MEDITERRANEAN - MAIL TO G.B. EX H.M. SHIPS AT GIBRALTAR, MAL...

Hammer

£190

MEDITERRANEAN - MAIL TO G.B. EX H.M. SHIPS AT GIBRALTAR, MALTA, PORTUGAL OR SPAIN; 1807-36 ELs ex Marines on Naval Ships; 1807/10 pair ex HMS Windsor Castle or HMS Triumph both "[off] Cadiz" (blockade duties; one with oval "Ship Letter/[Crown]/DEAL"), 1832 HMS Donegal at Deal, 1834 HMS Asia "in the Tagus" (during the British support for the Portuguese monarchy), 1835 HMS Canopus at "Malta", 1836 HMS Hercules "at Cadiz" (Civil War in Portugal; "There are very few soldiers here, they are all gone after Gomez who is supposed to about 50 miles off..."), and 1838 ex Naval Garrison with "GIBRALTAR" arc mark [illustrated in RM, p32]. Plus much-travelled 1821 EL from GB to Lisbon and back with "POSTAGE TO LONDON/NOT PAID" etc. (8 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN, MARITIME MAIL, MALTA, PORTUGAL