Refugee Camp

1939. ARGELES SUR MER to TOULOUSE. Postmark CAMP ARGELES SUR MER / PYR.ORLES. MAGNIFICENT.
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1939. Overseas 10 cts and blue 90 cts with F surcharge, both from France. ARGELES SUR MER to PARIS. Postmark CAMP ARGELES SUR MER / PYR.ORLES. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.
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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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|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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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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|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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1939. SAINT CYPRIEN to TOULOUSE. Brand CAMP ST.CYPRIEN-PLAGE / PYR.ORLES. 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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|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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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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|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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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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|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. 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, 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. 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. 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. 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, 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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|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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|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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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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