Gibraltar – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 38 postcards

Land Port and North Front
Unused Beanland, Malin antique postcard from early 1900s; very slightly abraded edges, normal aging apart from having been glued into something on the left reverse at some point. Grade: 4

Code: 20522001
Price: $12.50
The Rock from the Bay
Card dates from early 1900s, Beanland, Malin & Co. Front of card has minor edge and face abrasions, esp. lower left corner. Reverse heavily mottled and had apparently been attached or glued to something on the right side. Grade: 4

Code: 20522002
Price: $8.00
Aerial view
This otherwise nice card was brought back to the U.K. and mailed (with two stamps, partial postmark, orange postal barcode, and an air mail sticker) in 1998. Grade: 3

Code: 20522004
Price: $3.00
Bird’s eye view
Unused, unattributed card No. 27, with a nice city view different from the usual perspective of the rock from the water. Grade: 1

Code: 20522005
Price: $9.00
Whale Jaw’s Arch
Yes, there are many cards of Gibraltar. But how many of them have the stamp, postmark, and then the reverse image of another postmark from Montevideo, Uruguay (where the card was mailed) on the front? And how many are not of the rock itself? Millar & Lang Ltd. card no. 28. Grade: 2

Code: 20522006
Price: $49.00
Old Moorish Castle
Unused V.B. Cumbo card. Grade: 1

Code: 20522007
Price: $8.00
Gibraltar Rock as seen from spanish Territory
Not postally mailed, the front of this card is OK but the reverse is a terrible mess. Perfectly suitable for framing, and a great value for that. Grade: 5

Code: 20522008
Price: $4.00
Rock from the Beach
Unused B&W V.B. Cumbo card. Grade: 2

Code: 20522009
Price: $5.00
The Casemates Barracks
Unused Benzaquen & Co. card, terrific condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20522010
Price: $9.00
South Barracks
Another V.B. Cumbo card, not postally used but with an extensive message from Carlotta as you can see. What we’ll never know is whether Mrs. Van Den Bergh received this card, back in 1906. We hope so. Grade: 4

Code: 20522011
Price: $8.00
The Rock from Spain
Unused Beanland, Malin & Co. card, so old and so much more atmospheric for it. Grade: 3

Code: 20522012
Price: $9.00
The Rock from the Bay
In 1927, dad wrote to Buddy and explained everything; then he mailed the card (with Italian stamp) from Naples, noting that “there are always English war ships close by to aid the fort in case of danger.” How these particular ships got into the picture, we refer back to the creative mind of the artist. Grade: 3

Code: 20522013
Price: $18.00
The Rock
This B&W card was published by L. Sacarello, Stationer, of Gibraltar; then bought and written, and mailed from Spain with two different stamps and a postmark from which you might be able to deduce the date. Grade: 3

Code: 20522014
Price: $15.00
North-east View from Santa Barbara Fort
Unused Benzaquen & Co. card with yet another slightly different perspective. Grade: 3

Code: 20522015
Price: $9.00
The Rock from North Front
Unused Photo Series card 86968 from Beanland Malin & Co. Grade: 1

Code: 20522016
Price: $8.00
Rock from Neutral Ground
Unused B&W card from Benzaquen & Co. Grade: 2

Code: 20522017
Price: $9.00
Alameda, Lower Gardens
Unused, heavily aged Beanland, Malin & Co. card. Grade: 2-

Code: 20522018
Price: $6.00
The Rock from the Bay
Unused Beanland, Malin card. Many different cards seem to have this same caption. Grade: 3

Code: 20522019
Price: $7.00
Rock from the Bay
What makes this card interesting is not just the somewhat better and more detailed colour view, but that the reverse has an extensive descriptive message (dated 1913) explaining what the writer was experiencing. Not postally used, but a great slice of history nonetheless. Grade (because of the writing): 4

Code: 20522020
Price: $12.00
Rock from N.W.
Unused V.B. Cumbo card. Grade: 1

Code: 20522021
Price: $9.00
Gibraltar from the old mole (Panorama)
Unused A. Benzaquen (Tanger) card No. 2 (and 51622). Grade: 2

Code: 20522022
Price: $9.00
Southport Gates
Unused Millar & Lang, Ltd. (Glasgow) card. Grade: 1

Code: 20522023
Price: $10.00
The South
Heavily aged, unused Beanland, Malin & Co. (Gibraltar) card. Grade: 3

Code: 20522024
Price: $8.00
The Rock from Spanish Shore
Beanland, Malin & Co., unused, aged. Grade: 3

Code: 20522025
Price: $8.00
Alameda Gardens
The writer offered an interesting message on the reverse, and mailed the card from London, but the stamp is gone and the postmark is not quite legible (1923 or 1933?). Grade: 4

Code: 20522026
Price: $4.00
The Galleries
So many different ways to describe the same postcard view. This is a V.B. Cumbo card with perforated left edge, so it had been part of a set once. Grade: 3

Code: 20522027
Price: $6.00
Rock from the Bay
Same caption but different publisher and more product information on this unused card from J. Ferrary & Co. (Gibraltar), No. 1. Published in Germany by Purger & Co. (Munich), No. 3379. Grade: 1

Code: 20522028
Price: $10.00
Rock from the Bay
Another unused domestic card from V.B. Cumbo. Grade: 2

Code: 20522029
Price: $9.00
Europa Point
One of the less-common scenes, on this unused V.B. Cumbo card. Grade: 1

Code: 20522030
Price: $9.00
Rock from North front
Unused J.M. Danan (Gibraltar) card, probably manufactured in Seville, definitely perforated olong left edge so it had been part of a set. Sepia with age and also with album marks on the corners. Grade: 3

Code: 20522031
Price: $9.00
Rock from Eastern Beach
Unused, heavily aged Millar & Lang (Glasgow) card No. 5. Grade: 3

Code: 20522032
Price: $9.00
Plane takes off
Mailed from Spain (not Gibraltar!) in 2012, with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20522033
Price: $5.00
The Governor’s Palace and Convent Place
Unused Benzaquen & Co. card, holding its age well. Grade: 2

Code: 20522034
Price: $6.00
Southport Gates showing ancient Spanish shields
Unused Benzaquen & Co. card, unnumbered. Grade: 2

Code: 20522035
Price: $3.00
North view of Rock from Spanish Mainland
Unused Rock Photographic Service card N-18. Grade: 1

Code: 20522036
Price: $4.00
Night view from new marina
Unused Estoril card 46. Grade: 1

Code: 20522037
Price: $4.00
St. Michael’s Cave
Unused Estoril card 28. Grade: 1

Code: 20522038
Price: $4.00
The Rock from Frontier Gates
Unused old card from Rex Tobacconist. There’s an abrasion along the bottom edge under the word “Rock”, and a small tear along the top edge at the upper right. Grade: 4

Code: 20522039
Price: $3.00

Total: 38 postcards