Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1869 (July 30): Combination cover with Great Britain 1864/79 1 d. red pl. 79, two examples used on 1869 cover to Cadiz (MacPherson correspondence) endorsed 'pr. Adriano' each tied by "A26" obliterator with GIBRALTAR datestamp (July 30) in black and paying the Ship Letter fee, Spain 1868 50 m. brown-lilac perf. 14 (Michel 93) tied by barred "2" numeral handstamp cancelled on arrival in Cadiz in black. Reverse with Cadiz arrival cds (July 31). A rare and attractive cover.rnNote: On June 14, 1856, the Spanish Postmaster in San Roque informed Edmund Cresswell Jr., the Postmaster in Gibraltar that in future all mail addressed to destinations within Spain would have to be prepaid by Spanish stamps (the 2 d. Gibraltar rate was more frequently prepaid in cash). This continued until 1875 when, on Nov 25, an agreement between Spain and Gibraltar was signed allowing prepayment of letters with stamps of the country of origin.