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Spanish Civil War Locals
 
 
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Lot 1290

CANARY ISLANDS COVERS, wonderful group of 33 airmail covers from 1937-38 bearing various Canary Is. overprints and regular Spanish stamps, all addressed to famed stamp dealer, Nicholas Sanabria; nice range of frankings including Ed. 20-22 (3), 41-43 (6), 47-49; also including Lugo 60c & 1p airmail overprints (Ed. 11-12). Everything identified, concisely described and priced by the owner between $70 and $350 each, totaling over $5,700.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1291

Antequera, 1936, 15c-1p Second issue (Edifil 19-22), original gum, lightly hinged. F.-V.F. Edifil €300 ($320).

Expertization: each signed twice.
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Lot 1292

Burgos, Souvenir sheet with red winged envelope overprint (Edifil 92), on registered cover from Vitoria to Vatican City, 13 Dec 1938, Vitoria military censor mark, Vatican backstamp, 16 Dec, VF.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1293

Burgos, Souvenir sheet with blue overprint, without "II Ano Triunfal" (Edifil 95 var.), on registered cover from San Sebastian to Palma de Mallorca, 8 Nov 1937, also bearing 10c Cruzada Contra El Frio (Ed.8), San Sebastian military censor mark, Heller S49.7, backstamped Palma de Mallorca, 9 Nov, F-VF.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1294

1938 Army & Navy souvenir sheet imperforate (Edifil 101), original gum, lightly hinged, Fine. Edifil €1,000 ($1,080).
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Lot 1295

Burgos, Imperforate Zumalacárregui "Requete" souvenir sheet (Galvez 8), the only franking on registered cover from Burgos to San Sebastian, 11 Feb 1938, Burgos military censor mark, Heller B81.4a, backstamped San Sebastian, 12 Feb, VF and very, very rare.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 1296

Cadiz, Five different imperfs on cover (Edifil 805s//833s), sent registered airmail from Cadiz to Palma de Mallorca, 17 Sep 1937, also bearing pairs of Cadiz locals (Galvez 159s-160s), 5c Cadiz double impression (148d) and pair of 10c Cid with handstamped overprint "Urgente" in red (unlisted), Cadiz censor mark, Heller C12.8, backstamped Palma de Mallorca, 18 Sep, VF. Scott 627//647.
Estimate 500 - 750

Expertization: signed Roig.
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Lot 1297

Chipiona, Unlisted 10c and 50c Locals, tied by Chipiona (Cadiz) c.d.s.s on cover to José Maria Francés, Postmaster at Zaragoza, scarce Chipiona censor mark, Heller C5.4, VF and exceedingly rare, perhaps unique.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1298

Jerez de la Frontera, Overprint Errors (Edifil 2hh/14hccph), cover from Jerez to Seville, 31 Jun 1937, franked with with Ed. 2 (block), 2hh, 7hcc, 8hccph, 9 with vertical overprint and 14hccph, also Charity stamp (Ed. 1) and 5c Cadiz local (Galvez 162), Jerez military censor mark, VF.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1299

Madrid, 1p on 45¢+2p, overprinted block of four (Edifil 53), hinge-reinforced horizontal separation, original gum, Very Fine. Only 18 were printed. Edifil €500 ($540).

Expertization: clear F. Graus Certificate.
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Lot 1300

Madrid, 10p on 45¢+2p souvenir sheet (Edifil 54), original gum, never hinged, small natural paper inclusion in stamp, small corner crease, otherwise Very Fine. Only 50 issued. Edifil €650 for hinged ($700).

Expertization: clear 1997 Comex Certificate.
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Lot 1301

Malaga, 5c-10p "Auxilio al Necesitado" locals (Sofima 4-13), complete set on cover from Malaga to Marseille, 6 Jul 1937, 50c small tear, F-VF. A very rare set, especially so on cover.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1302

Pamplona, Six different local overprints (Edifil 9-11, 18, NE1-2), on registered cover from Tafalla to San Sebastian, 28 Jul 1937, along with 5c Tafalla local (Galvez 692), light strike Tafallamilc mark, Heller T1.3, the earliest reported use, backstamped Pamplona-Alsasua railroad postmark, VF.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1303

Santa Cruz de Tenrife, 20c violet Error (Edifil 29 var.), horizontal pair, one without overprint, unlisted, along with 1.20p regular postage, on registered airmail cover from Santa Cruz to Bilbao, 25 Oct 1938, Franco patriotic handstamp, Santa Cruz censor tape, Heller S47.6b, the earliest known use, backstamped Seville transit 31 Oct; VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1304

Santa Cruz de Tenrife, 1937, 30c on 5c and 1p on 5c local overprints (Sofima 19, 25), the sole postage on airmail cover from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Cadiz, 9 Apr 1937, red Santa Cruz military censor marking, Heller S47.5, the earliest reported use of this marking, VF and quite likely unique.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1305

Segovia, overprinted blocks of four (Edifil 12-14), on cover from Segovia to Toledo, 31 Oct 1937, also bearing two other blocks, Galvez 672-673, Segovia censor mark, Heller S90.6, backstamped Toledo, 3 Nov, fresh and Extremely Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1306

San Sebastian, 10c overprint for proposed Express Mail Service to Madrid (Edifil 19), on cover postmarked 6 (?) Nov 1937 along with two 15c Arenals and unissued 10c Primo de Rivera (Ed. NE15), cover bears all the required handstamps in violet, a VF and rare cover. Seriously undervalued in Edifil. Includes a descriptive background article.
Estimate 400 - 600

This service was proposed at the end of 1936 to carry mail from San Sebastian to Madrid once that city was liberated from the Republicans, which the local nationalists assumed would be by the spring or summer of 1937. In fact, Madrid did not fall until near the end of the war in April of 1939. As a result all mail that was turned over to the post office for this service was held until after the war, at which time it was either returned to the sender, if they could be found, or likely, in most cases, destroyed. 500 stamps were initially overprinted for this service and a second printing of 200 was made when the first was sold out. The number of covers that survived is necessarily quite small.

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Lot 1307

San Sebastian, 10c Express Mail Service to Madrid (Edifil 19), another cover, this one franked with a 30c Isabella and a 10c Falange Española label in addition to the special stamp, the date of the postmark is illegible, marking as previous except "Aunque persiste…" handstamp is in red and there is an additional Falange censor mark and tape, VF and exceedingly rare.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1308

Vich, 25c Local (Sofima 5), on beautiful illustrated patriotic cover to José Maria Francés, Postmaster at Zaragoza, postmarked Vich (Barcelona) 4 Mar 1937, handstamps of the Army of the North, the Vich Postal Administrator and the Town Council, plus an unlisted millésime censor mark, backstamped Zaragoza, 7 Mar, Extremely Fine. The illustration, which shows Christ carrying His cross is captioned "Our Father, Jesus of Calvary of Montalbán".
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1309

Vitoria, complete set of "Viva España" overprints (Edifil 19-31, 30B), plus additional 4p value on registered cover from Zalla to Vitoria, 30 Jul 1937, backstamped Vitoria, 2 Aug, VF and exceedingly rare.
Estimate 750 - 1,000

Expertization: F. Graus Certificate.
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Lot 1310

1936, 15c Especial Movil (Edifil 28), block of four plus four different Pólizas (Ed. 7, 19, 22 and an unlisted 25c 10th Class on 15c 9th Class similar to 19), with 80c postage on registered cover from El Ferrol (Coruña) to Cascante (Navarra), 15 Dec 1936; stamps with typical perf toning, F-VF. The 1.20p on 1p (Ed. 7) is apparently not previously recorded on cover.
Estimate 400 - 600
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