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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 878

Spanish Civil War postal history collection, 200+ covers featuring a wide range of aspects related to this period, including, apart from National and Republican military mail, visually attractive illustrated envelopes and propaganda military cards with some rare examples used, scarce German ships with a remarkable number of over 25 items -including two submarines and several torpedo boats, scarce incoming mail and one rare registered item-, additional ship mail with Spanish items, one Italian and few scarce British examples, International Brigade usages from foreign and local volunteers with also unusual colored censorship, POW mail, refugee mail in France with corresponding "F" overprinted frankings, red cross, hospitals, mail from the Italian C.T.V. contingent, Hisma Ltd covers being the German company in Spain with the duty of obtaining and supplying war materials, propaganda vignettes on covers, etc; condition to be expected in this tumultuous period, a comprehensive lot of high historical interest, viewing essential.

Estimate
$5,000 to $7,500