Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1873 (Aug 7): Combination cover with Great Britain 1858/69 2 d. blue pl. 14 used on entire letter to Cadiz (Alcon correspondence) endorsed 'pr. London' tied by "A26" obliterator with GIBRALTAR datestamp at left (Aug 7) in black and paying the Ship Letter fee, with Spain July 1873 10 c. green perf. 14 (Michel 127) tied by mute obliterator applied on arrival in Cadiz in black and also tying the British adhesive. Reverse with two Cadiz arrival cds's (Aug 8). File folds away from the adhesives but a rare entire.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.