Lot 10102 – 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).