GREAT BRITAIN used in GIBRALTAR with "G" obliterators (1857-1859). Price £28 Now available: You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds). Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. 74 covers illustrated in part or full in mainly colour with text descriptions spanning period 1857-1859. This file will be most helpful for planning an exhibit, giving a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, with destinations etc. Provenance given when known. 28 pages (A4 size) Price £28 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowing what to buy is the key to buying. £28
Rarely seen 2d RATE TO USA, GIBRALTAR postal history Ex METLISS, OSBORN, STIRRUPS 1874 printed headed entire by private ship
"Pleiades" to New York with GB QV 2d blue pmk'd light "A25" duplex dated A/OC 9 74 landed with NEW YORK SHIP LETTER cds dated OCT 26 showing 4c to be collected. Ex METLISS, OSBORN, STIRRUPS. 'Direct' ship letters to New York were quicker and cheaper than mails via Liverpool. £350
BLUED PAPER, GIBRALTAR postal history (Ex John GRIFFITHS) 1875 mourning wrapper from Francis Booth & Co to Malta with BLUED PAPER GB QV 2½d rosy mauve tied "A26" A/OC 4 75 duplex with B/OC 4 75 cds alongside, very fine Malta A/OC 16 75 arrival backstamp which displays. 1960 BPA Certificate. Ex John O. GRIFFITHS. £525
GIBRALTAR postal history 1875 underpaid wrapper marked pr "Lesbian" to Genoa with pair GB QV 1d red Plate 155 tied "A26" duplex dated A/AU 7 75, on arrival Italian 40c Postage Due tied GENOVA 12 AGO 75 cds. Ed Gerd Born and Adrian Almond. £280