Stamps and Postal History of Spain, featuring China, Colombia – Prephilatelic Spanish period –, British Colonies, Japan, Portugal and Switzerland

GIBRALTAR. 1851 (April 9). GIBRALTAR to CADIZ. Entire letter with very fine (partly albino) tiny red arc-framed GIBRALTAR, hand struck in red 1R. arrival charge, endorsed ´Por Estafeta´. This very rare mark is used by the postmaster in Gibraltar only on letters that he dispatched by private foreign ships. This the latest known date of the very few letters recorded. Cert. RPS´2006.