Republican Zone

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. 45 rose cts, strip of five. Postcard from BARCELONA to MAARN (HOLANDA), addressed to the Onder de Beuken neighborhood where numerous Spanish children and mothers took refuge during the Civil War. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY 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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|ABOUT|1939. AGDE to BAGoodELONA, sent from the Agde Refugee Camp by a Spaniard interned there. Date stamp CAMP D´AGDE / HERAULT, tax mark PTAS 1´40 and MILITARY CENSORSHIP / VALENCIA, most likely the correspondence entered via Valencia, both in violet and arrival on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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|ABOUT|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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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, overprint F. GURS to NANTES. Postmark CAMP DE GURS / BASSES PYRENEES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, overprint F. LE BAGoodARES to PARIS. Postmark CAMP DE LE BAGoodARES / PYR.ORLES, arrival on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. LE BAGoodARES (FRANCE) to GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), sent by a Spaniard interned in the Le Barcares Internment Camp. Appraised due to lack of postage. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts from France, overprint F. LE BAGoodARES to PARIS. Postmark CAMP LE BAGoodARES / PYR.ORLES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. LE BAGoodARES in TOULOUSE. Dated CAMP LE BAGoodARES / PYR.ORLES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE WITHOUT BEING APPRAISED.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, F surcharge (toned). SAINT CYPRIEN to PARIS. Postmark CAMP.ST.CYPRIEN PLAGE / PYR.ORLES. NICE AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, surcharge F. SEPTFONDS to SETE (erosion at the front). This camp, also known as Judes, was built to relieve the pressure of other camps and from it many inmates were sent to the GTE "Groupes des Travailleurs Etrangers". NICE AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France (most likely reused). SEPTFONDS to SAINT MAMET. Postmark CAMP DE SEPTFONDS / TETG, NICE AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, F surcharge (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 CIGoodULATED BETWEEN DIFFERENT INTERNMENT CAMPS.
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|ENVELOPE|1939. 90 cts blue from France, overprint F. SEPTFONDS to PARIS (return flap missing). CAMP DE SEPTFONDS / TETG postmark MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue, three stamps and 30 cts pink from France. BRAM to REUS (TARRAGONA), sent by a Spaniard interned in the Bram Camp. BRAM / AUDE postmark and MILITARY CENSORSHIP mark. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 40 cts violet, two stamps. SAINT VICENT DE CASTELLET (BAGoodELONA) 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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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, surcharge 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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|ABOUT|1939. MACON to PERPIGNAN, sent by a Spanish refugee interned, most likely temporarily, at the Lambert Barracks in Macon. On the front, marks PREFECTURE DES PIRENEES ORIENTALES and SERVICE REFUGIES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. PAMIERS (FRANCE) to BAGoodELONA, sent by a Spaniard interned in the Vernet d´Ariege Internment Camp. This camp was initially used to confine around ten thousand combatants of the Durruti Division, and was later used to intern refugees and combatants of the International Brigades. PAMIERS / ARIEGE date stamp and PTAS 1´40 rate mark, in violet. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, 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 two thousand seven hundred Spanish refugees were collected, some redistributed to other cities and towns in the Haute Vienne department. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, surcharge F. BEYNAT to GURS, sent from the provisional camp of Beynat to an Italian interned in the Gurs camp. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE CIGoodULATED BETWEEN DIFFERENT CAMPS.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, surcharge F. LABENNE to PARIS, sent by a Spanish refugee interned in a temporary Accommodation Centre in Labenne. On the front it says COMMUNE DE LABENNE / SERVICE / DES / REFUGIES / (LANDES), on the back it says arrival. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, 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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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, overprint F. LES AYDES to GURS, sent by a Spanish refugee from the Temporary Accommodation Centre of Verrerie de Les Aydes (Orléans), a former glass factory converted into a reception centre and addressed to the Camp. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE ORIGIN, ESPECIALLY RARE ADDRESSED TO ANOTHER REFUGEE CAMP.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France. ARECHE-BEAUFORT to BOULOGNE, sent by a Spaniard from the 40th Company of Spanish Workers. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, surcharge F. PAVIE to GURS, sent from the "Lacavant de Pavie" Camp, which according to the consulted data, was a housing centre for Spanish refugee children and addressed to a Spaniard interned in the Gurs Camp. Arrival on the back. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE, CIGoodULATED BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT REFUGEE CAMPS.
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|ENVELOPE|1939. 70 cts lilac on French Postal Stationery Card from PERPIGNAN to BAGoodELONA, with additional 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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|ABOUT|1939. 90 cts blue from France, surcharge F. CHAUMONT to ARROMANCHES, sent by a Spanish refugee interned in a Temporary Accommodation in Chaumont and addressed to "Camp Bacances" in Arromanches. MAGNIFICENT.
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|ENVELOPE|1939. 70 cts lilac pink on French Postal Stationery Card from AGDE to BAGoodELONA, with additional 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 CARDS IN A SPANISH REFUGEE CAMP.
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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. 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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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. 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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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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