Question to spanish army

[Invitado]

Hello,
can anyone tell me, whether the spanish army has a special military mail system (fieldpost)? I got a letter from a friend, whos served at KFOR and sent me a letter via spanish post. The letter was canvelled in Madrid - but I can see no special remark of "military":

http://www.bw-feldpost.de/e107/article.php?223.255

If anyone can help - I would be glad...

PS: I'm also one of the mods of forum at german philatelic society - if anyone has questions reg. german stamps or military mail..no problem!

[albu]

sorry - but I saw I was not logged in...so: the previous posting was made by me:

Albu

[jorgesurcl]

Arriba escribió un amigo de Alemania que solicita lo siguiente, ojalá algún forero pudiera ayudarlo. Puede escribirlo en español y yo se lo traduciré:

"Hola, Puede alguien decirme si es que el ejército español tiene un sistema de correo militar especial (fieldpost)?. Tengo una carta de un amigo que se desempeña en las KFOR y me ha enviado una carta via correo español. La carta fue cancelada en Madrid - pero no veo marcas especiales militares (o de militaria).
Si alguien puede ayudarme me sentiré muy afortunado.
PD: Además soy uno de los moderadores del foro de la Sociedad Filatelica Alemana, por si alguien tiene preguntas acerca de sellos alemanes o correo militar...no hay problema !."

Salu2

[jeroca]

yes it has been in the past fron the wars at moroco, but actually the soldiers uses the spanish post, in the diferents units arround the world they post with a stamp for use between cities in spain , is colected send by military means truck, air, etc and then uses spanish post as a normal letter , but differents units uses differents cancellations in the place were the mail originates

[albu]

Another Question to spanish army: Spain ist Lead-Nation at PRT Qala-e-Naw and so I want to write to the commander - normally I use US or german service, but they have no APO there. So, can anyone tell me, how the adress is to write to ISAF-contingent of spain?

[jorgesurcl]

Hi Albu
Perhaps in the website of the Spanish Army you can find information about this. The Ministry of Defence have a special page in english version, with many links to differents areas and departaments (Peacekeeping Missions too) and direct links to contact them.

The link is:

http://www.ejercito.mde.es/ingles/inicio.htm

Best regards

Jorge

[jorgesurcl]

Hi Albu
It's me again ! Try contact this email :

rrpp@et.mde.es

or in the next FAX : 91 522 78 20

You can write them in english
Good luck
Jorge

[albu]

thanks a lot jorge! Mail is on the way - I hope, they will answer...if so, I will post it here!

[albu]

...I waited some days - but I got no answer and the site of spanish army is excellent - but gives no info about "how to write to spanish soldiers on mission..." - so the answer to my question is "open"

[albu]

I want to "push" my question again - as I didn't get any answer from army or ministry of defence...

May be a collector of military mail can help me?

[jeroca]

sorry, I cannot help you

[Vicente Vida]

Hello

There are two types of military mail nowadays:

- Personnal mail that is processed as normal mail, so the marks are the ones you can see in any letter.
- Official mail, that is processed by military ways. Marks in this letters are not easy to achieve since this is a classified matter.

Hope to help.

[isaquito]

Hola, tal vez pueda ayudarte.
Los soldados destacados en el extranjero no tienen Estafetas de Correo como antaño o como tienen otras unidades de otros países.
El sistema es el siguiente, un soldado destacado en Afganistán (por ejemplo) envía una carta a Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (por ejemplo), esta carta es depositada en sacas de correo que salen de la Base Española en Afganistán y llegan a Madrid, allí son mataselladas con la siguiente inscripción "MADRID - MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA + FECHA" y luego el servicio postal español, CORREOS, lo hace llegar a su destinatario en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, sin hacer mención ninguna en la carta de que proviene de Afganistán.
Es una pena porque los estadounidenses si reflejan en su correo, concretamente en el matasellos, el origen de la misiva indicando incluso el nombre de la base.
A mi un compañero me mandó una desde Herat y por eso se como es el envío.
Lamento haberte informado tan tarde, pero no había visto este post hasta ahora, un saludo

Hey, maybe I can help.
Soldiers stationed abroad do not have post offices as before or have other units in other countries.
The system is the following, a soldier deployed in Afghanistan (for example) sends a letter to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (for example), this letter is placed in mail bags they leave the Spanish Base in Afghanistan and arrived in Madrid, there are postmarked with the inscription "MADRID - MINISTRY OF DEFENCE + DATE"and then Spanish postal service mail, it makes getting to your destination in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, no mention whatsoever in the letter that comes from Afghanistan .
It's a shame because the Americans if they reflect in your mail, especially on the postmark, the origin of the letter indicating even the name of the base.
My one friend sent me one from Herat and and therefore know as shipping.
I'm sorry I informed so late, but had not seen this post so far, greetings