SPAIN USED IN GIBRALTAR COVERS (VARIOUS ISSUES) + STAMPLESS ...

Hammer

£180

SPAIN USED IN GIBRALTAR COVERS (VARIOUS ISSUES) + STAMPLESS MAIL TO FRANCE + INGOING; 1850-70 range of varied covers inc. mail to Spain ex Gibraltar with Spanish stamps (1857 pair with unwmk. 4c Rose, 1864 with 4c, 1866 with 4c Blue, 1869 pair with 50m Violet, and 1870/1 trio with 50m Ultramarine - one of latter with v. fine blue oval "H. MASCARENAS & HALL/AMERICAN AGENCY/GIBRALTAR/ALL LETTERS AND ORDERS ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE MEET THE BEST ATTENTION" cachet), stampless 1850/62 lot ex Gibraltar to France (9; several with 3-line "DE GIBR/S. ROQUE..." marks, one in blue), and 1856/72 pair ex Spain to Gib with 1856 4c or 1870 50m. Good nucleus for further expansion. (20 covers)Cross Reference: SPAIN, FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA