Lot 40425 – 1865-71 Cover and Valentine cover front to Argentina

1865-71 Entire from Malaga to Buenos Aires with 1870 50m, 100m and 200m tied by dotted cancels and thimble cds, “via Lisboa” with Badajoz transit, put aboard RMSPC SS “Boyne” to Buenos Aires, the 50m with light crease, fine; and front of Valentine envelope with embossed surround from Barcelona to Buenos Aires, with 1865 2r pair, fine to large margins, cancelled by “2” numeral with despatch cds adjacent, endorsed “Ultramar via Lisboa” but routed via France and London on 24th February and most likely put aboard RMSPC SS “Oneida” leaving Southampton for Buenos Aires (very rare usage of a Valentine from Spain to South America).