Hafner first arrived in Malaga

Nov.1904 Ernst Hafner first arrived in Malaga at the age of twenty, a month after having successfully fulfilled his compulsory military service prescribed by the Federal Government.

1902 Hafner 's schoolmate and best friend, Antonio Miro, once having finished College in Solothurn (Switzerland) at the age of 18, would go back to his parents' own businesses in Malaga.

On that same year, Ernst Hafner had accepted a bank clerk job in Zürich.

1904 - Ernst Hafner received a letter from his friend Antonio Miro suggesting that it might be in Hafner 's own benefits to applying for a promising job challenge abroad, that had just been posted by a local export company.

They were searching for an experienced professional with Business Administration Background and fluent in German and English, to taking care of their Foreign Bureau.

1937 - Hafner's Bureau at War

from Ernesto Hafner - Tanger
to Jorge A. Petersen in Malaga - 24/04/1937

Carta enviada desde Tanger a Málaga
y matasellada en Tetuan con el Fechador Falangísta:
BARRIO MORO Tetuan (Marruecos) - Protec Español

(Colección Ricardo Hafner)

CORREOS TANGER, al permanecer fiel a la República, creaba serios problemas de fiabilidad en las entregas.

Los Falangístas se ven obligados a crear un "Servicio de Correos Paralelo" (que se centraliza en la Estafeta del Barrio Moro de Tetuan), para los Nacionales residentes en Tanger.

El correo de Tanger, con destino a la Zona Nacional, era conducido clandestinamente a Tetuan por miembros de Falange.

En Tetuan era matasellado con el Fechador Falangísta "BARRIO MORO", que servía de clave, para saber que aquel correo procedia o iba para Tanger.

from Ernesto Hafner - Malaga
to Pedro Faull in Seville - 08/06/1937

Interesante Cover Letter
Carta Urgente con valor Declarado 30 Pesetas enviada de Malaga a Sevilla
Contenía Sellos de Colección
En reverso:
5 sellos rojos de Malaga en lacre
y matasello de: " Valor Declarado Sevilla"

(Colección Ricardo Hafner)