Refugee Camp

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. 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 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, overhead F. ARGELES SUR MER to PARIS. Postmark CAMP ARGELES SUR MER / PYR.ORLES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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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 French blue, overprint F. GURS to NANTES. Postmark CAMP DE GURS / BASSES PYRENEES. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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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. 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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874, 875. 1939. 70 blue cts and 1 slate pts. MADRID to GURS (FRANCE) (aimed at the Gurs CTE workers camp). BEAUTIFUL AND RARE WITH DESTINATION TO A REFUGEE CAMP.
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874(2). 1939. 70 blue cts, two stamps. Certificate from MANRESA to PARTHENAY (FRANCE), addressed to the Spanish Refugee Camp. On the front brand CENTER DES REFUGIES / DE PARTHENAY / DEUX SEVRES, in purple. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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885, 858. 1939. 2 pts green and 40 cts violet. BARCELONA to VERNET (FRANCE), initially established as a reception camp but finally converted into a disciplinary camp by interning extremist refugees and combatants of the International Brigades. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. 90 blue cts from France, surcharge "F". ARGELES SUR MER to GURS (FRANCE). CAMP ARGELES SUR MER / PYR ORLES postmark and censor mark. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE LETTER BETWEEN REFUGEE CAMPS.
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1940. 50 cts light blue and 1.75 cts blue FRANCE stamps. LANGRES to BREDA (GERONA), and forwarded to BARCELONA. Written in the Langres Internment Camp (Frontstalag 123). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. Blue France 90 cts with "F" surcharge. BOURG EN BRESSE to PARIS, sent by a Spaniard from the 145th Regional Battalion-48 Compagnie, of the GTE (Spanish Workers Groups). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. Blue France 90 cts with "F" surcharge. PERPIÑAN to PARIS, sent by a Spaniard integrated in the organization of Passive Defense-Barracón de Enseñanza. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. Blue France 90 cts with "F" surcharge. Interior Mail of PERPIGNAN, most likely sent by a Spanish refugee. On the front mark COMMANDEMENT DES TRANSPORTS... / LE VAGUEMESTRE. MAGNIFICENT.
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1940. Blue France 90 cts with "F" surcharge. ARGELES SUR MER to PERPIGNA. Postmark CAMP.ARGELES SUR MER / PYR.ORLES and on the front GENIE DES CAMPS / ARGELES / SUR-MER, in violet. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. Blue France 90 cts with "F" surcharge and blue 10 cts. ARGELES SUR MER to PARIS, sent by a Spaniard interned in the Campo de Argeles. Postmark CAMP ARGELES SUR MER / PYR.ORLES. MAGNIFICENT.
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1940. Blue France 90 cts with "F" surcharge. ARGELES SUR MER to GURS, sent from Campo de Argeles and addressed to Campo de Gurs, sent by Ada Grossi and addressed to Carmine Cesar Grossi, her husband, a well-known anti-fascist lawyer based in Barcelona who ended up in a disciplinary camp like Gurs for his campaign against Franco through his Barcelona radio station. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE CIRCULATED BETWEEN DIFFERENT FIELDS.
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1940. 1´25 fr pink, two French stamps. ARGELES SUR MER (FRANCE) to MADRID (Sent by a Spanish refugee from the 143 CTE (company of Spanish workers) of the Campo de Argeles Sur Mer). MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. Blue France 90 cts with "F" surcharge. GURS to MARSEILLE (FRANCE), sent by a boarding school of the Cuban group of Company 257. Postmark CAMP DE GURS / BASSES PYRENEES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. PERPIÑAN to PARIS, probably written from one of the nearby Refugee Camps. Postmark PERPIGNAN RP / PYRENEES ORLES and manuscript FM MAGNIFICA.
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1940. 2´50 green fr from France. GURS to GENEVA (SWITZERLAND). Postmark CAMP DE GURS / BASSES PYRENEES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. 1 f pink and 3 f orange. LE VERNET TO GENEVA (SWITZERLAND) (referred by a Spanish intern). The Vernet Internment Camp became a Concentration or Disciplinary Camp for extremist Spaniards and foreigners, on the front marked CAMP DE CONCENTRATION / VERNET / D´ARIEGE. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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1940. 1´25 fr pink, two stamps and 5 fr blue, two stamps, both from France. LE VERNET to NEW YORK (USA). The Vernet camp began to receive refugees and soldiers, but it became a disciplinary camp by interning Spanish Republicans and extremist International Brigades, in this case it is sent by a German interned in this camp, on the front it marks CAMP DU VERNET / ( ARIEGE) / LE VAGUEMESTRE. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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1940. 90 cts blue from France, surcharge F. LE BARCARES to NANTES. Postmark CAMP LE BARCARES / PYR.ORLES (at the outbreak of World War II it was placed under the military authority of the Vichy Government and the Camp was used as a concentration point for Foreign Workers Companies such as the GTE or the CTE). MAGNIFICENT.
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1940. 90 cts blue France, overprint F. BRAM to BORDEAUX (written by a Spanish interned in Campo de Bram). Postmark BRAM / AUDE and marks CAMP DE REFUGIES ESPAGNOLS / DE BRAM LE VAGUEMESTRE and RETOUR ENVOYEUR / ANNULE on the front, arrival at the Bram camp a month and a few days later on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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