Refugee Camp

1940. 90 cts French blue, surcharge F. ARGELES SUR MER to TOULOUSE. Postmark CAMP ARGELES SUR MER / PYR.ORLES, arrival on the reverse. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. 90 cts French blue, overprint F. BRAM to ARGELES SUR MER, sent by a Spanish refugee from the Brans Camp to another from the Argeles Sur Mer Camp. Postmark BRAM / AUDE, on the back marked CAMP DE REFUGIES ESPAGNOLS / DE / BRAM / LE VAGUEMESTRE, in violet and arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE, CIRCULATED BETWEEN DIFFERENT INTERNMENT CAMPS OR REFUGE CAMPS.
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1940. 90 cts French blue, surcharge F. Internal Mail from Angoulême, most likely sent from the "Alliers Camp," which was used until September 1940 to intern Spanish refugees. The front is marked PREFECTURE DE LA CHARENTE / CENTRE / DES / REFUGIES / COMMISSARIAT SPECIAL, the back indicates arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. 90 cts French blue overprint F. AUDIERNE to GURS, sent by a Spanish refugee interned in the Audierne-Beausejour Camp, which until June 1940 housed Spanish refugees in a former factory, and addressed to a Spanish refugee interned in the Gurs Camp. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN REFUGEE CAMPS IS MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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1940. 90 cts blue, overprint F and 10 cts blue, both from France. SOUSTONS to GURS, sent by a refugee interned at the Chateau Richer and addressed to the Postman of the Gurs Camp. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE CIRCULATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT REFUGEE CAMPS.
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1940. 90 cts French blue overprint F. ARGELES SUR MER to CHATIAN CLAIRFONS, sent by a Spanish refugee in the Argeles Sur Mer Camp and addressed to a Spaniard of the 122nd Spanish Workers' Company and returned to the sender, most likely due to an error in the destination. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. 90 cts French blue overprint F. LA CHAMBRE to SAINT CYPRIEN, sent by a Spaniard from the 5th Company of Spanish Workers and addressed to the Saint Cyprien Concentration Camp. Arrival on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. 90 cts French blue, surcharge F. LA CHAMBRE to PARIS, sent by a Spaniard from the 5th Company of Spanish Workers (return flap missing on the back). Mark 5ª COMPAGNIE DE / TRAVAILLEURS ESPAGNOLES / LE VAGUEMESTRE, in violet. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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1940. Blue 90 cts from France with "F" surcharge. VERNET D'ARIEGE to GURS (FRANCE). Sent by a Spaniard from the Vernet camp and addressed to another in the Gurs camp, on the front oval mark CAMP DE VERNET / (ARIEGE) / LE VAGEMESTRE and arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. Blue France 90 cts with "F" surcharge. MIGNE AUXANCES to MONTDIDIER (FRANCE). The CTE 96, 97, 98 and 99 Foreign Workers Companies were located in Migne Auxances, and a small colony of Spanish refugees was located in Montdidier. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
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1941. 2'50 fr from France. LE BARCARES to MADRID, sent by a Spaniard at 143 GTE of Campo Marechal Joffre, also called Camp de Rivesaltes and arrival on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1941. 3 fr violet and 5 fr chestnut, both from France. Certificate from AGDE to MADRID. Postmark CAM D´AGDE / HERAULT and MADRID / GC / EXENTA mark on the front. After the departure of the Spanish refugees in 1940, it became a Concentration Camp for foreigners, this camp was dismantled in the fall of 1943. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE CERTIFIED LETTER FROM AN INTERNMENT CAMP.
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1941. 70 cts blue and 5 cts sepia. MADRID to GURS (sent from the Private Secretariat of HE the Head of State and addressed to the Gurs Refugee Camp to Juan Gualtero Cano, a former Republican officer who, upon leaving the Gurs camp, emigrated to Monterrey in Mexico where he dedicated himself to the philatelic trade ). On the front, MINISTERE DE L´INTERIEUR / DIRECTON GENERALE / DE LA SURETE NATIONALE / DIRECTION DU CAMP DE GURS / CENSURE / Nº4, in purple. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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1941. 2.50 f French blue. Letter (with text) from ORPIERRE to BARCELONA, sent by a Spanish nurse from the 95th Group of Spanish Workers, stationed in this small town in the Hautes-Alpes department. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1941. 5 fr French chestnut. Certificate from RIVESALTES to BARCELONA. Sent from Campo (GTE 157) de Rivesaltes and arrival back. MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUAL CERTIFIED LETTER FROM A REFUGEE CAMP.
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1942. 60 orange cts, block of four. CORREZE to BRIVE (addressed to a Spaniard from the Group of Foreign Workers Nº68). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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Republican zone. Refugee camp
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