenay refugee camps, arrival back. MAGNIFICENT.
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858, 816(2), 844, 841A. 1939. Violet 40 cts, chestnut 5 cts, two stamps, green 15 cts and red 30 cts. CANFRANC to HENDAYE (FRANCE), forwarded to TOURNEMIRE. Postmark CANFRANC-ESTACION / HUESCA and on the front mark MILITARY CENSURE / CANFRANC-ARAÑONES, arrival on the back. MAGNIFICENT.
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858. 1939. 40 cts violet. BOAT FROM VALDEORRAS (ORENSE) to HAVANA (CUBA). On the front it marks MILITARY CENSORA / BARCO DE VALDEORRAS, in blue. MAGNIFICENT.
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858. 1939. 40 cts violet. SAN VICENTE DE ALCANTARA (BADAJOZ) to BARCELONA. On the front, marked MILITARY CENSORSHIP / S.VICENTE, in black. MAGNIFICENT.
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858. 1939. 40 cts violet. ALMUÑECAR to PARTHENAY (FRANCE). Mark CENTER DES REFUGIES / DE PARTHENAY / DEUX SEVRES, in violet and arrival on the back. BEAUTIFUL AND RARE.
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