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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO G.B. WITH ARC MARKS (TWO "PAID") - STUDY OF RATES UP TO "12/6" + SHIP LETTER; 1834-39 collection of covers with "GIBRALTAR/PAID" (2; 2/6 or 2/10 rates), "SOUTHAMPTON/SHIP LETTER" (1/5 rate), or "GIBRALTAR" arcs (7; 2/6, 5/-, 7/6, 8/6 - to Birmingham -or 12/6 to London). Plus fine printed 14 Aug. 1838 Act ref. new Mediterranean Packet rates and prepayment. Useful study. (10 covers + 1 Act) Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, HAMPSHIRE £300
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO GREECE - "GIBRALTAR/PAID" COVER AT 8d RATE TO ATHENS VIA PATRAS; 2 July 1838 E (side-flap removed; slight toning) to "Captain Sir Edmund Lyons...Athens" (the name has been crossed through but has been cleverly restored) with red m/s "8[d]" rate and very fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc mark; also endorsed "To the care of the British Consul, Patras" (for diplomatic forwarding to Athens presumably). Rare destination for prepaid prestamp mail from Gibraltar. Cross Reference: GREECE £150
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO THE ITALIAN STATES (SARDINIA) - ROUTED VIA SPAIN & FRANCE TO GENOA; 1830/37 ELs (the 1830/2 trio with slight toning, one of which has disinfection chisel-slits) from Gibraltar to Genoa with varied postal markings inc. three mainly v. fine red "S. ROQUE/FRANCA" (1830/2), and with the 3-line red "DE GIBR./S. ROQUE/ANDA. BAXA" and all with French Entry "ESPAGNE..." marks of Oleron (black or red) or St Jean de Luz (2; both also with "NIZZA DI MARE" marks). Scarce group. (5 covers) Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, SPAIN, FRANCE, DISINFECTED MAIL £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO MALTA - DIFFERENT RATES/MARKS INC. WAX LAZARETTO SEAL & "PAID" ARC STRUCK IN ERROR; 1830/36 covers sent from Gibraltar to Malta inc. 1830 red Arc E ex Lisbon with unrecorded (?) Gibraltar "Samuel Tassis" Forwarding Agent endorsement, remarkable 1834 E with v. fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" struck in error and so with "PAID" crossed through, 1834 EL (stained flap) from the Tuscan Consul in Gib. (part oval cachet on flap) with v. fine "GIBRALTAR" arc and part red wax Malta "LAZZARETTO" seal and 1834/36 trio with v. fine Arc marks charged 6d, 1/- or "1oz 2/-". Scarce group. (6 covers) Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, ITALIAN STATES, MALTA, FORWARDING AGENTS £240
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO MALTA - ARC MARK COVERS (INC. ONE "PAID" - EKD - WITH 2/- RATE IN BLACK & RED); 1837-/38 E/ELs inc. 20 Feb. 1838 E with v. fine 2nd-Type "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc mark (Earliest Known Date?; light crease) and no less than 7 covers with mainly fine to very fine 2nd-Type "GIBRALTAR" arc marks (with almost all different rates - from 6d up to "1½oz 4/-"). Good group. (8 covers) Cross Reference: MALTA £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO PORTUGAL - "PAID" ARC COVER + SHIP LETTERS INC. ONLY KNOWN OVAL "G.M." COVER; 1834 EL prepaid "3/6" to Oporto with v. fine 1st-Type "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc, plus fine 1835/6 Ship Letter ELs pair to Oporto with v. fine blue oval "C. Est. de N." (Cartas Estrangeiras de Navio; overseas letter by ship) or v. fine brown oval-framed "G.M." (with faint C Est de N mark) - the meaning of this rare GM mark is still in dispute but this is the only example recorded on a cover from Gibraltar. Rare and very fine trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL, MARITIME MAIL £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO PORTUGAL - BALANCE OF THE COLLECTION INC. MANY ARC TYPES (INC. TWO "PAID"); Fine 1837-39 E/ELs all from Gibraltar to Oporto (8) or Lisbon (1); inc. 1838/9 pair prepaid with fine to v. fine 2nd-Type "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arcs but different arrival charges (160/200 reis) having v. fine blue oval "C. Est. de N." or boxed "P. BRITo.", 5 with 2nd-Type "GIBRALTAR" arcs (one with Gib. "Rob. Anderson & Co." F. Agent endorsement) and 2 with only Lisbon marks (one endorsed by Lisbon F. Agent). Good lot. Plus 1835 27pp printed foolscap compendium of Portuguese Laws of 1834 (in Portuguese; none obviously postal?). (9 covers + 1 book) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL, FORWARDING AGENTS £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO SPAIN - "GIBRALTAR" ARC COVERS (INC. TWO "PAID") + S. ROQUE COVERS AT VARIED RATES; 1839 pair with fine to v. fine 2nd-Type "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc marks to Cadiz (1/- or "1½oz 2/6" rates), 1837/8 trio with plain arc marks to Cadiz (all different arrival charges), and a large 1830-36 group with red 3-line "DE GIBR/S. ROQUE/ANDA. BAXA" marks to Cadiz (7; all with red h.s. "9q"), Barcelona (1835 with red h.s. "13" in error for 12), Mataro (1831), or Xerez (1830 pair; both with red "A" - Abono - mark). Fine lot. (16 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN £240
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1830s - MAIL TO SPAIN - BALANCE OF THE 1830s STUDY - INC. ARCS (ONE "PAID") & VARIED RATES; Similar 1830/9 group of covers all from Gibraltar and mainly to Cadiz inc. fine "PAID" arc by "Vapor Liverpool" at "2/6" rate, plain "GIBRALTAR" arc charged "13½" to Cadiz, and a wide range of S. Roque 3-line covers (11; inc. h.s "12" to Seville and h.s. "13"(?) to Barcelona with "S. ROQUE/FRANCA" applied in error and crossed through). (13 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO FRANCE, HUNGARY & MADEIRA - INC. "GIBRALTAR" ARC, BLUE/BLACK MADEIRA "160" MARKS, ETC.; 1840-46 covers inc. rare unpaid Nov. 1844 env. (small corner faults) with part red 3-line "DE GIBR..." mark on the front to "Cassovie (Hongrie)" routed "Via Paris" with 2 Nov. "CASSOVIE" backstamp, 1841 E with v. fine 3-line "DE GIBR..." to Bordeaux, and 1840/46 group of ELs (6) to Madeira inc. 1842 fair "GIBRALTAR" arc (m/s "540" rate & boxed blue "ABATIDA" backstamp), and 1844/46 trio by named steamers with v. fine blue or black (2) Madeira h.s. "160" charge-marks. Scarce lot. (8 covers) Cross Reference: MADEIRA, HUNGARY, FRANCE, PORTUGAL £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO G.B. INC. "GIBRALTAR/PAID" ARCS, EARLY C.D.S., PICTORIAL P&O STEAMER CIRCULAR, ETC.; c.1845 printed leaflet (no address or marks) advertising "GIBRALTAR IN FREE PRATIQUE" for passengers on the P&O chartered SS 'Tiger' from the Italian ports, plus 1841-8 covers from Gibraltar to GB inc. 1841 pair with mainly v. fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arcs (1/- & 4/- rates), 1842/3 pair at 1/- or 2/- rates with fair or v. fine arcs, 1847 v. fine red 3-line "DE GIBR..." S. Roque mark (via France), and Mar./May 1848 unpaid pair with early Gib. cds's and both charged "4/-". (8 items) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MILITARY MAIL TO G.B. - INC. 1d CONCESSION RATE (WITH "PAID" ARC), PAID UDC, AND ARC MARKS; Attractive 1842 E (side-flap removed) to Edinburgh headed & countersigned for the 1d Concession Rate for a "Hospital Serjeant" of the 1st Battalion with partly fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc with red m/s "P1", 1841 EL with plain Arc mark ordering military tartan from Scotland, and 1840/49 cross-written pair (latter battered with front & back separated but with long contents and 4 small drawings - 3 being coloured - of ship, horse, camel & giraffe that seem to have been enclosed!) with mainly fine plain arc mark or "GIBRALTAR-PAID" UDC (scarce & an early use). (4 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, MILITARY, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, MEDICAL £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO G.B. FROM MADEIRA - RARE GREEN FALMOUTH UNDATED "GIBRALTAR/F" WITH BRITISH P.O. C.D.S.; 12 April 1843 EL (outer wrapper professionally backed with fine tissue; long family letter written while en route to India) charged "1/-" Packet rate to Newcastle on Tyne, having a fine "MADEIRA" cds (12 May) on the flap, beside a mostly very fine green undated "GIBRALTAR/F" mark of Falmouth (recorded undated 1840-3 only). Rare combination of marks; one of only a handful of covers from Madeira with the Gibraltar "F" mark that have been recorded. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Cavendish 'Culford' auction, Nov. 2004, lot 409; realised £1,035.] Cross Reference: MADEIRA, CORNWALL, SHIP LETTERS, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS £1,200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO G.B. - RARE BLACK "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" ON COVER WITH BELGIAN CONSULATE WAX SEAL; June 1843 E (some edge wear and dusting) with red wax "CONSULAT DE BELGIQUE/GIBRALTAR" seal to a ship's Captain in London endorsed "Pr Tagus Steamer" charged "8[d]" with a mainly very fine rare black "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" nicely placed on the front. Rare thus. Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, BELGIUM £300
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO G.B. - RARE BLACK "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" ON COVER WITH "GIBRALTAR-PAID" UDC; July 1848 env. (minor wear and dusting) prepaid "8[d]" to London with two partly very fine rare black "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" nicely placed on the front, along with matching partly fine rare "GIBRALTAR-PAID" UDC and cds. Prepaid Ship Letters are rare. Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL £240
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - BALANCE OF THE 1840s MAIL TO G.B. - "PAID" ARC MARKS, GIBRALTAR F. AGENT ENDORSEMENTS, ETC.; 1840-48 covers inc. 1843 pair of ELs with partly fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc marks, Apr./May 1840 pair from Malaga each charged "1/-" with mainly fine "GIBRALTAR" arc marks with different "Gibraltar" Forwarding Agent endorsements ("Rob. Anderson & Co." or "Archbold & Johnston"), and 1848 pair with cds's (charged 1/- or 4/-). Plus 1 Sept. 1840 printed GB "TREASURY WARRANT" listing all overseas postal rates etc. ( Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, POSTAL REFORMS £160
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO INDIA - RARE PREPAID COVER WITH "PAID" ARC SENT VIA EGYPT (BRITISH "ALEXANDRIA" C.D.S.); Fine 21 Apr. 1847 EL (disinfection chisel-slits) from "Ripon Steamer, Mediterranean, off Gibraltar" prepaid "By Overland Mail" to "Dum Dum, Calcutta" with a faint black "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc mark on the front beside red "1/-" rate, and also having very fine "ALEXANDRIA" (6 May; British P.O.) and boxed "CALCUTTA/STEAMER LETTER/Bearing [8+1=9]" d.s. nicely placed on the top flap. Prestamp mail from Gibraltar to India is rare. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: INDIA, EGYPT, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, DISINFECTED MAIL £150
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO ITALIAN STATES (SARDINIA) - SHIP LETTER + MANY 3-LINE S. ROQUE MARKS VIA FRANCE; 1840/49 covers all from Gibraltar to Genoa inc. 1841 Ship Letter charged "8" with fine red "VIA/DI MARE/(E)" and group of 9 others all with 3-line red "DE GIBR./S.ROQUE/ANDA. BAXA" - including some exceptionally clear strikes - and black "VIA DI NIZZA" marks (along with 2-ring French "ESPAG./ST-J.-DE-LUZ" entry-marks). (11 covers) Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, ITALIAN STATES, SPAIN, FRANCE £240
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO SARDINIA - THE VERY RARE TINY RED "GIBRALTAR" ARC MARK - ONE OF ONLY NINE RECORDED; Very fine 15 Sept. 1845 EL from "Gibilterra" to Genoa "P. [Ship] Barcino" with a mainly very fine tiny red arc-framed "GIBRALTAR" mark (filing fold) nicely placed on the front with manuscript "26" arrival charge and "VIA DI NIZZA". This unusual mark was used by Mr. Mitchell, the Civil Secretary's Postmaster in Gibraltar only on letters that he despatched by private foreign ships to prevent their being sent other than through the official Gibraltar channels. This is one of only nine recorded examples, and is very unusual on mail to Italy. Exhibition Quality. [A similar strike on the ingoing cover from GB to Spain in the Osborn collection, RL May 1991 auction, lot 1075, realised £9,200!] Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES £1,500
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO MALTA - GOVERNOR's LETTER REF. END OF FRANCO-MOROCCAN WAR, ETC.; 20 Sept. 1844 env. (with contents written & signed b the Governor of Gibraltar, Sir Robert Wilson) from "GIBRALTAR" (mainly fine arc mark) to Admiral Owen at "Malta" charged "10" though endorsed "H.M.S." and signed by Wilson on the front (good contents about the recent ending of the French Occupation of Morocco; "Mogador Isle was evacuated on the 16th and last Naval Division was to leave that evening"); plus fine 1843 EL to the Tuscan Consul in Malta with partly fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc with red m/s "d5" rate. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MALTA, AUTOGRAPHS, MOROCCO, FALSE £150
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO PORTUGAL - COLLECTION OF ARC COVERS WITH BLUE BOXED "P. BRITo.", ETC.; Fine 1840-46 covers all from Gibraltar to Lisbon or Oporto and all with very fine blue octagon-boxed Lisbon "P. BRITo." marks nicely placed on the front along with mainly very fine or fine "GIBRALTAR" arc marks (one exceptionally with two fine strikes, and one with the Gib. mark omitted); plus 1846 EL from Marseilles to Lisbon "Par Phoenician" but changed to "Via Madrid" as posted from Gib. with v. fine red 3-line "DE GIBR..." mark. Good variety of rate marks and all the ships that carried the letters endorsed or identified. Good nucleus for further study and expansion. (14 covers) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SPAIN, MARITIME MAIL £300
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO SPAIN - EARLY 1840s COVERS TO MALLORCA/MAINLAND INC. "PAID" ARCS & S. ROQUE 3-LINES; 1840-43 covers all from Gibraltar to Spain inc. eight 1840/3 ELs to Cadiz with fine to v. fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arcs (differing rate marks), large part c.1843 env. (spectacular red wax seal of the Spanish Consul in Gib.) to "Mallorca" at the very high "63" rate (11th rate for 19 to 20 adarmes weight) with 3-line Gibr./S. Roque mark, and that same 3-line mark on 7 other covers to Cadiz (inc. "22½" & "27" rates & red h.s. "3" with "6"), etc. Good lot. (21 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN £400
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO SPAIN - EARLY 1840s COVERS INC. "PAID" ARCS & S. ROQUE 3-LINES; 1840-43 covers all from Gibraltar to Spain inc. seven 1840/3 ELs to Cadiz with fine to v. fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arcs (differing rate marks; one charged "91" - the highest recorded Packet rate on a cover to Cadiz), the 3-line "DE GIBR,/S. ROQUE..." mark on a cover to Seville and on 9 covers to Cadiz (inc. red h.s. "13½q"), 1842 EL from Gib to Cadiz but smuggled to S. Roque and posted there with "S. ROQUE/ANDALUCIA/BAXA", etc. Good variety. (30 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN £400
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO SPAIN - LATER 1840s COVERS INC. "PAID" ARCS/UDC & S. ROQUE 3-LINES; 1844-49 covers all from Gibraltar to Spain inc. six 1844/5 ELs to Cadiz with fine to v. fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arcs (differing rate marks; one charged "54" and one "31½"), the 3-line "DE GIBR,/S. ROQUE..." mark on covers to Almeria (red h.s. "9" cancelled by two "7" marks), Algeciras (part cover), Seville (2), or Cadiz (10 inc. red h.s. "A", m/s "68" rate and one - unusually - with fancy framed S. Roque "FRANCA"), 1849 partly fine scarce "GIBRALTAR PAID" UDC (10d rate to Cadiz), etc. Good variety. (24 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN £400
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO SPAIN - LATER 1840s COVERS INC. "PAID" ARCS/UDCs & S. ROQUE 3-LINES; 1844-49 covers all from Gibraltar to Spain inc. 1845/7 ELs to Cadiz (7) or Port St. Mary (1) with fine to v. fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arcs (differing rate marks; one charged "25"prepaid "1/8"), the 3-line "DE GIBR,/S. ROQUE..." mark on covers to Madrid, Algeciras (part cover), or Cadiz (10 inc. varied rates), and 1849 trio with mainly fine or v. fine scarce "GIBRALTAR PAID" UDCs (all 5d rates to Cadiz), etc. Good variety. (23 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN £400
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO SPAIN - RARE "COMPANIA DEL SOL" MENSAJERIAS (COURIER) COVER TO CADIZ VIA S. ROQUE; Fine 13-15 July 1846 EL from "Gibraltar" to Cadiz with a very fine circular "COMPANIA DEL SOL/[shining sun]" Courier mark on the front beside a red "DE GIBR/S. ROQUE./ANDA BAXA" mark (overstruck by red Cadiz "1R" arrival charge-mark, having fine S. Roque and Cadiz (seal tear) backstamps. Believed to be the only recorded example of this Courier mark on a cover from Gibraltar. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: SPAIN, MARITIME MAIL £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO TURKEY VIA MALTA - DISINFECTED COVER WITH FRENCH P.O. IN CONSTANTINOPLE C.D.S.; 6 June 1844 EL (weak folds & slight disinfection stains + chisel-slits) from "Steamship Iberia, Bay of Gibraltar" written while the ship was held in quarantine, addressed to "Constantinople" with a very fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc mark and red m/s "10" rate on the front, but also charged "8" with part "MALTA" and French P.O. "CONSTANTINOPEL/TURQUIE" cds's on the reverse. Carried by the S.S. 'Great Liverpool'. Rare destination at this date from Gibraltar and with interesting chatty contents. Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, MALTA, LEVANT - FRENCH, TURKEY £150
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO U.S.A. - "GIBRALTAR/PAID" ARC COVER + SHIP LETTER PAI (DIRECT + VIA G.B.); Fine 1842 EL from "Malaga" to Boston but posted in Gib. with mainly very fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc (red "1/8" rate) and red Boston "SHIP/6" on the front, and 1845/47 pair from Gibraltar to Boston - the first with a faint "GIBRALTAR" arc mark sent via a London Agent with "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON" oval d.s. and "NEW YORK/SHIP" transit cds, the other by direct ship with red "NEW YORK/SHIP/7cts" cds. Scarce transatlantic mail. (3 covers) Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SPAIN, SHIP LETTERS £200
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO U.S.A. - "GIBRALTAR/PAID" ARC MARK ON 2s-11d RATE COVER VIA G.B. TO BOSTON; Fine 2 Oct. 1843 EL from "Malaga" to Boston (good contents ref. shipments of fruit to America) with a very fine "GIBRALTAR/PAID" arc mark at top left beside red m/s "2/11" rate, endorsed "via Liverpool & Halifax Pr Str. 4 Novr." and having London & Liverpool (31 Oct.) d.s.'s on the front along with Boston "SHIP/6" mark. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, SPAIN £150
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GIBRALTAR MAILS OF THE 1840s - MAIL TO/FROM U.S.A. - RARE 'RESTORED RATES' PERIOD "GIBRALTAR-PAID" UDC COVER + SHIP LETTERS; 16 Jan. 1849 EL (slight stain) to Virginia "Via Boston or New York" with mainly fine scarce "GIBRALTAR-PAID" UDC and cds on the front with red m/s "4/-" rate along with London/Lpool transit cds's (25 Jan.) and fine red "BOSTON/SHIP/M.S" transit cds (12 Feb.) - carried on one of the 4 pre-Treaty voyages of the Transatlantic Mails 'Restored Rates' Period - plus 1848 EL from Gib. to Boston "P Constantine" with NY "SHIP/7cts" cds, and unusual 1843/46 trio from N. Orleans/Phila./NY to Cadiz/Ferrol but all routed through Gibraltar (1843 with unrecorded (?) "James Williams, Gibraltar" F. Agent endorsement, and the 1843/6 pair with 2-line red "DE GIBR..." marks, the first with red Cadiz "ESTADOS UNIDOS"). Plus 1852 EL to Boston posted from London with "24" & "3/CENTS". Scarce group. (6 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, FORWARDING AGENTS, SPAIN £300
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO BELGIUM/FRANCE/HOLLAND - COVERS ALL WITH "DE GIBR/S. ROQUE/ANDA BAXA" MARKS; 1852/55 pair of ELs from "Gibraltar" to Antwerp/Arnhem with faint oily or fair blue 3-line "DE GIBR..." marks both routed "Via Madrid" and charged "20" or "30"; plus 1851/56 ELs (7) all from "Gibraltar" to Marseilles (5, 10 or 15 rates) with mainly fine to v. fine "DE GIBR..." marks in red (1) or blue (6). Scarce destinations (especially Belgium and Holland) from Gibraltar at this date. (9 covers) Cross Reference: BELGIUM, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, FALSE £200
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO G.B. - DISINFECTED COVER WITH RARE BLUE "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" EX HMS BELLEROPHON; 9 Oct. 1850 EL (chisel-slits plus light toning of reverse; all due to disinfection in Gibraltar) from "HMS Bellerophon, Gibraltar" (contents incl.; "We had 8 deaths from cholera after we left Malta...and 110 cases..."!) to Nottingham charged "8[d]" with a very fine rare blue "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" mad matching cds on the reverse beside a very fine boxed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" d.s. (21 Oct.). Rare use of this Gibraltar SL mark on mail to GB, and a clear reason for the disinfection! Exhibition Item Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, SHIP LETTERS, MARITIME MAIL £400
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO G.B. - SUPERB BLUE HANDSTRUCK "6", 3-LINE SHIP LETTER D.S., COVER TO "SPIKE ISLAND", ETC.; 1851-7 covers inc. small 1857 env. (opened out) with superb blue h.s. "6" on the front and mainly fine matching Gib. cds on the reverse (also with fine dotted-arcs "LIVERPOOL" arrival cds on the front, 1857 prepaid env. with mainly fine (partly overstruck) "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" d.s. on the front, 1851 EL to an Officer on tiny "Spike Island, Cork Harbour, Ireland", etc. Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, POSTAGE DUE COVERS £200
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO G.B. - 'LITTLE & LARGE' COVERS WITH DATED "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" MARKS; 2/26 Apr. 1852 covers to London with mainly very fine blue 3-line "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" d.s.'s on the reverse both along with boxed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" d.s.'s; the first a huge cover charged "4/-" (6 times rate), and the other a very small envelope charged "8[d]" (with contents from "Stean ship Ripon off Tariffa near Gibraltar"). Good pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL £200
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO G.B. - RARE BLUE HANDSTRUCK "1/-" CHARGE-MARK (EARLIEST KNOWN EXAMPLE?); Fine unpaid 4 May 1852 E to London "pr Tagus" with mostly v. fine blue "GIBRALTAR" cds on flap matching the very fine Handstruck "1/-" in blue nicely placed on the front. Much rarer than the similar h.s. "6" mark, and only recorded in blue ink for 1852-3 (this example being the earliest date recorded by David). Exhibition Quality. [Ex Alan Robertson & ex Bryan Hunt - Cavendish Sept. 2005 auction, lot 666; realised £575.] Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS £400
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO G.B. - RARE BLUE HANDSTRUCK "1/-" CHARGE-MARK ON COVER TO LONDON; 6 July 1852 unpaid EL (minor toning and some worn folds) to London (redirected locally on arrival without extra charge) with an overstruck blue "GIBRALTAR" c.d.s. across the join matching the blue ink of the very fine Handstruck "1/-" charge-mark on the front. Very few examples of this charge-mark have been recorded; it is much rarer than the similar Handstruck "6" mark, and only appears to have been recorded in blue for 1852-3. [This cover was illustrated on the front cover of the Gibraltar S.C.'s 'The Rock" of Apr. 2000.] [Ex Cavendish Apr. 2005 auction, lot 393; realised £506.] Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS £300
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO G.B. - SUPERB BLUE HANDSTRUCK "6" COVER, 1855 TREASURY WARRANT REF. RATES, ETC.; 28 Dec. 1854 EL to London "P. Pkt" with a lovely strike of the rare blue h.s. "6" on the front matching the mainly fine "GIBRALTAR" cds across the join on the reverse, 1853/4 pair to London with red m/s "1/-" or black m/s "2/-" for the previous single and double rates. and fine printed 10 Sept. 1855 British "Treasury Warrant" confirming changes to foreign & colonial rates (and the inclusion of Egypt in future). (4 items) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS, EGYPT £200
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO THE ITALIAN STATES (SARDINIA) - BLUE "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" (2) & "Espana" COVERS, ETC.; Sept./Oct. 1857 pair of fine ELs to Genoa with mainly v. fine or partly fine scarce blue large undated "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" marks, 1853/4 pair of ELs to Genoa with v. fine scarce blue h.s. "Espana" marks of La Junquera - unusual routing [one with 1998 RPS cert.] - etc. (5 covers) Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, SPAIN, MARITIME MAIL, FALSE £300
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO MALTA - DATED 3-LINE "SHIP LETTER" MARKS (2), TRANSIT MAIL EX SPAIN/PORTUGAL, ETC.; 1852/54 covers inc. 1852/53 4d-rate trio with fine to v. fine blue 3-line "GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER" d.s., 1853/54 unpaid 5d-rate trio with cds's, and 1852/54 transit mail from Lisbon (2; with blue Lisbon cds or posted from Gib, both with Gib. cds's charged 5d) or Spain (Seville/Cadiz charged "5" with Gib cds's but also Seville cds or Cadiz "BC" British consular mark). Unusual lot. (10 covers) Cross Reference: MALTA, MARITIME MAIL, SPAIN, PORTUGAL £240
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO PORTUGAL - MARITIME & OVERLAND ROUTES - H.S. RATES FROM "45" TO "720"; 1854 EL to Oporto with only the senders' fine blue oval "LIVERPOOL & MEDITERRANEAN/CARVER BROTHERS/AGENTS/GIBRALTAR/+SCREW STEAMERS+" cachet, and 1850 collection of covers to Caminha, Oporto or Lisbon with various h.s. rate marks; 45 (3 in black - two with blue "DE GIBR..." 3-lines, one with blue "8" in error and one Missent to France! - one blue with red "DE GIBR" 3-line and matching "S.L.R/ANDALUCIA/VAXA"), 180 (blue + black; first redirected to Madeira), 240 (2 blue + 1 black), 300, 360 (blue), 420 (blue & oddly overstruck with boxed blue "FRANCA"), and 720 (blue). Good study. (13 covers) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL, MADEIRA, SPAIN, FRANCE £300
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO SPAIN - THE VERY RARE TINY RED "GIBRALTAR" ARC MARK - LATEST KNOWN OF ONLY NINE RECORDED; Very fine 9 Apr. 1851 EL from "Gibraltar" (v. fine blue double-oval sender's "SHIP BROKERS/GIBRALTAR" cachet on the front) to Cadiz "P. Estafeta" with a partly fine (partly albino) tiny red arc-framed "GIBRALTAR" mark nicely placed on the front with handstruck red "1R" arrival charge and fair matching Cadiz backstamp. This unusual mark was used by Mr. Mitchell, the Civil Secretary's Postmaster in Gibraltar only on letters that he despatched by private foreign ships to prevent their being sent other than through the official Gibraltar channels. This is the latest known date of the nine recorded examples. Exhibition Item. [A rather clearer strike on the ingoing cover from GB to Spain in the Osborn collection, RL May 1991 auction, lot 1075, realised £9,200!] [With 2006 RPS Certificate of Genuineness.] Cross Reference: SPAIN £850
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO SPAIN - VERY RARE COVER FORWARDED WITH PAMPILLON PRIVATE LETTER CARRIER LABEL; Fine 23 Sept. 1856 EL (in English) from "Gibraltar" to "Xerez de la Frontera" endorsed "P. Vapor Ligero" and so sent by an Agent to Cadiz where the letter was handed to the semi-legal Private Letter Carrier "Francisco Pampillon" with his rare printed "recoje [collect letters from] calle de la Caridad, junto al Estanco [next to the tobacconist]" label (slight stain but clearly belongs) on the front. Nathan (1976) only recorded a handful of covers with this label, and David (2010) only recorded three other such covers carried from Gibraltar and by the Private Letter Carriers. [See also 1858 cover in 1857-75 section below.] Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, SPAIN £750
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO SPAIN - FORWARDING AGENT CACHETS/ENDORSEMENTS INC. COVER FROM U.S.A.; 1851/57 covers from/via Gibraltar to Spain inc. fine 1851 EL prepaid 5d from Gibraltar to Cadiz with v. fine blue double-oval "DOMINGO GARESE/GIBRALTAR" cachet on the flap neatly endorsed "Forwarded by", 1856 EL from New York to Cadiz posted from Gibraltar/S. Roque with Gibraltar "L. Blond" Forwarding Agent endorsement (not recorded by Rowe/Richardson), 1856 EL to Cadiz endorsed by ship without postal marks but with sender's v. fine fancy double-oval "JOSEPH E NATALE/[Sailing Ship]/GIBRALTAR/SHIP BROKERS" cachet across the seal, 1854 EL to Valencia with blue "DE GIBR/S. ROQUE/ANDA BAXA" and matching "8" with sender's red oval cachet (letter mentions enclosed letter from Sicily being forwarded), and 1857 EL to Xerez with only the Private Letter Carrier boxed "PAUSADELA/Y/COMPANIA" mark on the front. Scarce group. (5 covers) Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SPAIN, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL £300
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO SPAIN - EARLY 1850s COLLECTION, PART ONE - INC. DISINFECTED COVER, CADIZ H.S. "10.Cs."/"20.Cs.", ETC.; 1850/54 collection of mainly very fine ELs all from "Gibraltar" to Cadiz, almost all with red 3-line DE GIBR marks and with red Cadiz "1R" charge-marks, but inc. 1852/3 pair with v. fine red "10.Cs." (one - rare thus - with blue "GIBRALTAR" cds), similar 1854 "20.Cs.", scarce red h.s. "15", red h.s. "10", m/s rates up to "65", and one "1R" cover with disinfection slits (Feb. 1854; the only disinfected cover recorded from this period). Good collection suitable for further expansion. (26 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN, POSTAGE DUE COVERS, DISINFECTED MAIL, FALSE £400
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO SPAIN - EARLY 1850s COLLECTION, PART TWO - INC. P&O SHIPS' MAIL, CADIZ H.S. "10.Cs."/"15.Cs.", ETC.; 1851/53 collection of mainly very fine ELs all from "Gibraltar" to Cadiz, almost all with red 3-line DE GIBR marks and with red Cadiz "1R" charge-marks, but inc. 1852/3 pair (both - rare thus - with blue "GIBRALTAR" cds) with v. fine red "10.Cs." or similar fine "15.Cs.", 1852/3 pair with Gibraltar cds's endorsed by P&O ships Madrid/Iberia prepaid "5[d]" with red Cadiz "1R", 1852 EL unusually routed via "ALGECIRAS" (fine red cds) endorsed "p. Vapor Mercurio", etc. Good collection suitable for further expansion. (27 covers) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS, SPAIN, MARITIME MAIL, FALSE £360
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO SPAIN - LATER 1850s COLLECTION, PART ONE - INC. CADIZ H.S. "10.Cs.", LARGE "8" OR "16", BLACK "1R", ETC.; 1854/57 collection of mainly very fine ELs almost all from "Gibraltar" to Cadiz (one to Seville, 2 to Xerez & 2 to Valencia), almost all with red or blue 3-line DE GIBR marks and with blue Cadiz "1R" charge-marks, but inc. 1854 cover "[Per] Vapor Isabella" with v. fine red "10.Cs.", 1/2 Sept. 1854 EL with red DE GIBR 3-line and very rare BLACK Cadiz "1R" mark (only known in this colour for 2 weeks - unique thus on a cover from Gib.), 1854 red Cadiz "10", 1856 rare large Cadiz blue "8" (unique on Gib. mail?), 1855 pair with v. fine blue Cadiz h.s. "16" (one with GIBRALTAR cds per "Tagus", the other overstriking a small blue h.s. "8" with blue "DE GIBR..." mark), and 1855 "Forwarded by P. Ortelly & Co." endorsement (from a schooner at Gib. to Cadiz). Good lot. (24 covers) Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, SPAIN, POSTAGE DUE COVERS, FALSE £300
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - MAIL TO SPAIN - LATER 1850s COLLECTION, PART TWO - INC. CADIZ H.S. "3R", LARGE "24" (2 TYPES), ETC.; 1854/57 collection of mainly very fine ELs from "Gibraltar" to Cadiz (except one to Seville, 1 to Port St. Mary and 6 to Xerez), almost all with red or blue 3-line DE GIBR marks or with blue "GIBRALTAR" cds's, and mostly with small blue Cadiz "8" charge-marks; inc. prepaid 1854 EL "Por Vapor Ingles Iberia" with v. fine red large Cadiz h.s. "3R" (struck in error?), 1855/56 pair with GIBRALTAR cds's per "Iberia"/"Sultan" with very fine large blue Cadiz h.s. "24" (2 sizes) and 1855 EL to Cadiz with "Forwarded by Philip Ortelly & Co., Gibraltar" endorsement and blue "DE GIBR" 3-line. Good lot. (25 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN, MARITIME MAIL, POSTAGE DUE COVERS, FALSE £300
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - TRANSIT MAIL FROM TURKEY TO SPAIN - ENDORSED BY GIBRALTAR FORWARDING AGENT; 1 Mar. 1855 EL (folds to display internal heading beside address-panel; slight stains) from "Constantinople" to Cadiz endorsed "P. Estafette" with mainly fine blue-green "DE GIBR/S. ROQUE/ANDA BAXA" and matching h.s. "8" on the front, endorsed by the Gibraltar Forwarding Agent "L. Blond 10 April 1855" on the flap.Remarkable routing for mail from Turkey. Cross Reference: FORWARDING AGENTS, TURKEY, SPAIN, FALSE £150
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THE FINAL PRESTAMP PERIOD, 1850 - 20 Aug. 1857 - PREPAID PACKET & SPANISH INTERNAL RATE; 17 Jan. 1857 EL to Cadiz rated '4'(d) prepaid British Packet rate to Spain and also franked Spain 4c good margins except where cut into at right, tied by oval bar cancel and prepaying the Spanish rate. 22 example of packet mail to Spain with Spanish charges prepaid with stamps recorded thus far. Gibraltar double-arc d.s. on front and Cadiz cds on rear. Of these 22 examples this is only one franked with the 4c on hatched wmkd paper. Important 'cash and stamp' precursor to combination franking covers. £300
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STAMPLESS MAIL, 21 Aug. 1857 - 1875 - MAIL TO EGYPT, GREECE, HOLLAND OR MALTA - UNPAID MAIL (ONE EX "S.S. ATLANTIC); Fine unpaid 1866 EL from a Surgeon on "S.S. Atlantic" ref. the death of the addressee's young daughter on board) to Alexandria with m/s "10" charge and "GIBRALTAR"/"ALEXANDRIA" cds's on the front, 1858/63 pair of unpaid ELs to Arnhem (Holland) via France with "80"(?) arrival charges (both with S. Roque cds's), 1858/67 trio to Malta each charged "4[d]" (one "per P&O Str. Syria"), and sad 1860 pair of ELs to Syra from which GB stamps have been removed with "10" arrival charges. All are very unusual destinations from Gibraltar at this date. (8 covers) Cross Reference: EGYPT, MALTA, NETHERLANDS, GREECE £200
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