EUROPE - QV STAMPED MAIL BEFORE/AFTER U.P.U. - GIBRALTAR, MA...

Hammer

£240

EUROPE - QV STAMPED MAIL BEFORE/AFTER U.P.U. - GIBRALTAR, MALTA, NORWAY, SWITZERLAND, ETC.; 1858-1900 covers/cards inc. 9 (+ 1 front) pre-UPU (2 with stamps removed) with 1858 to Gibraltar with 6d Lilac Pair, 1864 to Gibraltar with 1/- Green (stamp faults), unusual 1868 E to Palermo endorsed "per Prussia" and then "Via Genoa", 1856 with 4d to France, and single 6d's to Italy/Germany (3); plus 20 UPU 2½d-rate covers to various countries (inc. to Norway, to Berlin with Edinburgh Dotted Circle Duplex, and 1d Pink from "HAYLING ISLAND" (cds on back) uprated with 1½d Venetian Brown to Lausanne, along with UPU 1d-rate cards (15; inc. several early PPCs) to various countries. (29 covers, 15 cards & 1 front) Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V., SCOTLAND, HAMPSHIRE