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1936 (Dec 17) Plain envelope with small opening faults to the Mexican Consul, Gibraltar bearing Junta de Defensa Nacional 30c Chateau de Javier & Pro Sevilla Obligatory Tax tied smudged Sevilla machine cancel. Adhesives partly overlaid by VISADO POR LA CENSURA label & on reverse Gibraltar arrival slogan (19 Dec) datestamp…No Mail service existed between Nationalists & Republicans so for 7 months from July 1936 to 8 Feb 1937 the Mexican Consuls in Malaga & Gibraltar would forward mail between the two via British Naval vessels running between Gibraltar & Malaga on a regular weekly basis until Malaga fell to the Nationalists. Mail is rare it is estimated that around 3000 letters used this clandestine service, however most were destroyed after reading for fears of reprisals & few have survived